European Security in Integration Theory: Contested Boundaries

ISBN-13: 9783319695167 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 215 str.

Kamil Zwolski

Opis

This book examines federalism and functionalism - two fundamental, yet largely forgotten, theories of international integration. Various theories have been deployed to this end, but international and European integration theory remains conspicuously absent.

Spis treści

Chapter 1. European security, integration theory and boundaries

Chapter 2. Federalism and security through boundaries

Chapter 3: Europe as a power: boundaries solidified

Chapter 4. Functionalism and security without boundaries

Chapter 5. Security governance: boundaries in flux

Chapter 6. The EU, Russia and the war in Ukraine

Chapter 7. Integrating integration theories: towards the future research agenda

O autorze

Kamil Zwolski is Associate Professor in International Politics at the University of Southampton, UK.

Blurb

This book examines federalism and functionalism – two fundamental, yet largely forgotten, theories of international integration. Following the recent outbreak of the war in Ukraine, policy practitioners and scholars have been in search of a deeper understanding of the likely causes of the conflict and its consequences for the European security architecture. Various theories have been deployed to this end, but international and European integration theory remains conspicuously absent. The author shows how the core tenets of integration theories developed after World War I, particularly how they viewed territoriality and geopolitical boundaries, remain as relevant today as they were almost 100 years ago. 

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Kamil Zwolski is Associate Professor in International Politics at the University of Southampton, UK.