International Institutions and Socialization in Europe

ISBN-13: 9780521689373 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 292 str.

Jeffrey T. Checkel

Opis

These essays originally appeared as a special issue of the journal International Organization (59, 4, Fall 2005). The collection represents a shift in research on international institutions, from a preoccupation with showing that institutions mattered in world politics to a more recent exploration of the processes, mechanisms, and conditions under which they matter. The emphasis is resolutely eclectic. Rationalism is the social theory of choice for some contributors; others are more comfortable with social constructivism. Still others combine the two. Employing numerous theories, methods, and data sources, the essays in Part II offer fascinating, richly detailed, multi-causal stories of how NATO, the European Union, and other institutions may socialize states and individuals, thus building new senses of belonging.

Recenzje

'… an intellectual challenge and stimulating reading for both rationalist and constructivist-oriented scholars of European integration and international relations …' Political Studies Review

Spis treści

Part I. International Institutions as Community Builders: 1. International institutions and socialization in Europe: introduction and framework Jeffrey T. Checkel; Part II. The Socializing Power of European Institutions?: 2. Strategic calculation and international socialization: membership incentives, party constellations and sustained compliance in central and eastern Europe Frank Schimmelfennig; 3. Several roads lead to international norms, but few via international socialization: a case study of the European Commission Liesbet Hooghe; 4. Multiple embeddedness and socialization in Europe: the case of council officials Jan Beyers; 5. The Janus face of Brussels: socialization and everyday decision making in the European Union Jeffrey Lewis; 6. Security institutions as agents of socialization? NATO and the 'New Europe' Alexandra Gheciu; Part III. Critique, Conclusions and Extensions: 7. Conclusions and extensions: toward mid-range theorizing and beyond Europe Alastair Iain Johnston; 8. Getting socialized to build bridges: constructivism and rationalism, Europe and the nation-state Michael Zürn and Jeffrey T. Checkel.