Theories of European Integration

ISBN-13: 9780333647172 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 232 str.

Ben Rosamond

Opis

In this first book-length treatment of integration theory for many years, Ben Rosamond provides an accessible and stimulating critical introduction to the full range of classical and contemporary perspectives. The book explains the centrality of theoretical work to the study of integration and the EU and carefully locates different theories within their wider intellectual and 'real world' contexts. This thoroughly researched book engages with the key debates to have arisen from theoretical deliberations about European integration. It develops its own distinctive contribution, emphasising the importance of 'sociology of knowledge' questions when evaluating integration theory and stressing the continued significance of international theory to the study of the EU.

Spis treści

Introduction.- Federalism, Functionalism and Transactionalism.- Neo-Functionalism.- Backlash, Critiques and Contemplation.- Theorising the 'New Europe'.- Intergovernmental Europe?.- Europe and the World: Contemporary International Theory and European Integration.- Integration Theory and Social Science.

O autorze

BEN ROSAMOND is Lecturer in European Integration, University of Warwick.