This is a major new reader that brings together and assesses the most influential scholarly contributions that have fashioned the debate on European integration over the past 50 years. It includes an original contribution reflecting on key issues in integration theory by Ben Rosamond.
METTE EILSTRUP-SANGIOVANNI is Lecturer in International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK.
PART I: INTERWAR AND POSTWAR IDEAS OF EUROPEPre-Theories of International Integration; M.Eilstrup-angiovanniFor a Free United Europe: A Draft Manifesto; A.Spinelli & E.RossiA Working Peace System; D.MurrayPolitical Community and the North Atlantic Area: International Organization in the Light of Historical Experience; K.Deutsch et alPART II: THEORISING THE COMMON MARKET: NEO-FUNCTIONALISM AND ITS CRITICSNeo-functionalism and Its Critics; M.Eilstrup-SangiovanniThe Uniting of Europe: Political, Social and Economic Forces 1950-1957; E.HaasThe Political Dynamics of European Economic Integration; L.LindbergObstinate or Obsolete?: The Fate of the Nation-State; S.HoffmanRegional Integration: Reflections on a Decade of Theoretical Efforts; R.HansenPART III: THE 1992 PROJECT: SUPRANATIONALISM VS. INTERGOVERNMENTALIST BARGAININGIntroduction: The 1992 Project: The Revival of Neofunctionalism and the Liberal Intergovernmentalist Challenge; M.Eilstrup-Sangiovanni1992: Recasting the European Bargain; W.Sandholtz & J.ZysmanEurope Before the Court: A Political Theory of Legal Integration; A.M.Burley & W.MattliThe Politics of Legal Integration in the European Union; G.GarrettPreferences and Power in the European Community: A Liberal Intergovernmentalist Approach; A.MoravcsikThe Path to European Integration: A Historical Institutionalist Analysis; P.PiersonPART IV: THE EUROPEAN POLITY: ACTORS, MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE AND THE 'LOW POLITICS' OF REGULATIONIntroduction: Europe as a Political System: Comparative Politics and Governance Approaches to Integration; M.Eilstrup-SangiovanniThe Study of the European Union II: The 'New Governance' Agenda and its Rival'; S.HixEuropean Integration from the 1980s: State-Centric vs Multi-Level Governance; G.Marks, L.Hooghe & K.BlankThe Rise of the Regulatory State in Europe; G.MajonePART V: NON-RATIONALIST INTEGRATION THEORYIntroduction: The Constructivist Turn in European Integration Studies; M.Eilstrup-SangiovanniSocial Constructivism and Integration; J.Checkel'Speaking Europe': The Politics of Integration Discourse; T.DiezDoes Constructivism Subsume Neofunctionalism?'; E.HaasPART VI: THE FUTURE OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION STUDIESThe Future of European Studies: Integration Theory, EU Studies and Social Science; B.RosamondThe Future of European Integration Studies: The Road Ahead; M.Eilstrup-Sangiovanni.