Two-Level Role Theory and EU Migration

Magdalena Kozub-Karkut is Assistant Professor at Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland. Her main research interests include global governance, IR theory, foreign policy analysis, and political theory. She is a member of the International Studies Association and a governing board member of the European International Studies Association.

• Introduction. 1. The Migration Crisis in Europe (2015–2018): Main Causes and Characteristics 2. The Visegrád Group States and the Migration Crisis in Europe 3. Two-Level Role Theory: A Synthesis of Putnam’s Assumptions and Role Theory Concepts 4. Research Methods and Sources 5. Three Levels of Horizontal Role Contestation Processes in the V4 States: Poland and Hungary 6. Three Levels of Horizontal Role Contestation Processes in the V4 States: The Czech Republic and Slovakia 7. EU Role Conceptions and Role Expectations towards the V4 8. Vertical Role Contestation Process between the V4 and the EU. Conclusion

Two-Level Role Theory and EU Migration addresses the migration crisis with game models from binary role theory and Putnam’s two-level games framework. It identifies horizontal and vertical role contestation patterns that illuminate the dynamics of political discourse over the migration crisis and illustrate a theoretical synthesis linking levels of analysis in world politics. It is an important addition for scholars to read with interests in role theory and world politics.Stephen G. Walker, Arizona State University