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Theories of the European Integration

Theories of the European Integration. Traditional approaches: Neofunctionalism and Intergovernmentalism. The rationalist research programme: - realist approaches; - liberal intergovernmentalism; - rational choice institutionalism. Constructivist approaches.

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Theories of the European Integration

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  1. Theories of the European Integration • Traditional approaches: Neofunctionalism and Intergovernmentalism. • The rationalist research programme: - realist approaches; - liberal intergovernmentalism; - rational choice institutionalism. • Constructivist approaches.

  2. Traditional regional integration approaches • Neofunctionalism- Ernst Haas - Integration as a gradual and self-sustaining process - Functional spillover and political spillover; - Supranational institutions. • Intergovernmentalism- Robert Keohane and Stanley Hoffman The role of the national governments • Comparison between the two approaches - Explanatory logic; - Key actors conceived; - The ‘N=1 problem’.

  3. Rationalist Research Programme • Realist approaches • Neo-realism- no security concerns in Western Europe; • Grieco- the ‘voice opportunity hypothesis’. • Liberal Intergovernmentalism (LI) • Moravcsik’s three-fold model: generation of national preferences at the domestic level, intergovernmental bargaining and theory of institutional choice (pooling and delegation of sovereignty). - critics of LI- constructivist, intuitionalist (historical and rational-choice institutionalism) and governance literature. • Rational-choice Institutionalism: assumptions on the role of institutions, focus on ECJ and P-A analysis, comitology and analysis of the legislative process.

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