Synopses & Reviews
Palgrave Advances in European Union Studies breaks new ground in offering advanced readers an insight into the state of the art in EU studies. It comprises theoretical and empirical essays which deal with how the European Union has been and continues to be studied, providing an invaluable tool for academics, post-graduate students, and advanced undergraduates who are keen to understand this increasingly diverse field of study.
Synopsis
List of Tables List of Figures Preface List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Notes on Contributors Introduction Angela Bourne and Michelle Cini Rational Institutionalism and Liberal Intergovernmentalism; R.Scully Constructivism and Sociological Institutionalism; A.Wiener Europeanization: Solution or Problem?; C.Radaelli Conceptual Combinations: Multilevel Governance and Policy Networks; A.Warleigh The Study of European Union Enlargement: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Findings; F.Schimmelfennig & U.Sedelmeier Conceptualising the European Union's Global Role; B.Tonra European Identity: Theory and Empirics; P.Gillespie & B.Laffan EU Legitimacy and Normative Political Theory; A.F llesdal Political Economy and European Integration; A.Verdun From State to Society? A Historiography of European Integration; W.Kaiser Knowing Europe: Metatheory and Methodology in European Union Studies; J.Jupille Cleavages, Controversies and Convergence in European Union Studies; W.Wessels Notes References Index
About the Author
Michelle Cini is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Bristol.
Angela Bourne is Lecturer in Politics at the University of Dundee.
Table of Contents
Introduction--M.Cini & A.Bourne * Traditions and Cleavages in EU Studies--W.Wessels * History and Historiography of the EU--W.Kaiser * Liberal Intergovernmentalism, Rational Institutionalism and Public Choice Approaches--R.Scully * Supranationalist Approaches--L.Cram * Multi-level Governance, Policy Networks and the EU--E.Thielemann * Constructivism and Sociological Institutionalism--A.Wiener * Normative Political Theory--A.Follesdal * Methods, Methodology and Meta-theory--J.Jupille * Theorising European Identity--B.Laffan * Theorising Europeanisation--C.Radaelli * Theorising EU enlargement--U.Sedelmeier * Theorising EU's Global Role--B.Tonra * Theorising EMU--A.Verdun * Conclusion--A.Bourne & M.Cini