Table Of ContentPalgrave Advances in
European Union Studies
Edited by
Michelle Cini and Angela K. Bourne
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european union studies
Palgrave Advances
Titles include:
Michele M. Betsill, Kathryn Hochstetler and Dimitris Stevis (editors)
INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
Terrell Carver and James Martin (editors)
CONTINENTAL POLITICAL THOUGHT
Michelle Cini and Angela K. Bourne (editors)
EUROPEAN UNION STUDIES
Jeffrey Haynes (editor)
DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
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university of dundee
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Palgrave advances in European Union studies / edited by Michelle Cini and Angela Bourne.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. European Union. 2. European Union countries––Politics and government. I. Cini,
Michelle. II. Bourne, Angela K.
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contents
list of fi gures and tables vii
preface ix
notes on contributors x
list of abbreviations and acronyms xii
1. introduction 1
angela bourne and michelle cini
2. rational institutionalism and liberal intergovernmentalism 19
roger scully
3. constructivism and sociological institutionalism 35
antje wiener
4. europeanization: solution or problem? 56
claudio m. radaelli
5. conceptual combinations: multilevel governance and policy
networks 77
alex warleigh
6. the study of eu enlargement:
theoretical approaches and empirical fi ndings 96
frank schimmelfennig and ulrich sedelmeier
7. conceptualizing the european union’s global role 117
ben tonra
8. european identity: theory and empirics 131
paul gillespie and brigid laffan
9. eu legitimacy and normative political theory 151
andreas føllesdal
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10. political economy and european integration 174
amy verdun
11. from state to society? the historiography of european integration 190
wolfram kaiser
12. knowing europe: metatheory and methodology
in european union studies 209
joseph jupille
13. cleavages, controversies and convergence
in european union studies 233
wolfgang wessels
references 247
index 289
figures and tables
figures
2.1 A simplifi ed model of the EU policy space 28
3.1 Core theoretical positions 41
3.2 Establishing the middle ground 42
3.3 Stations on the bridge 42
4.1 Three approaches: European integration, top-down Europeanization,
and bottom-up Europeanization 60
8.1 Dimensions of identifi cation 136
12.1 EU articles in selected US subfi eld journals, 1968–2003 222
12.2 Methodological content of EU journals 225
12.3 Methodological trends in EU Studies, 1952–2002 227
12.4 The fi sh-scale model of omniscience 230
tables
3.1 Three phases of institution-building 47
3.2 Leading research questions 48
4.1 Modes of governance, mechanisms, and explanations 69
5.1 Marks and Hooghe’s new typology of multilevel governance 85
5.2 Rhodes’ typology of policy networks 89
5.3 The theoretical use in combining multilevel governance
and policy networks 91
6.1 Theoretical approaches and key explanatory factors
for enlargement 102
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8.1 Political order, theory and identity 137
9.1a Conceptions, mechanisms and objects of legitimacy (I) 155
9.1b Conceptions, mechanisms and objects of legitimacy (II) 155
12.1 Possibilities for metatheoretical combination 212
12.2 Practical metatheoretical–methodological combinations 215
12.3 Journals surveyed 224
12.4 EU Studies methodology in US and European journals 226
preface
The original idea for this book arose from a discussion between the two editors
sitting in a café on Park Street in Bristol back in 2001. Bemoaning the time and
effort needed to keep up with the immense literature on the European Union
and European integration, we recognized a puzzling gap in that literature. We
could think of no book that sought to stand back from the EU to review the
‘state of the art’. When we fi rst discussed how we might turn this undeveloped
insight into a book proposal, our original ambition was to put together a series
of interwoven review essays. However, this idea soon evolved into something
quite different. Thus, although most of the contributions in this volume do
incorporate mini literature reviews and explain recent developments in their
respective research fi elds, they also make a contribution to that literature in
their own right, pushing at the boundaries of their fi eld, and identifying for
the reader just where the (or a) ‘cutting edge’ is.
As is the case for many edited volumes, this book had a gestation period
which was rather longer than we had originally intended. We would like to
thank Alison Howson and Guy Edwards for their forbearance in this, and for
their non-intrusive support during the production of this book. In a similar
vein, we would like to express our appreciation to our contributors, and
particularly those who submitted their drafts early and waited patiently for
the book to appear. I’m certain that some wondered whether it ever would!
Our gratitude also goes to Machiko Miyakoshi for her excellent and timely
research assistance. Finally, we thank our friends and partners for the misery
that they (must have) endured at various stages of this book project – and
particularly in the fi nal weeks leading to the submission of the typescript. We
hope very much that both the wait and the effort were worthwhile.
Michelle Cini and Angela K. Bourne
June 2005
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