Reflective Approaches to European Governance

Celebrating the existence of contending theories of European integration, the book begins with a critical exploration of the concepts and theories used to examine this unique policy, presenting theoretically informed, empirical studies of the origin of the key themes of European governance, territorial politics, domestic-European linkages and the EU's foreign policy affairs.

Inhalt
Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction: Approaching European Governance; Knud Erik Jorgensen - PART I: CRITIQUE - Rediscovering Institutions: A Reflectivist Critique of Rational Institutionalism; Marlene Wind - PART II: DIMENSIONS OF EUROPEAN GOVERNANCE - Conceptualizing European; Markus Jachtenfuchs - Reconstructing European Space: From Territorial Politics to Multilevel Governance; Thomas Christiansen - The Temporality of European Governance; Magnus Ekengren -The Creation of European Supranational Institutions; Richard T.Griffiths - PART III: DOMESTIC-EUROPEAN LINKAGES - British Discourses on Europe: Sovereignty of Parliament, Instrumentality and the Non-Mythical Europe; Henrik Larsen - The French Garden Is No Longer What It Used To; Ulla Holm - Nordic Ideas and Realities. Dynamics and Images Nordic Cooperation; Johnny Laursen - PART IV: EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION - PoCo: The Diplomatic Republic of Europe; Knud Erik Jorgensen - The Impact of Political Cooperation; Ben Tonra - PART V: EPILOGUE - Epilogue: New Bottles for New Wine; Janne Haaland Matlary - Bibliography - Index