European integration and supranational governance

Bibliographic Data

ID6289530
AuthorsAlec Stone Sweet (0000-0002-7603-6910, Southern California University for Professional Studies), Wayne Sandholtz (0000-0002-8314-0038, Yale University)
Year1997
Volume4
Issue3
Pages297-317
Publication date1997-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of European Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-1763 • E-ISSN: 1466-4429
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13501769780000011
OpenAlexW2127392501
LanguageEN
Citations received302
References cited32

We argue that European integration is provoked and sustained by the development of causal connections between three factors: transnational exchange, supranational organization, and European Community (EC) rule-making. We explain the transition, in any given policy sector, from national to intergovernmental to supranational governance, in two ways. First cross-border transactions and communications generate a social demand for EC rules and regulation, which supranational organizations work to supply. We thus expect that Community competences will be unevenly constructed, both across policy sectors and over time, as a function of the intensity of these demands. Second, once EC rules are in place, a process of institutionalization ensues, and this process provokes further integration. Although we recognize the importance of intergovernmental bargaining in EC politics, our theory is not compatible with existing intergovernmental theorizing

Corporate governance · Economic system · Economics · European community · European integration · European union · Function (biology · Institutionalisation · Intergovernmentalism · International trade · Management · Multi-level governance · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration · Social Policy and Reform Studies

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