Theorizing the European Union
International Organization, Domestic Polity, or Experiment in New Governance
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7635335 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark A Pollack (0000-0002-3990-8337, Temple University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 357-398 |
| Publication date | 2005-06-15 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Annual Review of Political Science (BOOK_SERIES) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2939 • E-ISSN: 1545-1577 |
| Publisher | Annual Reviews (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1146/annurev.polisci.8.082103.104858 |
| OpenAlex | W2095883066 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 49 |
| References cited | 132 |
The study of the European Union (EU) has been transformed during the past decade, and three distinct theoretical approaches have emerged. The first approach, which seeks to explain the process of European integration, has largely abandoned the long-standing neofunctionalist-intergovernmentalist debate in favor of a rationalist-constructivist debate reflecting broader developments in international relations theory. A second approach, however, has rejected the application of international relations theory in favor of comparative politics approaches which analyze the EU using off-the-shelf models of legislative, executive, and judicial politics in domestic politics. A third and final approach sees the EU as an emerging system of multi-level governance in which national governments are losing influence in favor of supranational and subnational actors, raising important normative questions about the future of democracy within the EU
Comparative politics · Corporate governance · Democracy · Economics · European integration · European union · International relations · International trade · Legislature · Multi-level governance · Normative · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Sociology · Technocracy · European Union Policy and Governance · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies · Public Administration
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Informal Governance in the European Union
Renegotiating the World Order
With great power comes great dispersion. How policy-cycle competences drive power dispersion in regional organizations
Mapping Transnational Policy Interactions
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Between Integration and Protection of National Sovereignty in the European Union's Radio Spectrum Policy
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The Babel of European Union Studies
Action publique Européenne
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Macro- lite
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French Political Science and European Integration
The Dialectic of Borders and Networks in Europe
Using Europe
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Taking Uncertainty Seriously
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Postnational Rulemaking, Compliance, and Justification
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Informal Governance in the European Union
The elephant in the room
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Last Words on Delegation
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The Limits of European Integration
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The New European community
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The Engines of European Integration
The Social Construction of Europe
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The Open Method of Co-ordination in Action
The Political System of the European Union
Regulating Europe
The Political System of the European Union
Deliberate Discretion?
Delegating Powers
Mind the Gap
From Intergovernmental Bargaining to Deliberative Political Processes
Does Europe Need a Constitution? Demos, Telos and the German Maastricht Decision
Governing the economy
The logic of delegation
Cohesion Policy and European Integration
Establishing the Supremacy of European Law
Transforming Europe
Obstinate or Obsolete? The Fate of the Nation-State and the Case of Western Europe
Neo-Voluntarism
Governance, order, and change in world politics
Internationalization and Domestic Politics
Historical institutionalism in comparative politics
Social Theory of International Politics
Governance in the European Union
The theory of communicative action
Survey Article
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Neo-functionalism
Law and politics in the European Union
Sovereignty and Accountability in the European Community
Democracy Beyond the State? The European Dilemma and the Emerging Global Order
Transatlantic Governance in the Global Economy
Several Roads Lead to International Norms, but Few Via International Socialization
The Joint‐decision Trap
Recasting the European Bargain
The study of the European community
The European Community
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The Co-Decision Procedure in the European Union
The European parliament and co‐decision
Agenda setting, vetoes and the european union's co‐decision procedure
Transforming strategic interaction into deliberative problem-solving
The social construction of Europe
Is something rotten in the state of Denmark?' Constructivism and European integration
The study of the European Union II
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Preferences and Power in the European Community
The Governance Approach to European Integration
The Working Groups of the Council of the European Union
The Anatomy of Autonomy
Norms, Institutions, and National Identity in Contemporary Europe
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The politics of legal integration in the European Union
International cooperation and institutional choice
Revisiting the European Court of Justice
Brussels between Bern and Berlin
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Legislative Politics in the European Union
"Going Native" In Europe
The Path to European Integration
Legislative Procedures in the European Union
Institutionalism and the European Union
Constructing a Supranational Constitution
The European Parliament as a Conditional Agenda Setter
More on the European Parliament as a Conditional Agenda Setter
The Power of the European Parliament as a Conditional Agenda Setter
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More on the co‐decision endgame
The open method of co-ordination and new governance patterns in the EU
Transcending intergovernmentalism? Identity and role perceptions of national officials in EU decision-making
Mapping EU Studies
European Integration from the 1980s
The Open Method as a New Mode of Governance
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Across the Great Divide
An institutional critique of intergovernmentalism
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Turbulent fields and the theory of regional integration
Rationalizing Politics
The second image reversed
Let's Argue
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Who is Afraid of Comulative Research?
A Quiet Revolution
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Integrating Institutions
| Unique citing works | 49 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,23 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2026 (23) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 49 |