Political Change in the European Community
The Single European Act as a Case of System Transformation
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8911983 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Thomas Pedersen (0000-0001-7031-5698, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 7-44 |
| Publication date | 1992-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cooperation and Conflict (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-8367 • E-ISSN: 1460-3691 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0010836792027001002 |
| OpenAlex | W2009463511 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 18 |
This article should be seen as a contribution to the new pluralistic debate on integration theory focusing on the problem of political change in integration systems. It departs from the assumption that no single integration theory can account for all aspects of European Community (EC) development. There would seem to be a considerable complementarity between individual integration theories; not only do they often study different dimensions of integration, it could be argued that they also focus on problems relating to different stages in the evolution of an integration system. Viewing the EC as a political system, the author elaborates on Lindberg and Scheingold's observations in Europe's Would-Be Polity (1970) regarding patterns of political change in the Community. The article suggests a wider set of categories of political change, distinguishing between the nature of integration dynamics (directed/undirected) and the degree of change (marginal/incremental/dramatic). A second section looks in more detail at the category of system transformation, stressing the importance of the international environment in explaining such transformations. A final section examines the extent to which the adoption of the Single European Act can be said to have constituted a system transformation
Complementarity (molecular biology · Economic system · Economics · Epistemology · European integration · European union · Feature integration theory · Political change · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Polity · Positive economics · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Law
International theory and European integration
The European Community and the challenge of the future
The integration of political communities
The Dynamics of European Integration
Change in the International System
The French socialists and European institutional reform
Neo-functionalism
Frameworks for International Co-operation
Europe
Europe's domestic market
The European Community and the challenge of the future
The Transformation of Western Europe
Problems of Enlargement
The Concept of Community and the European Integration Process 1
International Integration
Patterns and Catalysts in Regional Integration
Comparative Regional Integration
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2010 (18) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |