Documente Academic
Documente Profesional
Documente Cultură
Lecture Outline
New theories
Institutionalism Policy Networks
Conclusion
Theory
Three purposes: explain & understand; analyse & describe; normative guidance
Integration
Process: social and political Outcome
Integration Theory
Theorises the process and outcome of integration
Federalism
Federation
Constitutional entrenchment; sovereignty divided and shared
Neo-functionalism
Spillover
Functional, political & cultivated
Intergovernmentalism
Institutionalism
Historical
inertia; sequencing path dependency
Sociological
Norms & conventions also institutions; logic of appropriateness
Policy Networks
Wide ranging from very tight to very loose networks Generally policy shaping model Three levels of decision-making
Super-systemic, systemic, sub-systemic
Conclusion
Theories evolved over time, bottom up; top-down; trickle across No single theory can explain all developments in the EU Theory to help provide insights Theory way of organising thoughts More complex due to nature of EU