Bulmer, S. and Joseph, J. (2015) European integration in crisis? Of supranational integration, hegemonic projects and domestic politics. European Journal of International Relations. ISSN 1354-0661
Abstract
The European Union is facing multiple challenges. Departing from mainstream theory, this article adopts a fresh approach to understanding integration. It does so by taking two theoretical steps. The first introduces the structure–agency debate in order to make explicit the relationship between macro-structures, the institutional arrangements at European Union level and agency. The second proposes that the state of integration should be understood as the outcome of contestation between competing hegemonic projects that derive from underlying social processes and that find their primary expression in domestic politics. These two steps facilitate an analysis of the key areas of contestation in the contemporary European Union, illustrated by an exploration of the current crisis in the European Union, and open up the development of an alternative, critical, theory of integration.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 The Author(s). Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Domestic politics; European integration; Eurozone crisis; governance, hegemony; structure–agency |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Politics and International Relations (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 05 Nov 2015 14:24 |
Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2016 01:32 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1354066115612558 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1354066115612558 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:91413 |