The Social Construction of Europe
  1. 248 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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About this book

`The Social Construction of Europe is a wonderful tool for scholars and advanced students concened with European integration? - Nationalism and Ethical Politics

This book is the first to systematically introduce and apply a social constructivist perspective to the study of European integration. Social constructivism is carefully located in terms of its philosophical and methodological origins. The wider debates and contribution of constructivist approaches to international relations are reviewed, and the insights that might then be afforded to European studies fully explored.

Highlights include: new theoretical contributions to the debate by Ernst B. Haas, Andrew Moravcsik and Steve Smith; research on key aspects of European integration and EU governance applying a variety of constructivist approaches.

The Social Construction of Europe provides new and important insights to a key area of contemporary study and research.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Preface
  4. Chapter 1 - Introduction
  5. Part I - Social Constructivism and theorizing european integration
  6. Chapter 2 - Does Constructivism Subsume Neo-functionalism?
  7. Chapter 3 - Understanding the European Union as a Federal Polity
  8. Chapter 4 - Social Construction and European Integration
  9. Part II: Social constructivist perspectives in studies of european integration
  10. Chapter 5 - Postnational Constitutionalism in the European Union
  11. Chapter 6 - Speaking 'Europe': The Politics of Integration Discourse
  12. Chapter 7 - Constructing Europe? The Evolution of Nation-State Identities
  13. Chapter 8 - Constructing Institutional Interests: EU and NATO Enlargement
  14. Chapter 9 - Reconstructing a Common European Foreign Policy
  15. Chapter 10 - Discourses of Globalization and European Identities
  16. Pary III: Debating approaches to european integration
  17. Chapter 11 - Constructivism and European Integration: A Critique
  18. Chapter 12 - Social Constructivisms and European Studies
  19. Chapter 13 - The Social Construction of Social Constructivism
  20. Bibliography
  21. Notes on Contributors
  22. Index