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“Europe will be built through crises…” : Explaining the variation in the outcomes of crises of European integration
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Florence : European University Institute, 2023
EUI; SPS; PhD Thesis
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SCHRAMM, Lucas, “Europe will be built through crises…” : Explaining the variation in the outcomes of crises of European integration, Florence : European University Institute, 2023, EUI, SPS, PhD Thesis - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/75283
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This thesis analyzes major political crises and their outcomes throughout the entire process of European integration. Its objective is to provide a theoretically informed and empirically grounded explanation to the main research question: why has there been such variation in crisis outcomes? It finds that the nature of the crisis origin, the level of member-state interdependence, and the presence or absence of French-German leadership determine a crisis outcome. Overall, this thesis compiles a systematic and comparative analysis of major crises and crisis outcomes that so far has been missing in the scholarly literature. The findings show that crises vary greatly in their outcomes and the impact they have on European integration and the polity of what today is the European Union (EU). Other than conventional wisdom might have it, crises have been an inherent part of European integration since the beginning. Moreover, only a few crises led to ‘more’ European integration, notably to an increase in the power of supranational institutions and procedures, while the majority did not. This thesis follows a political understanding of crises and assesses change to the system, that is, to European integration and the EU polity. It scrutinizes why and how crises of European integration came about; how they were dealt with and resolved; and in which way they affected the system.
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Defence date: 31 January 2023; Examining Board: Prof. Ulrich Krotz (Sciences Po Paris, Supervisor); Prof. Adrienne Héritier (EUI); Prof. Christian Lequesne (Sciences Po Paris); Prof. Joachim Schild (University of Trier).
Defence date: 31 January 2023; Examining Board: Prof. Ulrich Krotz (Sciences Po Paris, Supervisor); Prof. Adrienne Héritier (EUI); Prof. Christian Lequesne (Sciences Po Paris); Prof. Joachim Schild (University of Trier).