International institutions and socialization in Europe
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Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007
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CHECKEL, Jeffrey T. (editor/s), International institutions and socialization in Europe, Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007 - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/61646
Abstract
Since the path-breaking work of Karl Deutsch on security communities and Ernst Haas on European integration, it has been clear that international institutions may create senses of community and belonging beyond the nation state. Put differently, they can socialize. Yet the mechanisms underlying such dynamics have been unclear. This volume explores these mechanisms of international community building, from a resolutely eclectic stand point. Rationalism is thus the social theory of choice for some contributors, while others are more comfortable with social constructivism. This problem-driven perspective and the theoretical bridge building it are the cutting edge in international relations theory. By providing more fined-grained arguments on precisely how international institutions matter, such an approach sheds crucial light on the complex relationship between states and institutions, between rational choice and social constructivism, and, in our case, between Europe and the nation state.
Table of Contents
-- Preface
-- Contributors
Part I - International Institutions as Community Builders
1 - International Institutions and Socialization in Europe: Introduction and Framework
Part II - The Socializing Power of European Institutions
2 - Strategic Calculation and International Socialization: Membership Incentives, Party Constellations, and Sustained Compliance in Central and Eastern Europe
3 - Several Roads Lead to International Norms, but Few Via International Socialization: A Case Study of the European Commission
4 - Multiple Embeddedness and Socialization in Europe: The Case of Council Officials
5 - The Janus Face of Brussels: Socialization and Everyday Decision Making in the European Union
6 - Security Institutions as Agents of Socialization? NATO and the ‘New Europe’
Part III - Critique, Conclusions, and Extensions
7 - Conclusions and Extensions: Toward Mid-Range Theorizing and Beyond Europe
8 - Getting Socialized to Build Bridges: Constructivism and Rationalism, Europe and the Nation-State
-- Index