International Institutions and Socialization in Europe

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-0-521-68937-3
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 290 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 478 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Checkel, Jeffrey T.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Europarecht Europäisches Öffentliches Recht (inkl. EMRK)
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Internationale Organisationen und Institutionen
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Öffentliches Recht, Völkerrecht, Internationale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I. International Institutions as Community Builders: 1. International institutions and socialization in Europe: introduction and framework Jeffrey T. Checkel; 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 Frank Schimmelfennig; 3. Several roads lead to international norms, but few via international socialization: a case study of the European Commission Liesbet Hooghe; 4. Multiple embeddedness and socialization in Europe: the case of council officials Jan Beyers; 5. The Janus face of Brussels: socialization and everyday decision making in the European Union Jeffrey Lewis; 6. Security institutions as agents of socialization? NATO and the 'New Europe' Alexandra Gheciu; Part III. Critique, Conclusions and Extensions: 7. Conclusions and extensions: toward mid-range theorizing and beyond Europe Alastair Iain Johnston; 8. Getting socialized to build bridges: constructivism and rationalism, Europe and the nation-state Michael Zürn and Jeffrey T. Checkel.

Über Autor(innen)

Checkel, Jeffrey T.
Jeffrey T. Checkel is Professor of Political Science at the University of Oslo. His research and teaching interests are international relations theory, European integration, politics in the former USSR and West Europe, and human rights. He is the author of Ideas and International Political Change: Soviet/Russian Behavior and the End of the Cold War, and has published widely in leading European and American scholarly journals.