Nettsider med emneord «integration theory»

This essay investigates the conceptual and empirical links between globalization and Europeanization, tracing a common logic in contemporary developments.

ARENA Working Paper 37/2002 (html)

Ludger Kühnhardt

This article establishes points of contact between rationalism and social constructivism in the study of social interaction in EU institutions.

ARENA Working Paper 11/2000 (html)

Jeffrey T. Checkel

This paper outlines some theoretical and empirical tasks for an institutional account of European integration, focusing on the uneven development of an EU system of governance.

ARENA Working Paper 02/2000 (html)

Johan P. Olsen

In this paper, the author adopts a pragmatist approach to the European transformation from an order of largely independent nation-states to an integrated order with some capacity to rule in the name of all.

ARENA Working Paper 07/2010 (pdf)

Erik Oddvar Eriksen

The extent to which political cleavages are cross-cutting national boundaries is seen as an indicator of system transformation in the EU. In this paper cleavage patterns are seen as partly reflecting the EU's institutional architecture.

ARENA Working Paper 19/2004 (pdf)

Morten Egeberg

In his Stein Rokkan Memorial Lecture 2005, Johan P. Olsen explores how studies of political unification and differentiation in Europe may contribute to a better general understanding of the dynamics of territorial organization and the balancing of unity and diversity.

ARENA Working Paper 23/2005 (pdf)

Johan P. Olsen

What lessons can be drawn from European integration when it comes to balancing unity and diversity?

ARENA Working Paper 24/2005 (pdf)

Johan P. Olsen

This paper discusses the pertinence of social constructivism to the study of integration. One observation is that while constructivism offers key insights, its assumptions and methodology should not be taken as fully tailored to meet integration students' needs. Rather, constructivism is apt to further theoretical development.

ARENA Working Paper 14/1998 (html)

Jeffrey Checkel