Nettsider med emneord « methodological issues»

Publisert 9. nov. 2010 10:52

This paper discusses conditionality - the use of incentives to alter a state's behaviour or policies - in the light of post-Cold War developments in Europe. It is argued here that regional integration generates a transition of national interests; the toolkit for analysing compliance must henceforth be expanded.

ARENA Working Paper 18/2000 (html)

Jeffrey T. Checkel

Publisert 9. nov. 2010 10:52

This paper specifies the scope conditions of the logics of appropriateness and consequentiality in the JHA Council.

ARENA Working Paper 15/2007 (pdf)

Jonathan P. Aus

Publisert 9. nov. 2010 10:52

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

Publisert 9. nov. 2010 10:52

Taking the Amsterdam Treaty as object of study, this paper makes the case for an institutionalist perspective of the EU. Institutional reform, it is argued, stems less from member state power and preferences than from path-dependence, internal dynamics and specific circumstances of the ICG.

ARENA Working Paper 21/1998 (html)

Ulf Sverdrup

Publisert 9. nov. 2010 10:52

What lines could be drawn between constructivism and institutionalism with regards to subject matter and theoretical assumptions? This paper presents an unusual synthesis; empirics are drawn from national officials in EU committees, with focus on role conceptions and decision-making behaviour.

ARENA Working Paper 31/1999 (html)

Jarle Trondal

Publisert 9. nov. 2010 10:52

This paper addresses the overarching question of citizenship and community in the present EU; its key focus is on the Federal Republic of Germany, to which is applied constructivist insights about international normative regimes.

ARENA Working Paper 03/1999 (html)

Jeffrey T. Checkel

Publisert 9. nov. 2010 10:52

This paper discusses the potential of social constructivism to gain a better understanding of international institutions; socialization is conceived of as a key concept for such understanding to be reached.

ARENA Working Paper 05/2004 (html)

Jeffrey T. Checkel

Publisert 9. nov. 2010 10:52

Neatly combining a theoretical argument with empirical studies, this paper attempts to conceptualise persuasion in the context of opinion formation in international institutions.

ARENA Working Paper 14/2002 (html)

Jeffrey T. Checkel

Publisert 9. nov. 2010 10:52

Accounting for the role of EU institutions in the integration process,this introductory essay also brings a wider debate about the usefulness of institutional theory.

ARENA Working Paper 27/2002 (html)

Joseph Jupille, James A. Caporaso and Jeffrey T. Checkel