{"product_id":"the-political-economy-of-european-integration-theory-and-analysis-ripe-studies-in-global-political-economy-9780415340649","title":"The Political Economy of European Integration","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a balanced introduction to diverse political economy perspectives on different aspects of European integration, demonstrating both the importance and the potential of research in this area. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume includes three types of chapters: broad literature reviews, narrower applications of existing arguments, and new syntheses of competing claims. The authors also present a critical appraisal of how scholars in the EU and US use theory to understand European integration, and examine issues such as citizens' attitudes, perceptions and preferences of actors, the role of non-state actors, principle-agent questions, and the role and the autonomy of European institutions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis empirically informed and methodologically rigorous volume will be of great interest to students and researchers in the fields of comparative political economy, EU studies, international political economy and international organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Political Economy and European Integration \u003cem\u003eErik Jones\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAmy Verdun \u003c\/em\u003e 1. An American\/European Divide in European Integration Studies: Bridging the gap with international political economy \u003cem\u003eAmy Verdun\u003c\/em\u003e 2. Non-State Actors and False Dichotomies: Reviewing IR\/IPE approaches to European integration \u003cem\u003eMaria Green Cowles \u003c\/em\u003e 3. The Principal-Agent Approach and the study of the European Union: Promise unfulfilled? \u003cem\u003eHussein Kassim\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAnand Menon\u003c\/em\u003e 4. Idiosyncrasy and Integration: Suggestions from comparative political economy \u003cem\u003eErik Jones\u003c\/em\u003e 5. The Role of Organized Interests in the European Political Economy \u003cem\u003eJustin Greenwood\u003c\/em\u003e 6. Imagined European Unions: Perceptions of the EU and support for EU enlargement \u003cem\u003eMaurits van der Veen\u003c\/em\u003e 7. European Monetary Integration and Class Strategies: The federation of German industry's position on monetary union from Bretton Woods to EMU \u003cem\u003eMarcus Pistor\u003c\/em\u003e 8. The EU and Inter-Regional Cooperation: Interests, preferences and structural power \u003cem\u003eMary Farrell\u003c\/em\u003e 9. Understanding New Forms of European Integration: A study in competing political economy explanations \u003cem\u003eWaltraud Schelkle\u003c\/em\u003e 10. The Political Economy of European Integration in a Spatial Model \u003cem\u003eRobert Pahre\u003c\/em\u003e Conclusion: Convergence and divergence in the study of european political economy: Anatomy of a research agenda \u003cem\u003eErik Jones\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAmy Verdun\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402095141207,"sku":"9780415340649","price":58.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-political-economy-of-european-integration-theory-and-analysis-ripe-studies-in-global-political-economy-9780415340649","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}