{"product_id":"theorizing-european-integration-9780415437509","title":"Theorizing European Integration","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFully revised and updated throughout, \u003cem\u003eTheorizing European Integration 2nd edition\u003c\/em\u003e provides a comprehensive introduction to the theoretical study of European integration. Combining perspectives from international relations, comparative politics and social and political theory, Dimitris N. Chryssochoou offers a complete overview of the many competing approaches that have sought to capture and explain the evolving political nature of the European Union (EU) and its qualitative transition from a union of states to a polity in its own right. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary issues, themes and theories addressed include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe different uses and current state of EU theorizing \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003estatecentric accounts of integration and their critics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003enew normative challenges to the study of the EU\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe political dynamics of European treaty reform\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003enew forms of democracy, citizenship and governance\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe limits and possibilities of EU cons\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis second edition of \u003cem\u003eTheorizing European Integration\u003c\/em\u003e is much more than an updating of the original. It also develops the author’s own special insights into the character of the European Union in particular with regard to the concept of synarchy… The book is a major addition to understanding the regional integration of states.’ - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePaul Taylor, Professor Emeritus of International Relations, London School of Economics, UK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Chryssochoou approaches theorising as an indispensable tool for understanding the integration of Europe and in this second edition continues his search for reliable theory to help our understanding of the EU and the challenges to its development as a polity… It remains an intellectual tour de force, an exceptionally good guide to theories of integration.’ - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGeoffrey Edwards, Jean Monnet Professor of Political Science, University of Cambridge, UK\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Chryssochoou’s book is a sophisticated analysis of the development of integration theory, but his is also an impassionate defence of a particular conception of European integration, which blends together in an original way republican and post-statist categories of politics.’ - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eDario Castiglione, Reader in Political Theory, University of Exeter, UK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Chryssochoou offers an excellent one stop shop of the different theoretical approaches to understanding the EU, indicating the appropriate topics and levels of analysis to which they might be best applied.’ - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRichard Bellamy, Professor of Political Science, University College London, UK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The State of a Discipline 2. On Formative Theorizing 3. The Confederal Phase 4. Discourses on Polityhood 5. The Consociational Analogy 6. Theorizing Treaty Reform 7. The Normative Turn 8. Organized Synarchy. Postscript. Bibliography \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577322508631,"sku":"9780415437509","price":166.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415437509.jpg?v=1746094893","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/theorizing-european-integration-9780415437509","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}