Theories

Question 1

Neofunctionalism

Answer 1

Scholar: Haas ‘Uniting of Europe’

Thesis: states are not the only important actor on the international scene and that political integration is determined as inevitable.

Focus: spillover and socialisation

Actors: focuses on the role of supranational institutions/Non-state actors

Spillover: situation in which cooperation in one field necessitates cooperation in another

Elite integration: people involved in integration process tend to develop preferences and loyalties

Question 2

Liberal Intergovernmentalism

Answer 2

Scholar: Moravscik ‘The Choice for Europe’

Thesis: integration within the EU revolves around state interests, usually economically based (rational/realist POV)

Actors: focuses on MS

Question 3

Europeanisation

Answer 3

Prominent concept in understanding the relationship maintained between member states and the EU in looking at the impact of the EU on domestic changes in policy and day-to-day life e.g. the Euro and JHA

Question 4

Neo-Institutionalism

Answer 4

Scholar: Easton

Looks at how much institutions matter and how supranational an institution is

3 institutionalism:

• Rational choice
• Historical: long term effects of institutionalism
• Sociological: the role of culture or persuasion and communitarised action