International Institutions and Socialization in Europe(ISBN=
Since the path-breaking work of Karl Deutsch on securitycommunities and Ernst Haas on European integration, it has beenclear that international institutions may create senses ofcommunity and belonging beyond the nation state. Put differently,they can socialize. Yet the mechanisms underlying such dynamicshave been unclear. This volume explores these mechanisms ofinternational community building, from a resolutely eclectic standpoint. Rationalism is thus the social theory of choice for somecontributors, while others are more comfortable with socialconstructivism. This problem-driven perspective and the theoreticalbridge building it are the cutting edge in international relationstheory. By providing more fined-grained arguments on precisely howinternational institutions matter, such an approach sheds cruciallight on the complex relationship between states and institutions,between rational choice and social constructivism, and, in ourcase, between Europe and the nation state. ? Features essays from e
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