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Author Mehlhausen, Thomas

Title European Union Enlargement : Material interests, community norms and anomie
Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (271 pages)
Series Routledge Advances in European Politics
Routledge advances in European politics.
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Decision-making on EU enlargement; 1.2 Methodology; 1.3 Structure; PART I Theory test: Eastern and Southern European Union enlargements; 2 Theoretical perspectives on European Union enlargement; 2.1 What is to be explained?; 2.2 How to explain EU enlargement; 3 European Union Eastern enlargement; 3.1 The eventual approval of Eastern enlargement; 3.2 Tracing the process of Eastern enlargement; 3.3 Intermediate conclusion; 4 European Community Southern enlargements
4.1 The eventual accession of the Southern applicants4.2 Tracing the processes of the Southern enlargements; 4.3 Intermediate conclusion; PART II Theory building: anomie and diffuse decision contexts; 5 The European Union's liberal identity and its constitutive norms; 5.1 Basic constructivist concepts on EU constitutional politics; 5.2 The constructivist research agenda on EU constitutional politics; 5.3 Constitutive norms and their three forms of existence; 5.4 Accession preparedness: the inclusive norm; 5.5 Enlargement readiness: the participatory norm; 5.6 Preliminary conclusion
6 German unification, Maastricht and the prospect of a wider Europe6.1 The disputed origin of the Treaty on European Union; 6.2 The implicit Franco-German quid pro quo between EMU and German unification; 6.3 The neglected shadow of a wider Europe; 6.4 Preliminary conclusion; 7 Solving the double enlargement puzzle: opportunities and constraints in diffuse decision contexts; 7.1 The concept of weakly socialised actors; 7.2 The notion of anomie; 7.3 Diffuse decision contexts; 7.4 The diffuse decision contexts of EU enlargements; 8 Conclusion; Index
Notes Print version record
Subject European Union -- Membership -- History
European Union -- Europe, Southern
European Union -- Europe, Eastern
SUBJECT European Union fast
Subject Membership requirements
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781315707259
131570725X