The political economy of European integration : theory and analysis / edited by Erik Jones and Amy Verdun.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-218) and index.

An American-European divide in European integration studies: bridging the gap with international political economy (IPE) / Amy Verdun -- Non-state actors and false dichotomies: reviewing IR/IPE approaches to European integration / Maria Green Cowles -- The principal -- agent approach and the study of the European Union: promise unfulfilled? / Hussein Kassim and Anand Menon -- Idiosyncrasy and integration: suggestions from comparative political economy / Erik Jones -- Home alone: integration and influence in national contexts / Jonathon W. Moses -- The purpose of the European Union: framing European integration / A. Maurits van der Veen -- Agency, structure and European integration: critical political economy and the new regionalism in Europe / Marcus Pistor -- The EU and inter-regional cooperation: in search of global presence? / Mary Farrell -- Understanding new forms of European integration: a study in competing political economy explanations / Waltraud Schelkle -- The political economy of European integration in a spatial model / Robert Pahre.

This book provides an accessible introduction to diverse political economy perspectives on different aspects of European integration. It presents a critical appraisal of how scholars in the EU and US use theory to understand European integration.

Print version record.

eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide