Institutionalism, intergovernmentalism and European integration: a review article

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The nature of European integration has become a hotly debated issue between institutionalists and intergovernmentalists. Institutionalists uphold that institutions make a difference and insist that the progression of European integration can be adequately explained by understanding the impact exerted by European institutions and its people. Intergovernmentalists, on the other hand, view integration as the convergence of national interests, especially economic, wherein governments pool some of their powers for the sake of efficiency and effectiveness.

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Institutional interaction and European integration: towards an everyday critique of liberal intergovernmentalism

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The liberal intergovernmental approach towards analyzing the effectiveness of economic integration in the EU is generally inadequate to explain the concept because it does not qualify as a theory which would have made its biases reasonable. An alternative approach based on policy analysis is considered more effective.

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Liberal intergovernmentalism and integration: a rejoinder

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Liberal intergovernmentalism is, contrary to what its critics assert, an essential tool in the analysis of European integration. It is as much a theory as an approach. It assumes, again contrary to critics' beliefs, that international cooperation efforts are a product of rational decisionmaking and foresight.

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