In: Routledge advances in European politics 117
In: Routledge Advances in European Politics Ser.
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 applicants -- 4.2 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 Europe -- 6.1 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.
In: Routledge advances in European politics 117
In: Routledge advances in European politics, 117
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