The Convention on the Future of Europe
In: Euroclio v.87
Cover -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Content -- Chapter I. Introduction -- The research question and the theoretical divide -- Research methodology and sources -- The structure of the book -- Chapter II. Governmental actors' preferences and negotiation behaviour at the Convention The theoretical debate and the search for a toolbox -- The rationalist-constructivist debate -- Liberal-intergovernmentalism -- The European Convention through the lens of LI -- Neo-institutionalism -- Rational choice institutionalism -- The European Convention through the lens of RCI -- Historical Institutionalism -- The European Convention through the lens of HI -- Sociological institutionalism -- The European Convention through the lens of SI -- Discursive institutionalism -- The European Convention through the lens of DI -- Synthetic Table of Theoretical Approaches -- A new framework for analysis of preference and negotiating behaviour of governmental actors in the European Convention -- The influence of the policy issue areas in the negotiating behaviour of governmental actors -- The necessity of going beyond the dichotomy "bargaining-problem solving" or "bargaining-arguing" -- The development of four ideal types of negotiating behaviour -- The methodology and the research structure -- The sequential approach and the choice of primary sources -- Chapter III. The Governments and the constitutional projects in the EU From the EPC failure to the convocation of the European Convention -- Introduction -- Fifty years of integration and political debate: Intergovernmental, Functional or Constitutional Avenue? -- Intergovernmental Strategy -- Functional strategy -- Constitutional strategy -- The institutional evolution of the EU and the failure of previous constitutional experiences
