Neofunctionalism and EU Internal Security Cooperation
In: Theorizing Internal Security in the European Union, S. 129-152
In: Theorizing Internal Security in the European Union, S. 129-152
In: Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung: Studies in peace and conflict : ZeFKo, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 134-144
ISSN: 2192-1741
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In: Zeitschrift für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 134-144
In: Journal of common market studies: JCMS, Band 53, Heft 5, S. 957-975
ISSN: 1468-5965
AbstractThis article examines how the EU's effectiveness as a mediator in peace negotiations can be appropriately conceptualized and analysed. Mediator effectiveness is analysed along two dimensions: goal‐attainment and conflict settlement. Investigation of the conditions of mediator effectiveness is structured around four key sets of variables: mediator leverage, mediation strategy, coherence and the conflict's context. In our empirical analysis of EU mediation between Serbia and Kosovo (Belgrade–Pristina dialogue) we find that the medium degree of EU effectiveness (both in terms of goal‐attainment and conflict settlement) can be explained by its great leverage vis‐à‐vis the conflict parties due to their EU membership aspirations and its strategy of a mix of manipulation and formulation that draws on this leverage to move parties toward agreement through the use of positive incentives. A limited degree of EU coherence and spoiler problems in Northern Kosovo seem to have had a constraining influence on EU effectiveness.
In: Journal of common market studies: JCMS, Band 53, Heft 5, S. 957-975
ISSN: 0021-9886
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In: Cambridge review of international affairs, Band 28, Heft 4, S. 523-535
ISSN: 0955-7571
In: Journal of European public policy, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 196-218
ISSN: 1350-1763
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In: Journal of European public policy, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 196-218
ISSN: 1466-4429
In: Cambridge review of international affairs, Band 28, Heft 4, S. 523-535
ISSN: 1474-449X
In: Journal of European public policy volume 22, number 2 (2015)
In: Special issue
In: Journal of European public policy, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 155-176
ISSN: 1350-1763
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In: Journal of European public policy, Band 22, Heft 2, S. 155-176
ISSN: 1466-4429
In: European political science: EPS, Band 14, Heft 3, S. 205-217
ISSN: 1682-0983
In: Journal of contemporary European research: JCER, Band 9, Heft 4
ISSN: 1815-347X
This article analyses the EU's Common Commercial Policy (CCP) at the level of Treaty revision and particularly focuses on the last Treaty negotiations that led to the Treaty of Lisbon. The analysis is based on a revised neofunctionalist framework that the author developed in previous work. It draws on the following concepts: (i) functional spillover; (ii) cultivated spillover; (iii) social spillover; and (iv) countervailing forces. Insights into the dynamics and countervailing forces driving Treaty revisions considerably deepen our understanding of the Common Commercial Policy, as EU external trade policy-making is substantially affected by the parameters set by the Treaty. The analysis indicates that the revised neofunctionalist framework can broadly account for the changes of the Common Commercial Policy during the last Treaty revision. It is further suggested that integration in the area of trade policy cannot be explained exclusively by rational choice dynamics, such as utility maximizing actors with fixed preferences, but that socialization through deliberation also needs to be taken into account.
In: International relations: the journal of the David Davies Memorial Institute of International Studies, Band 27, Heft 3, S. 261-275
ISSN: 1741-2862
The goal of this Special Issue is to improve our conceptualisation and empirical understanding of EU actorness and effectiveness in International Relations. While the European Union aspires to play a greater global role, its actorness and effectiveness cannot be taken for granted given the nature of the EU as a multi-level and semi-supranational polity encompassing 28 Member States with diverse foreign policy preferences. The EU is presently at an important crossroad. On the one hand, its external policy stature and capacity have been boosted by institutional innovations and by the Union's increased involvement in the full spectrum of international issues. On the other hand, a number of factors cast doubt on the EU's real external policy actorness and effectiveness: slow and often only modest internal reforms, an increasing politicisation of formally 'low politics' issues, the prolonged sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone, and a less favourable external environment, with the US shifting its focus to the Asia-Pacific region and emerging powers creating a more polycentric world order. In view of these changes and subsequent developments in the scholarly literature, our aim is to re-evaluate earlier conceptions of EU actorness. Central to this re-evaluation will be a shift in focus from notions of actorness to effectiveness. This introductory article will unpack and further elaborate the issues raised in this abstract by delineating the EU as an international actor in the empirical context, by reviewing the existing conceptual literature, defining and conceptualizing key notions and by providing an overview of the contributions to this Special Issue.