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THE AUTHOR DEMONSTRATES THAT THE COEXISTENCE OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL STRUCTURES AND INTEGRATIVE PROCESSES WAS A CONSTITUTIVE PART OF THE EUROPEAN POLITICAL COOPERATION (EPC) EXPERIENCE, WHICH THE TRADITIONAL NEOFUNCTIONALIST-REALIST DEBATE ON EUROPEAN INTEGRATION HAS OVERLOOKED. HE OUTLINES THE ORIGINAL DEBATE BETWEEN THE LEADING PROPONENTS OF NEOFUNCTIONALISM (ERNST HAAS) AND REALISM (STANLEY HOFFMANN) AND DISCUSSES THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS DEBATE FOR THE STUDY OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND EPC. THEN HE DESCRIBES THE INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK AND WORKING PRACTICES OF THE EPC. HE CONCLUDES THAT THE COMPLEX NATURE OF EPC FITS UNEASILY WITHIN EXISTING INTEGRATION THEORY. HE PROPOSES A MODIFIED VERSION OF HAAS' ORIGINAL THEORY OF INTEGRATION -FOCUSING ON THE SUB-PROCESSES OF SOCIALIZATION, COOPERATION, AND FORMALIZATION -- WHICH ALLOWS FOR A THEORETICAL CONCEPTUALIZATION OF INTERGOVERNMENTAL INTEGRATION.