Parapublic Underpinnings of International Relations: The Franco-German Construction of Europeanization of a Particular Kind

Krotz, Ulrich

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“…Krotz (: 387) has pointed out that these first‐hand opportunities for cross‐border interactions included ‘extensive youth and educational exchanges with the Franco‐German Youth Office alone involving some 7 million participants since 1963; some 2000 “twinships” between French and German towns and between departments or regions and Landkreise or Länder, and a host of institutes and associations committed to Franco‐German affairs’. These ‘parapublic’ activities are special to Franco‐German relations.…”

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A crisis of integration? The development of transnational dyadic trust in theEuropeanUnion, 1954–2004

Klingemann

Weldon

2012

European J Political Res

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The healthy functioning and long-term viability of the European Union (EU) ultimately depend on its citizens finding common cause and developing a shared sense of political community. However, in recent years, scholars and pundits alike have expressed doubts about whether the EU's growing cultural, religious and economic diversity is undermining the development of citizens' shared sense of political community, especially following eastern expansion. In this article, this question is examined using data on a key aspect of political community: transnational dyadic trust. Drawing on a unique set of opinion surveys from the formative years of the EU to the first wave of eastward expansion , the development and sources of dyadic trust among EU Member States is studied. While recognising the importance of diversity for trust judgments in the short-term, the prevailing viewpoint that it is also a long-term obstacle to integration is challenged. Instead, it is argued that citizens from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds can learn to trust one another and build a sense of political community over time through greater cooperation and interconnectedness. This theory is tested with data on bilateral trade density, which is seen as a proxy and precursor for other forms of cross-national interconnectedness. Employing longitudinal models, the article also goes beyond existing research to test the theories over time.The study makes a contribution to the research on European integration, suggesting that over time mutual trust and a shared sense of political community can indeed develop in diverse settings.

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A crisis of integration? The development of transnational dyadic trust in theEuropeanUnion, 1954–2004

Klingemann

Weldon

2012

European J Political Res

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“…The paper reveals the historical prerequisites for overt conflict by investigating the covert securitization of cyberspace and sheds light on the power positions of both supranational and national legislators. While the paper does not explain the political outcome itself, it provides a better understanding of the decision-making context and how it enabled the outcome (see also, Krotz, 2007;Meijer and Wyss, 2018).…”

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Who Should Be in Charge of Cyberspace? The European Union, Member States and the Constitution of Structural Power

Weiss

2020

SSRN Journal

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Cyberspace has evolved as a domain of overlapping and essentially contested authorities. This paper seeks to explore the underlying power dynamics between supranational and national actors within the European Union. I argue that, historically, the persistent securitization of cyberspace has constituted structural power positions that privilege member states and grant them the responsibility of formulating policy responses to new challenges. An empirical analysis of more than 500 speech acts collected from public discourse in Germany and the United Kingdom from 1988 to 2017 shows, however, that securitization has not freed governments from normal politics. Calls for exceptional policies have been vague. The conceptual link between securitization and structural power thus allows for a differentiated view as to who should be in charge of cyberspace. These findings contribute to a better understanding of today's cyberpolitics and the historical constitution of structural power within Europe.

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“…Affective bonds of community among the Union's some 500 million citizens have remained feeble and highly fractured. Senses of belonging together on a broad level have dramatically lagged behind elite‐driven integration and EU‐level institution‐building (Etzioni, 2007; however, compare Krotz, 2007).…”

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Momentum and Impediments: Why Europe Won't Emerge as a Full Political Actor on the World Stage Soon*

Krotz

2009

J of Common Market Studies

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Is Europe about to rise as a full political actor on the world stage? Conventional wisdom had it that European integration in foreign policy, security and defence was unlikely to amount to much very quickly. More recently, however, a diverse group of scholars has argued that pan-European political actorhood had gained considerable substance. Surveying the recent literature, pertinent related writings and relevant primary materials on the matter, this article identifies and systematizes the many different factors affecting European high-politics actorhood in the early 21st century. A fully grown international actor Europe, it finds, remains a longer-term project rather than an imminent prospect. Copyright (c) 2009 The Author(s). Journal compilation (c) 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

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Parapublic Underpinnings of International Relations: The Franco-German Construction of Europeanization of a Particular Kind

Cited by 24 publications

References 44 publications

A crisis of integration? The development of transnational dyadic trust in theEuropeanUnion, 1954–2004

A crisis of integration? The development of transnational dyadic trust in theEuropeanUnion, 1954–2004

Who Should Be in Charge of Cyberspace? The European Union, Member States and the Constitution of Structural Power

Momentum and Impediments: Why Europe Won't Emerge as a Full Political Actor on the World Stage Soon*

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