The social construction of Europe

Participation, Dialogue, and Civic Engagement: Understanding the Role of Organized Civil Society in Promoting Active Citizenship in the European Union

“…Social constructivists have claimed that it was necessary to find ways to unpack the EU's transformative effect on social realities (Christiansen, Jorgensen & Wiener, 1999). This can be achieved by looking at the dynamics and discursive interactions between constellations of strong, transnational and weak publics.…”

Rational Choice and EU Politics

“…By the late 1990s, and into the early 2000s, it was commonplace for scholars to depict both IR and EU studies as being characterized by a new 'great debate' between rational choice and constructivism, displacing earlier debates such as that between neofunctionalism and intergovernmentalism (Katzenstein et al 1998;Christiansen et al 1999;Moravcsik 1999;Checkel and Moravcsik 2001).…”

The Stability and Growth Pact - Theorizing a Case in European Integration*

“…In recent years, European integration theories have been strongly influenced by the emergence of ideas-focused or knowledge-based approaches (Christiansen et al, 1999;Jacobsen, 1995;Parsons, 2002;Radaelli, 1999;Risse, 2000;Verdun 1999). This article proposes to organize in a systematic manner the multitude of 'approaches' that could be captured under this heading.…”