Frank Schimmelfennig

The Eu, NATO and the Integration of Europe

Rules and Rhetoric
Herausgeber: F&155 Llesdal, Andreas; Olsen, Johan P.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Why did Western European states agree to the enlargement of the EU and NATO? Frank Schimmelfennig analyzes the history of the enlargement process and develops a theoretical approach of 'rhetorical action' to explain why it occurred. While rationalist theory explains the willingness of East European states to join the NATO and EU, it does not explain why member states decided to admit them. Using original data, Schimmelfennig shows that expansion to the East can be understood in terms of liberal democratic community building. Drawing on the works of Jon Elster and Erving Goffman, he demonstrates that the decision to expand was the result of rhetorical action. Candidates and their supporters used arguments based on collective identity, norms and values of the Western community to shame opponents into acquiescing to enlargement. This landmark book makes an enormous contribution to theory in international relations and to the study of European politics.

Produktdetails

• Themes in European Governance
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 550g
• ISBN-13: 9780521535250
• ISBN-10: 0521535255
• Artikelnr.: 14980251

Autorenporträt

Frank Schimmelfennig is a Fellow of the Mannheim Center for European Social Research, Germany.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I. Security, Power or Welfare? Eastern Enlargement in a Rationalist Perspective: 1. Rationalist institutionalism and the enlargement of regional organizations; 2. NATO enlargement; 3. EU enlargement; Conclusion: the rationalist puzzle of Eastern enlargement; Part II. Expanding the Western Community of Liberal Values and Norms: Eastern Enlargement in a Sociological Perspective: 4. Sociological institutionalism and the enlargement of regional organizations; 5. Eastern enlargement and the Western international community; 6. The event history of enlargement; Conclusion: the sociological solution to the enlargement puzzle; Part III. Association Instead of Membership: Preferences and Bargaining Power in Eastern Enlargement: 7. Process hypotheses; 8. State preferences and the initial enlargement process; Conclusion: the double puzzle of Eastern enlargement; Part IV. From Association to Membership: Rhetorical Action in Eastern Enlargement: 9. Rhetorical action; 10. The decision to enlarge NATO; 11. The decision to enlarge the EU; Conclusion: solving the double puzzle of Eastern enlargement; Strategic action in international community: concluding remarks; Appendix (interviews); List of references; Index.

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List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Part I. Security, Power or Welfare? Eastern Enlargement in a Rationalist Perspective: 1. Rationalist institutionalism and the enlargement of regional organizations
2. NATO enlargement
3. EU enlargement
Conclusion: the rationalist puzzle of Eastern enlargement
Part II. Expanding the Western Community of Liberal Values and Norms: Eastern Enlargement in a Sociological Perspective: 4. Sociological institutionalism and the enlargement of regional organizations
5. Eastern enlargement and the Western international community
6. The event history of enlargement
Conclusion: the sociological solution to the enlargement puzzle
Part III. Association Instead of Membership: Preferences and Bargaining Power in Eastern Enlargement: 7. Process hypotheses
8. State preferences and the initial enlargement process
Conclusion: the double puzzle of Eastern enlargement
Part IV. From Association to Membership: Rhetorical Action in Eastern Enlargement: 9. Rhetorical action
10. The decision to enlarge NATO
11. The decision to enlarge the EU
Conclusion: solving the double puzzle of Eastern enlargement
Strategic action in international community: concluding remarks
Appendix (interviews)
List of references
Index.

Rezensionen

'... the book provides valuable information for people interested in two major theories of international relations in practice. ... Schimmelfennig gives a deep insight in the process and the outcomes of NATO and EU enlargement as such and develops a theoretical approach that seems applicable to future Western organizations' enlargement decisions.' Steve Schwarzer, European Societies