This paper sets the scene for a JEPP special issue entitled 'Re-engaging Grand Theory:
European Integration in the Twenty-first Century.'The special issue engages three theories …

This paper starts from the premise that the politicization of Europe is indicative of a new
structuring conflict that involves a set of processes which put the national political community …

Erik Jones a, R. Daniel Kelemen b and Sophie Meunier c aJohns Hopkins SAIS,
Washington, DC, USA; bDepartment of Political Science, Rutgers University, New …

ABSTRACT The European Union has gone through major crises of its two flagship
integration projects of the 1990s: the euro and Schengen. Both crises had structurally similar …

The Eurozone crisis and the refugee crisis are showcases of the problems associated with
the EU's shift from market integration to the integration of core state powers. The integration …

The European Union's institutional development is highly imbalanced. It has established
robust legal authority and institutions, but it remains weak or impotent in terms of its …

Liberal Intergovernmentalism (LI) is the contemporary “baseline” social scientific and
historiographic theory of regional integration—especially as regards the European Union. It …

This Handbook is a primer on the European Union (EU) crisis. Europe has faced a decade
of profound crises and this volume takes stock of their consequences for the EU. Despite …

Since its beginnings in the 1950s, the European integration project has come a long way.
Starting with six member states in the European Communities, the EU has expanded to 28 in …

The chapter recapitulates the basic assumptions and propositions of liberal
intergovernmentalism on national preferences, intergovernmental bargaining, and the …