Mechanisms of European Integration - The Force of Reasons

This book posits the possibility of a reasons-based account of the European integration process.

List of contents

Part 1: Squaring the circle on rationality and acceptability 1. Introduction: The rationality/acceptability gap 2. The right-making force of public reason 3. Rational irrationality: On bargaining and arguing 4. Deliberative inquiry: Probing the conditions for legitimate solutions 5. Rational acceptability and its limitations 6. Deliberative decision-making 7. Claims-making, justification, and learning Part 2: European integration: Autonomy and heteronomy 8. European integration: the force of democracy 9. The European parliament puzzle: from disagreement to agreement 10. Differentiation, segmentation, and the spectre of dominance 11. Habermas versus Habermas on European democracy 12. Regional cosmopolitanism and hierarchical self-intervention. Postscript

About the author

Erik O. Eriksen is Professor of Political Science and former Director of ARENA at the University of Oslo, Norway.

Summary

This book posits the possibility of a reasons-based account of the European integration process.

Product details

• Authors: Erik O. Eriksen, Erik O. (University of Oslo Eriksen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.02.2025
• EAN: 9781032893754
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3289375-4
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Social & political philosophy, Political science & theory, social and political philosophy, Political structures: democracy, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Political science and theory, EU (European Union), International institutions, EU & European institutions