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European Integration Confuses Citizens And Scholars Alike. It Appears To Transfer Power Away From National Capitals Towards Brussels Yet A Close Study Of The Eu Reveals The Absence Of Any Real Leap Towards Supranationalism. The Eu Is Dominated By Cooperation Between National Representatives And National Officials Yet It Continually Appears To Us As Something External And Separate From National Political Life. This Book Takes On These Paradoxes By Arguing That European Integration Should No Longer Be Studied As The Transcendence Of States Or As Merely An Expression Of National Interests. Rather, We Should Approach It As A Process Of State Transformation. This Transformation Is From Nation-state To Member State. The Book Explores In Detail The Concept Of Member State, Arguing That It Provides Us With The Best Tool For Understanding The European Integration Process. Member States Differ From Traditional Nation-states. They Are Not Founded On The Idea Of Popular Sovereignty Or The Nation. They Rest Upon The Idea That The Governance Of Domestic Societies Requires External Frameworks Of Rule That Can Bind The Hands Of National Politicians. National Authority Is Thus Exercised Through Ext

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Author

Christopher J. Bickerton

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199606252

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Economics, Social Science