1992 and the political integration of Europe: Neofunctionalism reconsidered

Mutimer, David

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“…5 The locus classicus of supranationalist thought in the neofunctionalist vein is Ernst Haas' The Uniting of Europe (1958). For similarly oriented studies, see Mutimer (1989), Tranholm-Mikkelsen (1991), Burley andMattli (1993), andSchmitter (1996). Examples of supranationalist scholarship that eschew neofunctional notions of spillover include Sandholtz (1992Sandholtz ( , 1993aSandholtz ( , 1993bSandholtz ( , 1996, Pollack (1996Pollack ( , 1997aPollack ( , 1997b, Cram (1993Cram ( , 1994, Alter (1996Alter ( , 1998, Pierson (1996), Mattli and Slaughter (1998).…”

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“…For informative discussions of the nature of moral hazard and adverse selection and their impact on agency relationships, see Holmstrom (1979) and Arrow (1985). 21 Representative examples of this literature include Fiorina (1981Fiorina ( , 1982, Weingast and Moran (1983), Weingast (1984), McCubbins and Schwartz (1984), McCubbins (1985), McCubbins and Page (1987, 1989. For an insightful comment upon, and critique of, the literature, see Moe (1987).…”

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Member states and the European Commission: theoretical insights from the new economics of organization

Doleys¹

2000

Journal of European Public Policy

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How to characterize the relationship between member governments and the European Commission has long been a matter of controversy among EU scholars. Although most now agree that traditional theoretical frameworks -intergovernmentalism and supranationalism -are inadequate to understand the complexities of EU governance, few viable alternatives have emerged. In this article, I provide a prospective look into a promising approach. The analytical framework is built on insights adapted from the new economics of organization (NEO). Specifically, I fuse the theoretical notion of incomplete contracting with principal-agent analytics to explain both the form and content of supranational delegation. The framework promises to offer scholars the means to get away from asking whether or not member governments dominate supranational institutions, to an inquiry wherein one can distinguish the conditions under which governments control supranational institutions from those where these institutions operate with a degree of autonomy.

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Member states and the European Commission: theoretical insights from the new economics of organization

Doleys¹

2000

Journal of European Public Policy

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“…This line of thinking is reinforced somewhat if we contemplate the circumstances in which neofunctionalism secured a mini-revival during the late 1980s and early 1990s (see inter alia Mutimer, 1989;Tranholm-Mikkelsen, 1991). The so-called relance of the integration project under the jurisdiction of the Delors Commission seemed to suggest that spillovers were once again occurring.…”

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The uniting of Europe and the foundation of EU studies: Revisiting the neofunctionalism of Ernst B. Haas

Rosamond¹

2005

Journal of European Public Policy

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This article suggests that the neofunctionalist theoretical legacy left by Ernst B. Haas is somewhat richer and more prescient that many contemporary discussants allow.The article develops an argument for routine and detailed re-reading of the corpus of neofunctionalist work (and that of Haas in particular), not only to disabuse contemporary students and scholars of the normally static and stylised reading that discussion of the theory provokes, but also to suggest that the conceptual repertoire of neofunctionalism is able to speak directly to current EU studies and comparative regionalism. Neofunctionalism is situated in its social scientific context before the theory's supposed erroneous reliance on the concept of 'spillover' is discussed critically. A case is then made for viewing Haas's neofunctionalism as a dynamic theory that not only corresponded to established social scientific norms, but did so in ways that were consistent with disciplinary openness and pluralism.

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“…From this perspective, incremental task expansion becomes a necessity as a half way house between integration and sovereignty would be unsustainable. Clearly, therefore, neo-functionalists see this as a crucial dynamic, perpetuating task expansion as 'problems in one area will raise problems or require solutions in another' (Muttimer 1989). In its original form, functional spillover was portrayed as a theoretical breakthrough, a plausible explanatory and predictive account of how European integration would become self-sustaining.…”

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Sports Law and Policy in the European Union

Parrish¹

2003

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1992 and the political integration of Europe: Neofunctionalism reconsidered

Cited by 47 publications

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Member states and the European Commission: theoretical insights from the new economics of organization

Member states and the European Commission: theoretical insights from the new economics of organization

The uniting of Europe and the foundation of EU studies: Revisiting the neofunctionalism of Ernst B. Haas

Sports Law and Policy in the European Union

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