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The dynamics of European integration [electronic resource] : causes and consequences of institutional choices / Thomas König

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König, Thomas, 1961-
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Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2024.
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xi, 205 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Michigan Publishing (University of Michigan)
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Summary
In Europe's recent history, there have been several challenges to the strength of the European Union-Brexit, COVID, financial crises, and global tensions-bringing an increased need to understand the ways that the European Union (EU) could successfully stay together or fall apart. In examining how the European Union has changed since 1993, important puzzles have emerged, including how national government functions are transferred to the EU without reforming the EU, how increased transparency is announced while decisions are approved in informal meetings, and how the effects of the polarizing rise of Euroscepticism can be managed to still promote the formation of solidarity and trust among Europeans. To understand these puzzles, Thomas KoÌ⁸nig introduces a new theory of (supra)national partyism to help explain the causes and consequences of choices made by political leaders for Europe. He uses a game-theoretical perspective to look at how conditions for leaders change through accessions of new members, shocks, and crises, and separates institutional choices into two different games played by office- and policy-seeking political leaders-the interstate summit game and the national game of party competition. The Dynamics of European Integration reveals how the reorganization of electoral systems can harness dissensus and polarization among diverse national constituencies to enable the promotion of solidarity and trust in the EU.
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9780472133512 (hardcover)
9780472039685 (paperback)
9780472221639 (ebook other)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-206) and index.
Funding Information
Sponsored by the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute and Muhlenberg College
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