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oapen-20.500.12657-887352024-05-02T00:00:00Z The Dynamics of European Integration König, Thomas European integration, institutional choices, dynamic analysis, post-Maastricht period, partyism, liberal intergovernmentalism, postfunctionalism, affective polarization, European identity, game-theory, technocracism, camp-building, governance design, transfer of policy competences, political leaders, interstate bargains, causes and consequences, Brexit, COVID, financial crisis, global tension, supranational partyism, national partyism, game theory thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPS International relations::JPSL Geopolitics thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history 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 König 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. 2024-03-25T13:05:41Z 2024-03-25T13:05:41Z 2024 book 9780472133512 9780472039685 9780472221639 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/88735 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International 9780472904716.pdf University of Michigan Press 10.3998/mpub.12828486 10.3998/mpub.12828486 e07ce9b5-7a46-4096-8f0c-bc1920e3d889 c081c393-743c-416d-a9d4-419ff683949c 9780472133512 9780472039685 9780472221639 221 Humanities Institute, University of Connecticut UConn Humanities Institute open access
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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 König 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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