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  Usage of European Integration: Europeanisation from a Sociological Perspective

Jacquot, S., & Woll, C. (2003). Usage of European Integration: Europeanisation from a Sociological Perspective. European Integration online Papers, 7(12).

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Jacquot, Sophie1, Author
Woll, Cornelia2, Author           
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1Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris, France, ou_persistent22              
2Institutioneller Wandel im gegenwärtigen Kapitalismus, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, ou_1214549              

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Free keywords: Europeanisation, integration theory, multi-level governance, policy-coordination, polity-building, participation, political opportunity structure, European public space, structuration theory, sociology
 Abstract: The effect of European integration on its member states constitutes the new research agenda within the study of European integration. Marked by the “the institutionalist turn” of Anglo-Saxon political sciences, the most dominant theories on europeanisation focus on structural arrangements. Institutional incompatibility between the European and the national level, so the hypothesis, creates pressures for change. Actors are often only considered as mediators of these pressures. Consequentially, few approaches try to explain adaptational change initiated by policy actors in the absence of institutional pressures. Using a political sociology approach, the central concern of this paper is to insist on the political discretion of national actors in translation of European requirements. We believe that understanding not only “adaptation to” but also “usage of” the process of European integration is important to understanding the transformation of European member states. By insisting on usage, we aim at analysing both the strategic interaction of rational actors with the European institutions and the more sociological effect of “usage” – as “daily practice” – on the interest and identities of the actors.
 Abstract: Europäische Integrationstheorien sind geprägt von Institutionenforschung. Besonders in der Europäisierungsdebatte dominieren Annahmen über Zwänge, die aus struktureller Inkompatibilität zwischen dem europäischen und den nationalen Ebenen entstehen können. Oft wird dabei den Handlungsträgern, den politischen Akteuren, nur zweitrangige Bedeutung zugemessen. Mit den analytischen Mitteln der politischen Soziologie untersucht dieses Projekt die Bedeutung der Einzelhandlungen politischer Akteure im Integrationsprozess. Hierbei wird vor allem auf die Anpassungsdynamiken der nationalen Ebene an europäische Vorgaben Rücksicht genommen. Der Effekt europäischer Integration auf die nationalen Systeme, so unsere These, ergibt sich aus dem Gebrauch, den politische Akteure von Elementen der europäischen Integration machen. Die Idee eines "Gebrauchs" dient einerseits der Analyse strategischer Interaktionen zwischen Akteuren und Institutionen und anderseits dem Verstehen der diffusen Konsequenzen von Gewohnheitshandlungen – oder "Bräuchen" – auf die Interessen und Identitäten der politischen Akteure.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2003-12-30
 Publication Status: Published online
 Pages: 18
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 Table of Contents: 1. Theorizing about European Integration
1.1. Research on Europeanisation
1.2. Critical assessment
2. A Comprehensive Sociology of European Integration
2.1. The concept of usage
2.2. A categorisation of different analytical approaches
2.3. Actors and European transformations – no impact without usage
3. A Typology of Usage
3.1. Three types of usage
3.2. Elements used
3.3. Logics of action
4. Conclusion
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Title: European Integration online Papers
  Abbreviation : EIoP
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 7 (12) Sequence Number: - Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 1027-5193