Postfunctionalism is a theory of
European integration
European integration is the process of industrial, economic, political, legal, social, and cultural integration of states wholly or partially in Europe or nearby. European integration has primarily come about through the European Union and its ...
put forward by
Liesbet Hooghe
Liesbet Hooghe (born December 1, 1962, in Oudenaarde, Belgium) is a Belgian political scientist, currently serving as the W. R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is also a research ...
and
Gary Marks.
[Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks, ‘A Postfunctionalist Theory of European Integration: From
Permissive Consensus to Constraining Dissensus’, British Journal of Political Science, published online by
Cambridge University Press, 2008, ]
See also
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Neofunctionalism
Neofunctionalism is a theory of regional integration which downplays globalisation and reintroduces territory into its governance. Neofunctionalism is often regarded as the first European integration theory developed by Ernst B. Haas in 1958 as ...
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Intergovernmentalism
In international relations, intergovernmentalism treats states (and national governments in particular) as the primary actors in the integration process. Intergovernmentalist approaches claim to be able to explain both periods of radical change i ...
References
European Union
Political science theories
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