A neofunctionalist perspective upon the role of the U. S. in spurring the early stages of European Integration
A neofunctionalist perspective upon the role of the U. S. in spurring the early stages of European Integration

Summary/Abstract: Our demarche shall consists of analyzing, from the neofunctionalist perspective, as developed in the works of Ernst B. Haas, the early stages of European integration, in order to identify the often‐overlooked role the U.S. has played in the process, in the context of its anticommunist policies. Moreover, we shall highlight the cultural and doctrinaire elements of American inspiration that constituted themselves into the ideate basis of the process of European integration, which, eventually, got absorbed into the groundworks of the European establishment. However, while the concepts of spillover and enmeshment do constitute key elements of our demarche – and we have used them extensively for making our point – we have not confined ourselves indiscriminately to the neofunctionalist perspective, but, wherever necessary (though without exiting our paradigm of work), have tackled the issue from the standpoint of other explanatory theories of international relations, as well, in order to provide as comprehensive an image of the envisioned phenomena as possible.

• Details
• Contents