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The EU, NATO and the Integration of Europe: Rules and Rhetoric (Themes in European Governance)

By Frank Schimmelfennig

Book information

Year
2004
ISBN
0521535255, 9780521535250, 0521828066, 9780521828062, 9780511062766
Open Library ID
OL15564457M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2177989 bytes)
Pages
340\339
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Frank Schimmelfennig analyzes the Eastern enlargement of the European Union and NATO and develops a theoretical approach of "rhetorical action" to explain why it occurred. Backed by original data, and drawing on sociological institutional theory, he demonstrates that the expansion to the East can be best understood in terms of liberal democratic values and norms. He highlights the practice of the Western community in shaming opponents into agreeing to enlargement.

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