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Introducing the Mosaic of Integration Theory

出版	SSRN, 2018
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=KKHKzQEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋This introductory chapter of the third edition of European Integration on Theory (OUP 2018) addresses the rationale for a book on European integra on theory and introduces the contributions to the book. It begins by addressing the question of Why Study Integra on Theory; it then defines the terms 'integration' and 'theory' and introduces the 'mosaic of European integra on theory' as the book's central concept. The chapter also offers an overview of European integra on as a process which has been studied for several decades now. To that end, the chapter recalls distinct phases of integration and the respective parts of the mosaic which have been developed to understand and explain them based on descriptive, analytical and constructive theorising. Each phase is distinguished by historical context, leading questions and relevant theoretical reference points. The book's extensive section on Studying European Integra on by taking account of 'contexts of theoretical development' and addressing the question of 'competing or complementary theoretical approaches' which also identifies the functions and areas of theory. In concluding, the chapter details the 'Mosaic of Integration Theory' and introduces the chapter structure of the book's contributions.