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"The classical doctrine of sovereignty is widely seen as totalitarian, producing external aggression and internal repression. This book attempts to challenge the trend in international relations scholarship - the common antipathy to sovereignty. It is suitable for scholars of political science, international relations, security studies, and others." -- WorldCat.

L'essor du populisme et de la technocratie peut se comprendre dans le contexte d'un déclin des représentations partisanes. Désormais, notamment du fait de l'intégration européenne, les mouvements politiques font référence à des abstractions, sans base sociale concrète.

AbstractThe post‐Maastricht period is marked by an integration paradox. While the basic constitutional features of the European Union have remained stable, EU activity has expanded to an unprecedented degree. This form of integration without supranationalism is no exception or temporary deviation from traditional forms of European integration. Rather, it is a distinct phase of European integration, what is called 'the new intergovernmentalism' in this article. This approach to post‐Maastricht integration challenges theories that associate integration with transfers of competences from national capitals to supranational institutions and those that reduce integration to traditional socioeconomic or security‐driven interests. This article explains the integration paradox in terms of transformations in Europe's political economy, changes in preference formation and the decline of the 'permissive consensus'. It presents a set of six hypotheses that develop further the main claims of the new intergovernmentalism and that can be used as a basis for future research.

Enthält Rezensionen u.a. von: Bickerton, Christopher J.: European Union foreign policy : from efectiveness to functionality. - Houndmills : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011