Bulletin n. 3/2010
January 2011
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Meyer Christoph O., Strickmann Eva
    Solidifying Constructivism: How Material and Ideational Factors Interact in European Defence
    in Journal of Common Market Studies , Volume 49, Issue 1, January 2011 ,  2011 ,  61–81
    Constructivist approaches have made a substantial contribution to our understanding of the European Union's security and defence policy, but their ability to explain and forecast change has suffered from neglecting the link between material structures and ideas. This article attempts to ‘solidify’ constructivism by drawing on realist thought to elaborate a theoretical argument about how material and ideational factors are interrelated and offers four propositions about how changes in material conditions affect the ideational dimension of defence co-operation.
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