The Convergence Model of European Integration

Robert Leonardi
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Robert Leonardi: London School of Economics and Political Science

Chapter 7 in Convergence, Cohesion and Integration in the European Union, 1995, pp 183-216 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract To understand fully the consequences of the social and economic convergence analysed in the previous chapters, we need to reexamine the manner in which European integration is conceptualised and the way that nation-states have responded to the transfer of policy areas from the national to the European level. The convergence model of European integration proposed in this chapter posits the argument that integration can be seen as a multitier phenomenon affecting not only different levels of government (national, regional and local) but also various sectors of society, such as the economic, political and social systems. Integration, on the one hand, creates supranational institutions. On the other hand, when it is combined with convergence it has a profound effect on the structure, decision-making processes and implementation procedures adopted by national and subnational governments in regulating economic and social behaviour.

Keywords: Member State; European Integration; European Level; Social Race; Convergence Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230372788_7

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