Understanding European disintegration
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2017-08-14
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This thesis answers the question how we can explain European disintegration. It does so through the analysis of the highly controversial debate on the cultivation of genetically modified crops in the European Union. The competence to prohibit such cultivation is reallocated to the member states and this thesis asks why this has occurred. Other European policies remain adamant to calls for subsidiarity. Through the analysis of this disintegrative process, this thesis enhances our understanding of integrative dynamics. By employing the classical theories of European integration Neofunctionalism and Liberal Intergovernmentalism to explain disintegration, the explanatory scope of these theories is increased. As this thesis will show moreover, the Liberal Intergovernmentalist explanation underestimates the role the European Commission plays, and the Neofunctionalist approach overestimates the power of societal actors.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen