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The world systems perspective, as presented by Immanuel Wallerstein and other writers, has several distinctive features which may be applied to an understanding of the European Political Cooperation procedure. The first section of this chapter describes the main features of this perspective; the application of the perspective to the post-war world is undertaken in the second section, with particular reference to the implications of the analysis for a general understanding of the emergence and development of the European Community (EC); and in the third section the implications for European Political Cooperation (EPC) are specifically examined.
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George, S. (1991). European Political Cooperation: a World Systems Perspective. In: Holland, M. (eds) The Future of European Political Cooperation. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21752-6_4
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