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Crisis and Regional Integration: A Federalist and Neo-Functionalist Perspective

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Regions and Crises

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Abstract

The word ‘crisis’ has been heard quite frequently over the last couple of years, both on a global scale (e.g. the environmental crisis, the financial crisis) and on a more regional/national level. A number of scholars of regional integration have often indicated that ‘crises’ may further regional integration (inter alia Haas, Riker, Schmitter), and their work will be used in this chapter with a view to giving a tentative answer to the following question: Will the current crises support or hamper regional integration?

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  1. Søren Dosenrode
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  1. University of Pretoria, South Africa

    Lorenzo Fioramonti (Associate Professor) (Associate Professor)

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Dosenrode, S. (2012). Crisis and Regional Integration: A Federalist and Neo-Functionalist Perspective. In: Fioramonti, L. (eds) Regions and Crises. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137028327_2

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