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The Convergence Model of European Integration

In: Convergence, Cohesion and Integration in the European Union

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  • Robert Leonardi

    (London School of Economics and Political Science)

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.

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  • Robert Leonardi, 1995. "The Convergence Model of European Integration," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Convergence, Cohesion and Integration in the European Union, chapter 7, pages 183-216, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-37278-8_7
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230372788_7
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