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Provincialising European union: Co-operation and Integration in Europe in a Historical Perspective

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 October 2013

KIRAN KLAUS PATEL
KIRAN KLAUS PATEL*
Affiliation:
Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Maastricht University, Grote Gracht 90–92, 6211 SZ Maastricht, The Netherlands; [email protected]
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Abstract

This article argues for a less EU-centric form of writing European integration history. More specifically, it scrutinises the ways in which the interconnections with other international organisations have energised, complemented or rivalled the efforts of the European Communities/EU. This approach also allows for a reassessment of the alleged sui generis character of European integration. It demonstrates that it was not the precise competences, its effects or its institutional uniqueness that made the EC stand out, but rather the way in which it self-fashioned and surrounded itself with a great sense of expectancy.

Provincialisation de l’union européenne: coopération et intégration en europe dans une perspective historique

Cet article plaide pour une histoire de l’intégration européenne moins centrée sur l’Union européenne. Plus précisément, il examine en détail la manière dont les connections avec d’autres organisations internationales ont dynamisé, complémenté ou rivalisé avec les efforts de la CE/UE. Cette approche permet en outre de réévaluer le caractère soi-disant sui generis de l’intégration européenne. Elle montre que ce ne sont pas ses compétences précises, ses effets ni son unicité institutionnelle qui ont distingué la CE, mais plutôt la manière dont elle a su se créer une image de marque et créer autour d’elle une très forte attente.

Europäische union provinzialisieren: kooperation und integration in europa in historischer perspektive

Der Beitrag kritisiert, dass die bisherige Integrationshistoriographie zu EU-zentrisch angelegt ist und so den häufig unterstellten sui generis-Charakter der EU zu wenig kritisch hinterfragt. Als Alternative stellt der Artikel ein zweistufiges Forschungsprogramm vor, laut dem es erstens die zahlreichen Verbindungen zwischen der EU und ihren Vorläuferorganisationen einerseits und anderen Internationalen Organisationen andererseits zu untersuchen gilt. Dabei zeigt sich, dass die EG/EU oft nur ein Nachzügler im Feld der Internationalen Beziehungen war; unterstützt, ergänzt oder durch Konkurrenz herausgefordert durch andere internationale Organisationen und transnationale Akteure. Zweitens vertritt der Beitrag die These, dass weniger die präzisen Kompetenzen, die ökonomischen Effekte oder ihr institutioneller Aufbau die EU von anderen internationalen Organisationen unterschiedet, sondern vielmehr ihr selbst erklärter Anspruch, für einen neuen Ansatz in Europa zu stehen.

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Contemporary European History , Volume 22 , Issue 4 , November 2013 , pp. 649 - 673
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