Institutional Change - in pursuit of coherence?
(2013) STVM23 20131Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- The well-stated fact that institutions matter, according to new institutionalism, is the starting point for this thesis. On this basis, institutional change will be the focus for the three approaches historical institutionalism, rational choice institutionalism and sociological institutionalism. These approaches however focus on different storylines to the same story of institutional change. This thesis therefore aims at explaining institutional change of the EU as a foreign policy actor through these three approaches of new institutionalism. More specifically, how a change in competence post Lisbon has affected the coherence of the EU as an international security actor.
The research also provides a case study follow-up example of how... (More) - The well-stated fact that institutions matter, according to new institutionalism, is the starting point for this thesis. On this basis, institutional change will be the focus for the three approaches historical institutionalism, rational choice institutionalism and sociological institutionalism. These approaches however focus on different storylines to the same story of institutional change. This thesis therefore aims at explaining institutional change of the EU as a foreign policy actor through these three approaches of new institutionalism. More specifically, how a change in competence post Lisbon has affected the coherence of the EU as an international security actor.
The research also provides a case study follow-up example of how the EU acts as an international security actor in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe post Lisbon. This mixed method is however only a technical approach and EU statements in the Permanent Council and Forum for Security Cooperation at the OSCE are compiled into data that reveals some differences with reference to EU competence.
The thesis demonstrates that one theoretical approach does not necessarily contradict another, but rather should be considered as fruitful encounters when explaining EU institutional change and its effects on coherence. (Less)
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- author
- Nolin, Elin LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- The EU as an International Security Actor
- course
- STVM23 20131
- year
- 2013
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- New institutionalism, coherence, competence, EU international security actor, institutional change
- language
- English
- id
- 3798655
- date added to LUP
- 2013-07-01 13:06:21
- date last changed
- 2013-07-01 13:06:21
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