Κονστρουκτιβισμός, διεθνείς σχέσεις και ευρωπαϊκές σπουδές

Abstract

The constructivist turn in International Relations Theory and European Union Studies can be deemed as the immediate effect of the “failure” of rationalist theoretical approaches to explain and understand the structural changes that became evident in the modern world system of states during and after the end of the Cold War. The aim of this paper is to highlight the theoretical and methodological merits of constructivist International Relations scholarship by giving particular emphasis to the process of European integration. To what extent the norms and the rules socialized within the EU, the social construction of an EU identity and the discursive contexts formed in specific social environments affect the transformative logic and the evolutionary development of European integration process?