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How unique is the EU?
A n n m a r i e E l i j a hA N U C e n t r e f o r E u r o p e a n S t u d i e s
Europe in 2014Summer School January 21-23
What is the European Union?
An international organisation?
A fledgling state?
Something new and unique?
What is the European Union?
Five decades of integration
Incremental change by Treaty process
Prevention of conflict in Europe
Single Market and ‘four freedoms’
What is the European Union?
How does the EU behave internationally?
The n=1 puzzle
How can we begin to explain the European Union?
Complex theories developed to explain the process federalism, functionalism, neo-functionalism, intergovernmentalism…
Explanations do not readily ‘fit’ other regions Other regions did not evolve as expected
Does n=1?
Study of the EU turns ‘inwards’ Attention to internal politics instead of comparison
Meanwhile, in the rest of the world…
Other regions All shapes and sizes,
‘acronym soup’
Ideas about integration have diffused
Policy makers both copy and reject the European model
The trans-Tasman case
Closer to home…
Australian states have been ‘integrating’ since federation
Since ANZCERTA (1983) Australia and New Zealand have been working on a single market
The trans-Tasman case
Conclusions
The European Union is unique The most developed, most visible case of integration Institutional structure distinguishes it from states and
international organisations Achievements are remarkable
But not the ONLY case of integration Regions elsewhere are developing on their own terms Economic integration can happen differently