Autoren:	Speyer, Johanna Stockmann, Nils
Titel:	How a conversation between EU studies and critical-constructivist IR norm research illuminates a Union in crisis : a research note
Online-Publikationsdatum:	29-Sep-2023
Erscheinungsdatum:	2023
Sprache des Dokuments:	Englisch
Zusammenfassung/Abstract:	Historically, crises have been lauded for fostering European Union (EU) integration. Conversely, it has recently been predicted that the current ‘polycrisis’ will precipitate the EU's demise. However, this dichotomous perspective on crises is oversimplified. In this research note, we argue that a critical-constructivist approach to norm contestation is uniquely placed to illuminate the shades of grey populating the continuum between these two extremes. As contestation effects may occur on both normative and institutional levels, a norm contestation approach has the potential to open the black box of crises by investigating the prerequisites, actors and processes of crisis and reminding us that these stages are linked in a circular way. Therefore, we argue that a conversation between EU studies and critical-constructivist norm contestation research is crucial to advancing our understanding of the myriad effects crises have on the EU beyond the dichotomous distinction between integration and demise.
DDC-Sachgruppe:	320 Politik 320 Political science
Veröffentlichende Institution:	Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Organisationseinheit:	FB 02 Sozialwiss., Medien u. Sport
Veröffentlichungsort:	Mainz
ROR:	https://ror.org/023b0x485
DOI:	http://doi.org/10.25358/openscience-9523
Version:	Published version
Publikationstyp:	Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Nutzungsrechte:	CC BY
Informationen zu den Nutzungsrechten:	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Zeitschrift:	Journal of common market studies Version of Record (VoR)
Verlag:	Wiley-Blackwell
Verlagsort:	Oxford
Erscheinungsdatum:	2023
ISSN:	1468-5965
DOI der Originalveröffentlichung:	10.1111/jcms.13508
Enthalten in den Sammlungen:	DFG-491381577-H