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54 J. Common Mkt. Stud. 3 (2016)

handle is hein.journals/jcmks54 and id is 1 raw text is: JCMS 2016 Volume 54. Number 1. pp. 3-18 Another Theory is Possible: Dissident Voices in Theorising Europe* IAN MANNERS and RICHARD WHITMAN2 'University of Copenhagen. 2University of Kent Abstract The article argues that dissident voices which attempt to theorise Europe differently and advocate another European trajectory have been largely excluded and left unheard in mainstream discus- sions over the past decade of scholarship and analysis. Dissident voices in European Union studies are those that seek to actively challenge the mainstream of the study of Europe. The article briefly examines the discipline of mainstreaming, then surveys the extent of polyphonic engagement in EU studies, before setting out how the special issue contributors move beyond the mainstream. The article will argue the merits of more polyphonic engagement with dissident voices and differing disciplinary approaches for the health and vitality of EU studies and the EU policy field itself. It summarises the special issue's argument that by allowing for dissident voices in theorising Europe, another Europe, and another theory, is possible - indeed, probable. Keywords: European Union; European integration; theory; mainstream; dissident voices; crises Introduction: Dissident Voices The past decade has witnessed the opening of a yawning chasm between scholarly at- tempts to theorise European union and the political realities of the EU (European Union) in crisis. The decade that has witnessed the ascendency of political systems analysis, neo- liberal assumptions of efficiency and Europeanisation studies within Europe has also seen the failure of intergovernmental attempts to reform the EU, economic crisis across Europe and a collapse in popular support for the European project, as seen in the European Parlia- ment elections. Dissenting voices that attempt to theorise Europe differently and advocate another European trajectory have been largely excluded and left unheard in mainstream discussions over the past decade of scholarship and analysis. Mainstream EU scholarship broadly accepts the premise that the EU is a neoliberal, state-like political system and that Europeanisation is a one-way process. As Mads Jensen and Peter Kristensen (2013) have demonstrated, a few core journals, in particular JCMS and JEPP (Journal of European Public Policy), constitute the key nodal points for EU communication practice where network analysis shows a clear political science hegemony. Dissident voices in EU studies are those that seek to actively challenge the mainstream of the study of Europe on these grounds. While the mainstream of EU studies may consider itself 'pluralist', this self-reading only makes sense within a narrow conception of *The authors are very grateful to the anonymous reviewers and all the participants at the EWIS Izmir workshop (May 2014); UACES Annual Conference, Cork (September 2014); CEP Research Seminar, Copenhagen (September 2014); Danish European Studies Association, Aarhus (September 2014); the University of Kent Workshop (January 2015); European Research Seminar Series, University of Cambridge (February 2015); and EUSA Fourteenth Biennial conference (March 2015) for their helpful comments on earlier drafts. 2015 The Author(s) JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies © 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. DOI: 10.1111/jcms.12332

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