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16 Europolity: Continuity & Change Eur. Governance 5 (2022)
European Integration Theory in Times of Crises: Updating 'the Old Debate' with a Morphogenetic Approach

handle is hein.journals/eurpol16 and id is 7 raw text is: EUROPEAN INTEGRATION THEORY IN TIMES OF CRISES:
UPDATING 'THE OLD DEBATE'
WITH A MORPHOGENETIC APPROACH
Ozer BINICI, PhD Candidate
Department of International Relations and European Studies
Metropolitan University Prague
Prague/Czechia
Abstract
This research seeks to contribute to the literature on how to utilize the
explanatory approaches of European Integration Theory to understand the
broad and complex nature of the European integration dynamics and its politics
in times of crises. The recent literature encourages the scholars to remain open to
pluralism of approaches and shows that Neo-functionalism provides much
convenient account to understand short- and medium-term outcomes of the
European   Union's  crises  decide  in  comparison   to  (New, Liberal)
Intergovernmentalism and Post-functionalism. Nevertheless, Neo-functionalist
theorizing requires further investigation to shed light on its potential to deeply
examine European integration dynamics in times of crises. This research argues
that Margaret Archer's Morphogenetic approach provides a convenient meta-
theoretical foundation for Neo-functionalist kind of theorizing, especially in
terms of spill-over and counter-vailing forces logics, and to engage with
pluralism of the approaches within a larger Neo-functionalist framework. For
this purpose, the revised Neo-functionalism of Arne Niemann is fused with the
Morphogenetic explanatory approach and, the main explanatory concepts of
(New) Intergovernmentalism and Post-functionalism are accommodated within
a larger Neo-functionalist framework. The research presents explanatory
reflections on the post-crisis management of the Schengen regime followed by

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