Binding engagements : explaining European integration from the United Provinces (1579-1795) to the European Communities (1952)

Defence date: 6 July 2001 ; Examining Board: Prof. John Ikenberry (Georgetown University) ; Prof. Andrew Moravcsik (Harvard University) ; Prof. Thomas Risse (European University Institute) ; Prof. Daniel Verdier (supervisor) (European University Institute) ; First made available online on 11 April 2018 ; The dissertation seeks to offer a broad security-based explanation for regional integration. The central argument is that integration presents a solution to a particular time-consistency problem—known in the security literature as the ‘preventive war dilemma*—which arises from uneven growth ra... Mehr ...