@techreport{JachtenfuchsDiezKohlerKoch, type = {Working Paper}, author = {Jachtenfuchs, Markus and Diez, Thomas and Kohler-Koch, Beate}, title = {Regieren jenseits der Staatlichkeit? Legitimit{\"a}tsideen in der Europ{\"a}ischen Union}, language = {de} } @article{JachtenfuchsDiezJung, author = {Jachtenfuchs, Markus and Diez, Thomas and Jung, Sabine}, title = {Which Europe? : Conflicting Models of a Legitimate European Political Order}, series = {European Journal of International Relations}, volume = {4}, journal = {European Journal of International Relations}, number = {4}, publisher = {Sage}, address = {London [u.a.]}, issn = {1354-0661}, doi = {10.1177/1354066198004004002}, pages = {409 -- 445}, abstract = {Conflicts over the shape of the European Union are usually modelled as conflicts of interests. This article argues that the development of a polity depends not only on interests but also on normative ideas about a legitimate political order (`polity-ideas'). These polity-ideas are extremely stable over time and resistant to change because they are linked to the identity and basic normative orientations of the actors involved. The article has four parts: (1) a theoretical argument how to link ideas and polity development in the EU, (2) a methodological discussion containing four ideal-typical polity-ideas about the EU, (3) a comparative analysis of the development of these ideas in France, Germany and the United Kingdom from 1950 to 1995, and (4) a summary of the empirical findings and a discussion of areas of research for which the theoretical approach and the empirical results presented here might be useful.}, language = {en} }