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3 years ago

EU's Political Development Shaped by Markets, Not Military Threats.

Comparative Political Studies
State-building and the European Union: Markets, War, and Europe's Uneven Political Development
R. Daniel Kelemen, Kathleen R. McNamara

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The European Union's growth is uneven, with strong legal power but weak central control. By looking at EU history through the lens of state-building, we see that market forces, not military threats, have shaped its development. Examples like the euro and Schengen area show that the EU doesn't have to be a traditional state to evolve politically.