1996/04/01 by Andrew Hurrell, Anand Menon · 3 citations
Social Sciences · #Centrality #Comparative politics #Democracy #European Union Policy and Governance #Global politics #Government (linguistics) #International Development and Aid #International relations #Law #Political Systems and Governance #Political economy #Political science #Politics #Power (physics) #Public administration #Sociology
paper · doi:10.1080/01402389608425139
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This article disputes the claim made by Simon Hix (WEP January 1994) that ‘politics in the EC is not inherently different to the practice of government in any democratic system’ and argues against a rigid division between international relations and comparative politics. It contends first, that EU politics cannot be broken up into two categories: ‘politics’ and ‘integration'; second, that the nature of the EU system, the centrality of states and the continued importance of power considerations precludes explanations of EU ‘politics’ through the use of comparative government approaches alone; and third, that public policy cannot in general be studied without reference to international factors.