Neofunctionalism

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Neofunctionalism

• Ernst Haas

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Assumptions

• (i)                  Regional basis
• (ii)                Central institutions crucial
• (iii)               Advanced industrial societies
• (iv)              International/domestic not
  dissimilar
• (v) The group
• (v)                Interest groups
• (vi)              Engrenage

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• (vii)                  Group competition
• (viii)                This needs to be exploited
• (ix)               Group activity engenders
  commitment
• (x)              Gains stimulate integration
• (xi)                Market place
• (xii)              Not spontaneous
• (xiii) Most active- economic

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• (xiv)                  Controversial
• (xv)                Inherently expansive
• (xvi)               Task-expansion ? loyalties
• (xvii)              Central institutions respond
• (xviii)                National groups
• (xix)              Compatibility
• (xx)             Spillover

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• (xxi)                  Elite attitudes
• (xxii)                Not deterministic
• (xxiii)               Autonomous?
• (xxiv)              Procedural consensus
• (xxv)                Gradual convergence of
  styles
• (xxvi)              Coalition building

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Criticisms

• (i)        underestimates central government
  power
• (ii)          pressure groups have not done job
• (iii)          national values
• (iv)          difficult to spot areas
• (v)           ve effects