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‘Failing Forward’ Towards Which Europe? Organized Hypocrisy in the Common European Asylum System
Author(s) -
Lavenex Sandra
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jcms: journal of common market studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.54
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1468-5965
pISSN - 0021-9886
DOI - 10.1111/jcms.12739
Subject(s) - hypocrisy , protectionism , ideology , normative , political economy , political science , european union , politics , european integration , institutionalism , feature integration theory , epistemic community , law and economics , positive economics , sociology , law , international trade , economics , psychology , cognitive psychology
Exposing the ideological conflicts involved in the creation of a Common European Asylum Policy, this article calls for an extension of classic integration theories to look beyond whether crises result in ‘more’ or ‘less’ Europe and to address the substance of European integration. Drawing on actor‐centered institutionalism and organizational sociology, the ‘refugee crisis’ is interpreted as a manifestation of the growing mismatch between the EU's normative striving towards a ‘Union of values’ and the political and institutional limits imposed. The result is organized hypocrisy: the concurrent reinforcement of protective claims and protectionist policies.