The European Union in the critical condition. New situations – new constellations – new orientations Cover Image

Unia Europejska w stanie krytycznym. Nowe sytuacje – nowe konstelacje – nowe orientacje
The European Union in the critical condition. New situations – new constellations – new orientations

Author(s): Zbigniew D. Czachór
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Political Sciences, Public Law, Communication studies
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: critical condition; situationism; crisis situation; European integration; European Union; future

Summary/Abstract: The crisis in the European Union is forcing the world of science, mainly representatives of European research and studies, to change thinking, and thus to the need to search for new patterns of scientific thinking. Such formulas and views that will allow to explain and understand the dynamics of the construction and deconstruction of European integration. The paradigm of situationism is helpful here, which refers to the postulate of identifying and defining critical situations leading to changes in the EU. We define the situation here as a set of conditional circumstances and the state of the matter in which the European Union is located. The situation is also a fragment of the action (reconstruction of activities) taking place in the European integration process. Situationism may aspire to an integrative metatheory, because rejects all generalisation and universalisation of reality. It makes European integration actors (mainly policy-makers) connected with their actions (interactions – transactions) dependent on instruments (procedures) and requirements of the specific situation in which they found themselves.

  • Issue Year: 2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 11-37
  • Page Count: 27
  • Language: Polish