Chapter 3 Essay questions

1) Describe the empty chair crisis and its importance for EU integration.

2) Which elements make up the self-rule and shared rule measures of the regional authority index?

3) Discuss the reasons why countries might consider transferring power to the sub-national level.

4) Countries often need to coordinate in order to forge long-lasting cooperation. Discuss how game theory can help us understand these problems of international cooperation.

5) Neofunctionalism and Liberal Institutionalism are both theoretical approaches to explain European integration. For each approach, outline one assumption, one hypothesis and one criticism.