Parapublic Underpinnings of International Relations: The Franco-German Construction of Europeanization of a Particular Kind
Ulrich Krotz
Parapublic underpinnings of international relations are cross-border interactions that belong neither to the public world states nor private societies. They underpin among specific and construct social purpose in realm. Focusing on Franco-German parapublic reveals a particular neglected kind `Europeanization'. Such activity includes massive state-financed youth exchanges, some two thousand municipal partnerships, host institutes associations. In their entirety, these have developed into structural components European polity. Rather than directly affecting domestic political affairs, this Europeanization connects French Germans certain way. It makes Europeans more European, but without making them less national. This article contributes concept properly capture distinct substantial type identify its characteristic effects limitations.
European Journal of International Relations