{"id":1489,"date":"2026-08-09T19:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/account-for-the-rise-of-european-union-as-a-highly-influential-upsc-psir-2023-3607\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:30","slug":"account-for-the-rise-of-european-union-as-a-highly-influential-upsc-psir-2023-3607","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/account-for-the-rise-of-european-union-as-a-highly-influential-upsc-psir-2023-3607\/","title":{"rendered":"Account for the rise of European Union as a highly influential regional organisation."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>&mdash; how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 EU as \u201cgold standard\u201d \u2192 post-war pact grows into supranational entity \u2192 rise followed a method \/ R2 problem of war answered with economic cooperation \u2192 each success carries the union into a new field<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">post-war reconstruction forces cooperation \u2192 Mitrany\u2019s functionalism (technical cooperation \u2192 habits of collaboration \u2192 spill into other domains) \u2192 Schuman &amp; Monnet apply it \u2192 ECSC 1951, war \u201cmaterially impossible\u201d \u2192 community method over balance of power \u2192 Haas&#039;\u2019s spillover \u2192 EEC 1957 \u2192 success attracts more members \u2192 single market, euro, Schengen \u2192 Maastricht 1992 (foreign policy, security, justice) \u2192 enlargement consolidates post-communist democracy \u2192 Erasmus + rights \u2192 Fligstein\u2019s \u201cEuropean society\u201d \u2192 third-largest GDP, climate, CETA, JCPOA \u2192 global influence<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">the state never disappeared \u2192 Moravesik: national preferences + interstate bargaining set the pace \u2192 solidarity (Greece, transfers) keeps members willing \u2192 Brexit \u2192 exit stayed open<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 pooled sovereignty without dissolving the state \u2014 cooperation binding, membership voluntary \/ R2 that balance is the achievement \u2192 benchmark others adapt but rarely copy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[34],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[79],"pyq_paper":[69],"class_list":["post-1489","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-34","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-regionalisation-of-world-politics","pyq_paper-paper-2"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1489\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2697,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1489\/revisions\/2697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1489"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1489"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1489"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}