VL IB: European Policy Making

Explaining European Integration

What is theory?

  • A causal argument with universal validity, can be falsified by testing hypotheses (Popper)
  • Broad definition: abstract / systematic reflection with a certain purpose
    • to explain casualties (e.g. with respect to certain events or results)
    • To predict the future (prediction)
    • To describe (or highlight) something from a certain perspective
    • To criticize certain trends from the basis of an abstract supposition
    • Normative advice/recommendation

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