Dear Colleagues:
Due to the difficulty of traveling, the WESSdinner, has been
postponed for one week, from Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2003 to Feb. 25, 2003.
Other arrangements for the dinner remain unchanged.
For your convenience, the original information is reproduced below.
I look forward to see you next week.
Cheers
Jerry LR Chandler
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Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:04 PM
Subject: WESS Dinner Meeting, Feb. 18, 2003. Dr. V. Fruchart,
ComplexityTheory and European Integration
Dear Colleagues:
You are invited to a WESS dinner meeting with Dr. Vincent Fruchart on
Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2003. Following distinguished international service
with the World Bank, Vincent, a long time WESS member, returned to
academia and recently completed his doctorate in political science
from the University of Maryland.
Speaker: Dr. Vincent Fruchart
Title: Complexity and European Integration
Time: 6:30 PM Cocktails
7:00 PM Dinner
8:15 PM Speaker
Place: Les Halles Brasserie
1201 Penn Ave NW
Washington, DC, 20004
(202) 347-6848
www.LesHalles.net
Please join us for an exceptional presentation.
Email your reservations to me by COB, Monday. Or, please leave a
message on the answering machine at 703-790-1651.
Les Halles Brasserie, a typical French restaurant, is conveniently
about four blocks east of the White House, close to both the Metro
Center and Federal Triangle stops as well as to numerous parking
garages by the Mall.
Two more WESS dinners at Les Halles are scheduled for March 18, and
April 24, 2003. Details will be forthcoming.
As always, guests are welcome.
Cheers
Jerry LR Chandler
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Abstract:
Complexity and European Integration.
The traditional analysis of European integration follows a neo-realist model
which states that integration results from the political will of the
states. In this model, the states are rational actors which see the pooling
of national sovereignty in particular policy areas as a way to offset their
loss of agency in a globalizing economy. An analysis of the introduction of
the principle of subsidiarity in the Treaty of Maastricht shows that this
analysis is far from satisfactory and that institutionalist analysis offers
a better story. Institutionalist analysis presents features that are common
in complexity theory, and shows the European Union to have properties
similar to those of a complex adaptive system.
Vincent Fruchart, PhD recently completed a doctoral dissertation
(Subsidiarity vs. Sovereignty, An Institutionalist Analysis of the Treaty of
Maastricht) in Government and Politics (political economy and rational
choice) at the University of Maryland at College Park. His earlier
degrees were in Political Science (new School for Social Research,
NY, Journalism (Ecole Superieure, Lille, Fr., and Economics,also from
Lille. As a consultant for the World Bank, Vincent undertook projects
in Sub-Saharian Africa, Nepal, Russia, Idonesia and Rowanda.
Following his undergraduate studies, he worked as a European
journalist. He also has experience in the private sector radio and
publishing. (Not to mention his assignment in Casablanca.) He is
interested in
applying the insights gained from the study of European integration to the
field of development and governance.
Received on Tue Feb 18 14:53:13 2003
