Review: Europe: Foreign Policy and Interdependence in Gaullist France
| DOI | 10.1177/002070207402900433 |
| Author | Harvey Mitchell |
| Date | 01 December 1974 |
| Published date | 01 December 1974 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
REVIEWS/EUROPE
687
Despite
the
chaotic state
of
integration
theory,
Professor
Pentland
observes
that
more
progress
has
been
made here
than
in
other
fields
of
international
relations
theory.
Nonetheless,
he
feels
that
an
attempt
to
impose
a
common
theory
on
the
field
would
bring order
only
at
the
risk
of
harming
the creativity
of
theoretical
research.
He
argues
for
the
utility
at
this
stage
of
the
coexistence
of
a
number
of
competing
theories,
each
of
which helps
to
explain
a
particular
aspect
of
the
process
of
integration.
Like
most writers
in
the
field,
Professor
Pentland
relates the
four
theoretical approaches
mostly
to
the
experience
of
the
European
Economic
Community.
However
if
integration
theory
is
ever
to
merit
its
name,
it
must
be
so
gauged
as
to
encompass
attempts at
regional
integration
among developing
countries
(a
tentative
effort
has
been
made in
this direction
by
Ernst
Haas
and
Philippe
Schmitter)
and
among
the
East
European
states
that
are members
of
Comecon.
This
point
could
perhaps
have been
stressed
more in the
last
chapter
of
the
book
in
which
Professor
Pentland
suggests
future
directions
for
re-
search.
This
does
not
detract,
however,
from
the
fact
that
his book
is
an
impressive
achievement.
It
ably
assesses
the
present
state
of
the
field
of
integration
theory
and
suggests
where
more
research
must
still
be
done.
George
Friesen/University
of
Toronto
FOREIGN
POLICY
AND
INTERDEPENDENCE
IN
GAULLIST
FRANCE
Edward
L.
Morse
Princeton,
NJ:
Princeton
University
Press,
1973,
xiv,
336,
$7.00
The
broad
outlines
of
Edward
Morse's
model
for
his
study
of
Gaullist
foreign
policy are useful
if
only
because
they
serve
to
stress
the
limits
within
which
the
modern
industrial
state
can
effectively
shape
its
inter-
national
goals.
Although
he
is
not
always
able
to
perceive
what
might
in
some
sense
be
called
the
'timelessness'
of
the
study
of
international
politics,
his
discernment
that
advanced
industrial
states
have
found
their
opportunities
for
independent
or
autonomous
decisions
severely
curtailed,
if
not
almost
entirely
blocked,
is
of
course
shared
even
by
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