Kathleen R. McNamara
American political scientist and professor known for work on international political economy and European integration; author of The Currency of Ideas (2002) and other scholarship on EU economic governance.
Books
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1. The Politics Of Everyday Europe
Constructing Authority in the European Union
Argues that European authority is produced through mundane, everyday practices rather than only through treaties or dramatic political events: routine policymaking, bureaucratic procedures, expert networks and regulatory practices normalize supranational power, shape markets and administrations, and help make European governance seem natural. Using case studies across fiscal, regulatory and social policy, it shows how technocratic expertise, policy scripts and administrative habits create forms of legitimacy and constraint while also leaving room for contestation and reinterpretation. The result is a view of Europeanization as a continuous, practice-based process that manufactures consent, configures political actors, and shapes the possibilities for democratic renewal or resistance.
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