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Functionalism and transactionalism are important concepts in the history of European integration. Like federalism, both functionalism and transactionalism are largely prescriptive, offering a proposed means of reducing the risk of conflict between states, although they do offer a certain degree of explanatory value as well.<\/p>\n

However, functionalism and transactionalism differ from federalism in that they both claim that form follows function.<\/i> For functionalists and transactionalists, the functions of cooperation are more important than the right kind of institutional forms (federal or otherwise).<\/p>\n

However, they do so in quite different ways from each other and both aim at different end-goals.<\/p>\n

Read the following extract on functionalism and transactionalism <\/a>to find out more.<\/p>\n

Note in particular,<\/p>\n

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  1. The different types of cooperation advocated by each approach<\/li>\n
  2. Functionalist’s fears about federal structures at a European level<\/li>\n
  3. The social dimension of cooperation outlined by transactionalists<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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