FUNCTIONALISM
Important points
- successful and practical
- European Union
- peace by pieces
- compartmentalisation
- cooperation in low political issues
- Richard Cobden: keep politicians out
- huge patience
- political will
Introduction
- successful and practical alternative for realism
- based on European Union
- peace by pieces
Steps
- compartmentalisation of issues
- segregation on the basis of low politics and high politics
- give initiative into hands of non-political class like technical, artists, scientists
- cooperation in low political issues will teach benefit of cooperation
- increase functional interlinkages, increase interdependence
- eg- European Union (successful)
- SAARC(unsuccessful)
Scholars
- David Mitrany
- Richard Cobden: keep politicians out
- GDH Cole: Functional Sovereignty
Challenges
- long term
- requires huge patience
- political will
Neo Functionalist
- Ernst Haas
- when chaos, bring in political class