Since the end of the cold war, the accelerated pace of globalization has brought countries closer together, and the common requirement to safeguard global interests and solve global problems has provided the conditions for the creation of a public platform to international dialogue and cooperation. As an important means of international cooperation, international organizations play an irreplaceable role and have become one of the key actors in the international community. Parsing with the concept of constructivism identity breaks from the limitations of traditional international relations theories which emphasize the role of material or external factors, also brings a new explanatory path to the study of international organizations. Social constructivism represented by Alexander Wendt believes that interaction contributes to the formation of a collective identity of the European Union, which in turn confers interests on actors, generating correspond actions under the norms of interests. Now simply rely on functionalism is no longer sufficient to promote European integration to a deeper level, a reconstruction based on identity and cognition is needed to create a general sense of identity and belonging, to build a supranational European collective identity.

Shi Jiaqi. Study on European Union Integration from a Constructivism Perspective. International Journal of Frontiers in Sociology (2024), Vol. 6, Issue 7: 48-54. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFS.2024.060708.

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