ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the common conceptual departures shared by scholars of European integration and global governance, and places these in the context of particularly fusion approaches to European integration. It outlines areas—particularly in relation to spatial and temporal dimensions of international interdependence—where there are differences, and there may be potential points for conceptual accommodation. The chapter explores a plea to scholars to consider further conceptual investigations around these points, with a specific emphasis on the relationship between spatial and temporal dimensions of interdependence and fusion approaches to European integration. It addresses the challenge through the prism of a narrower application to the relationship between European integration theory and studies of global governance. Turning back to discussions of global governance, European integration scholars, such as J. A. Scholte argue that 'statism' has become obsolete because of changes in certain dynamics that have made it increasingly difficult for nation-states to monitor, control and manipulate current affairs using state instruments.
