Coordinates for a Possible Ssystemic Real-Functionalism

Mariana COJOC
Assoc. Prof. PhD.
Faculty of History and Political Sciences, “Ovidius” University of Constanța
E-mail: marianacojoc@yahoo.com

https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9993-091X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.59277/CSNPISSH.2025.16

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Published on December 28, 2025

Abstract
Functionalism, as a theory of International Relations, with all its variants, represented a pattern for the systemic reconstruction after WWII. Global and regional challenges draw a new map of neo-functionalism vulnerabilities, allowing new theoretical paradigms to emerge.

Keyword
Functionalism, Neo-functionalism, Real-functionalism, European Union, The International Relations System

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