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Against European Integration

Author : Ivan T. Berend
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780429575655

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This book gives a complex description and discussion of today’s populist attacks against the European Union (EU) following the financial crisis of 2008, which opened the floodgates of dissatisfaction, and the migration crisis which destabilized the traditional solidarity basis of the EU. The problem of Brexit is also explored. Each chapter presents one of the main elements of the crisis of the EU. These include West European populism, Central European right-wing populism in power, and the exploitation of the EU’s mistake during the migration crisis of the mid-2010s. These also include the discovery of Christian ideology against immigration and hidden anti-Semitic propaganda using a hysterical attack against the liberal billionaire philanthropist George Soros, and Brexit. There is a detailed discussion of the failures of the EU to pacify the neighbourhood in the South and North, especially in Ukraine, and the rising hostile outside enemies of the EU, including Russia and Turkey, bad relationships with Trump’s America, the uncertainty of NATO, and the emergence of a new rival, China, that enters into the Central European edge of the EU. The author explores strategies for coping with, and emerging from, this existential crisis and ends with the alternative plans and possibilities for the future of the eurozone. This will be an invaluable resource for understanding the crisis of the EU, one of the central questions of contemporary international politics for undergraduate and graduate students, and readers interested in the discussion surrounding an endangered European integration and difficult world politics.

The Dark Side of European Integration

Author : Alina Polyakova
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2015-08-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783838208169

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The Dark Side of European Integration by Alina Polyakova Pdf

Across Europe, radical right-wing parties are winning increasing electoral support. The Dark Side of European Integration argues that this rising nationalism and the mobilization of the radical right are the consequences of European economic integration. The European economic project has produced a cultural backlash in the form of nationalist radical right ideologies. This assessment relies on a detailed analysis of the electoral rise of radical right parties in Western and Eastern Europe. Contrary to popular belief, economic performance and immigration rates are not the only factors that determine the far right's success. There are other political and social factors that explain why in post-socialist Eastern European countries such parties had historically been weaker than their potential, which they have now started to fulfill increasingly. Using in-depth interviews with radical right activists in Ukraine, Alina Polyakova also explores how radical right mobilization works on the ground through social networks, allowing new insights into how social movements and political parties interact.

Debates on European Integration

Author : Mette Sangiovanni
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230209336

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Debates on European Integration by Mette Sangiovanni Pdf

This is a major new reader that brings together and assesses the most influential scholarly contributions that have fashioned the debate on European integration over the past 50 years. It includes an original contribution reflecting on key issues in integration theory by Ben Rosamond.

European Integration and Political Conflict

Author : Gary Marks,Marco R. Steenbergen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2004-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 0521535050

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European Integration and Political Conflict by Gary Marks,Marco R. Steenbergen Pdf

In this 2004 volume, a formidable group of scholars investigate patterns of conflict that are arising in the European Union.

Euroscepticism and the Future of European Integration

Author : Catherine E. De Vries
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192511904

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Euroscepticism and the Future of European Integration by Catherine E. De Vries Pdf

The European Union (EU) is facing one of the rockiest periods in its existence. No time in its history has it looked so economically fragile, so unsecure about how to protect its borders, so divided over how to tackle the crisis of legitimacy facing its institutions, and so under assault of Eurosceptic parties. The unprecedented levels of integration in recent decades have led to increased public contestation, yet at the same the EU is more reliant on public support for its continued legitimacy than ever before. This book examines the role of public opinion in the European integration process. It develops a novel theory of public opinion that stresses the deep interconnectedness between people's views about European and national politics, and suggests that public opinion cannot simply be characterized as either Eurosceptic or not, but rather consists of different types. This is important because these types coincide with fundamentally different views about the way the EU should be reformed and which policy priorities should be pursued. These types also have very different consequences for behaviour in elections and referenda. Euroscepticism is such a diverse phenomenon because the Eurozone crisis has exacerbated the structural imbalances within the EU. As the economic and political fates of member states diverged, people's experiences with and evaluations of the EU and national political systems also grew further apart. The heterogeneity in public preferences that this book has uncovered makes a one-size-fits-all approach to addressing Euroscepticism unlikely to be successful.

Iceland and European Integration

Author : Baldur Thorhallsson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134458530

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Iceland and European Integration by Baldur Thorhallsson Pdf

Why has Iceland not sought membership of the European Union? This unique volume uses the case study of Iceland - the only Nordic state to have never applied for EU membership - to explore the complex attitudes of small states to European intergration and provide a new theoretical approach for understanding such relationships. The contributors explain why the Icelandic political elite has been relunctant to participate in European integration. In this context, they analyse the influence that Iceland's special relationship with the US and the fisheries sector have had on their dealings with the EU. Also considered are 'new' variables, such as national administrative characteristics and particular features of the domestic arena of the political elite, as well as the elite's perception of international relations and its political discourse concerning independence and sovereignty. Iceland and European Integration will appeal to all those interested in European integration and the international relations of small states

The Impact of European Integration on Political Parties

Author : Dimitri Almeida
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780415693745

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The Impact of European Integration on Political Parties by Dimitri Almeida Pdf

Introduction: political parties and the politicization of Europe -- Approaches to the study of party responses to European integration -- An acquired taste for Europe: social democratic parties and European Integration -- Between reluctant Europeanism and hard Euroscepticism: radical left parties and European integration -- Separate ways: liberal parties and European integration -- Diluted Europeanism: Christian democratic parties and European integration -- Europeanized Eurosceptics? radical right parties and European integration -- Conclusion.

Highs and Lows of European Integration

Author : Luisa Antoniolli,Luigi Bonatti,Carlo Ruzza
Publisher : Springer
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319936260

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Highs and Lows of European Integration by Luisa Antoniolli,Luigi Bonatti,Carlo Ruzza Pdf

In light of Europe’s prolonged state of crisis, this book reassesses the challenges and prospects of the European integration process. Scholars from diverse disciplines reflect on various types of integration by analyzing political, economic and sociological variables, while also taking legal and cultural constraints into account. Readers will learn about the dilemmas and challenges of the European transformation process as well as political reforms to overcome these challenges. The book is divided into four parts, the first of which discusses the external dimension of the European Union, including a review of development aid policies and EU foreign policy. In turn, the second part focuses on institutional change and asymmetrical integration in the EU. The third part is devoted to the rise of populism and nationalism, including an analysis of the role of civil society organizations in the Brexit. In closing, the last part highlights the crisis of the Euro as a symbol of European integration and the emerging social and economic divide between countries of the North and South.

European Integration Beyond Brussels

Author : Matthew Broad,Suvi Kansikas
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2020-08-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9783030454456

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European Integration Beyond Brussels by Matthew Broad,Suvi Kansikas Pdf

Europe is a continent whose history has, in one form or another, long been dominated by integration. And yet the European integration process is often treated as synonymous with the evolution of just one particular, and until recently geographically quite limited, Western-centred organisation: the European Union (EU). This trend obscures the multitude of ways European states have acted collectively on both sides of the Iron Curtain – and continue to do so throughout the continent today. With contributors drawn from history and political science, this book explores some of these diverse integration efforts ‘beyond Brussels’. We shine a light on international organisations, trade frameworks, and various political, social, scientific and cultural forms of unity in both Eastern and Western Europe. In so doing, the book seeks to redefine the history of the European integration process not only as a less purely EU-centric phenomenon but as a less strictly Western European one too.

The State of the European Union

Author : Stefanie Wöhl,Elisabeth Springler,Martin Pachel,Bernhard Zeilinger
Publisher : Springer
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2019-07-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783658254193

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The State of the European Union by Stefanie Wöhl,Elisabeth Springler,Martin Pachel,Bernhard Zeilinger Pdf

Against the backdrop of combating the financial and economic crisis in the European Union for the past decade, this volume strives to explore the manifold impacts the prevailing crisis management has on the further alignment of European Integration. The efforts targeted at overcoming the financial and economic crisis evoked far-reaching consequences on the societal, economic, and political level within European member states, which in turn challenge the institutional alignment, democratic legitimacy and economic coherence of the European Union. Taking into account current developments in the EU, the contributions presented in this volume focus on the ‘fault lines’ in the integration process, i.e. questions of policy coherence, democratic accountability, financialization, militarization, migration, gendered social and economic asymmetries as well as the rise of populist and extreme right-wing parties. The volume focuses on how these different developments come together by relating aspects of transdisciplinary research to uncover the fault lines in the European integration project in the subsequent chapters. ContentEconomic and Democratic Governance • Right Wing Populism and Right Extreme Parties • Financialization and Militarization • Social Exclusion, Welfare and Migration Policies EditorsProf. (FH) Dr. Stefanie Wöhl, University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna. Prof. (FH) Dr. Elisabeth Springler, University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna. Mag. Martin Pachel, University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna. Dr. Bernhard Zeilinger, University of Applied Sciences BFI Vienna.

Theorising the Crises of the European Union

Author : Nathalie Brack,Seda Gürkan
Publisher : Globalisation, Europe, and Multilateralism
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-31
Category : Crises
ISBN : 0367431408

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Theorising the Crises of the European Union by Nathalie Brack,Seda Gürkan Pdf

Introduction : European integration (theories) in crisis? / Nathalie Brack and Seda Gürkan -- Legitimacy crisis in the European Union / Christopher Lord -- Sovereignty conflicts in the European Union / Nathalie Brack, Ramona Coman and Amandine Crespy -- Cleavage politics and European integration / Swen Hutter and Ines Schäfer -- The new intergovernmentalism and the euro crisis : a painful case? / Dermot Hodson -- Neofunctionalism in the decade of crises / Zoe Lefkofridi and Philippe C. Schmitter -- Between neo-functionalist optimism and post-functionalist pessimism : integrating politicisation into integration theory / Christian Rauh -- Sociological approaches to the crisis / Sabine Saurugger -- European communion and planetary organic crisis / Ian Manners -- The limits of the Europeanization research agenda : decoding the reverse process in and around the EU / Seda Gürkan and Luca Tomini -- ASEAN and the EU in times of crises : critical junctures from the perspective of comparative regionalism / Uwe Wunderlic and Stefan Gänzle -- Differentiation as a response to crises? / Benjamin Leruth -- Understanding and explaining the European Union in a crisis context : concluding reflections / Seda Gürkan and Nathalie Brack.

The End of European Integration

Author : Paul Taylor
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 197 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134084746

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This book provides an innovative examination of the European Union as it departs from its path of integration. Indeed, so far has it departed that it could be described as having entered a new reality. The original reality was that captured in the evocative phrase in its founding agreement, the Treaty of Rome, that it should be an ever-closer union of peoples. Largely that was the path followed until the 1990s, but by the early twenty-first century there have been signs that it is turning into an ordinary international organization in which there is little overriding sense of purpose. This book discusses the indications of this development and explains why it happened only a decade or so after a peak of popular enthusiasm in the early 1990s. The question was whether the EU would become less important for the member states, as seemed to be the case for the British, or whether the German pattern, in which the EU remained important, would prevail. This book concludes that the former is more likely in part because of problems with the policies of the European Union and its conduct, but more specifically because of the current prevailing political culture in Western Europe. Paul Taylor warns that the current problems are underestimated and that there is the risk of casually throwing away the considerable achievements of the integration process. The End of European Integration will be of interest to all those with an interest in European integration, whether for or against. It will also interest students of European studies, European politics, and politics and international relations in general.

The Economics and Politics of European Integration

Author : Ivan T. Berend
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2020-12-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000327175

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The Economics and Politics of European Integration by Ivan T. Berend Pdf

The Economics and Politics of European Integration offers a comprehensive history of European integration, from the conceptualization of a United States of Europe, to the present day. The special role of the United States in this process of integration, and the expansion and evolution of the European Union, is critically analyzed. The book also thoroughly discusses the current view of the EU and the complex crises emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic. While the book focuses primarily on Europe, the role of other countries is also examined. The rise of hostile enemies from Turkey, Russia, the US and China is explored, and the history and outcome of Brexit also receives unique focus. Maps are used throughout to clearly depict the enlargement process. This illuminating text will be valuable reading for students and researchers across international economics, economic history, political economy and European studies.

Key Controversies in European Integration

Author : Hubert Zimmermann,Andreas Dür
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781350928916

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Key Controversies in European Integration by Hubert Zimmermann,Andreas Dür Pdf

Is the EU a success or a failure? Should It Stay or Should It Go? Britain and the EU The Big Waste or Essential to Feed Europe? The Common Agricultural Policy Observers of the European Union could be forgiven in thinking that since its inception the EU project has been under threat from near constant crises. In recent years, controversial issues such as EU enlargement, the fallout from the Eurozone crisis, migration policies, Brexit and the Corona pandemic have tested the EU to its limits and divided public opinion in the process. The major third edition of this comprehensive textbook on the EU seeks to introduce the integration project by looking at the thorny debates politicians, European citizens and the media contend with on a daily basis. Well known for its unique and pedagogically-innovative key debates format, the editors have invited top names in the field to contribute a stirring contribution either 'for' or 'against' each of the toughest political questions the EU faces. In doing so, not only does it offer a broad introduction to all the key concerns of the Union, but it does so in a way that is contemporary, engaging and designed to spark controversy. New to this Edition: - All chapters fully revised and updatedNew chapter on the transatlantic partnership - All chapters now with key takeaway points - Across all controversies, more inclusion of mainstream gender and feminist approaches

Europeanization and European Integration

Author : R. Coman,T. Kostera,L. Tomini
Publisher : Springer
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137325501

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Europeanization and European Integration by R. Coman,T. Kostera,L. Tomini Pdf

After two decades of research into the impact of the EU on domestic politics and policies, this book explores the relationship between Europeanization and EU integration. It argues that Europeanization should be considered as a stage in the development of EU integration as well as questioning the notion of incremental Europeanization.