Integration And Differentiation In The European Union

Author : Benjamin Leruth,Stefan Gänzle,Jarle Trondal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 787 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2022-05-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429624148

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The Routledge Handbook of Differentiation in the European Union by Benjamin Leruth,Stefan Gänzle,Jarle Trondal Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Differentiation in the European Union offers an essential collection of groundbreaking chapters reflecting on the causes and consequences of this complex phenomenon. With contributions from key experts in this subfield of European Studies, it will become a key volume used for those interested in learning the nuts and bolts of differentiation as a mechanism of (dis)integration in the European Union, especially in the light of Brexit. Organised around five key themes, it offers an authoritative "encyclopaedia" of differentiation and addresses questions such as: How can one define differentiation in the European Union in the light of the most recent events? Does differentiation create more challenges or opportunities for the European Union? Is Europe moving away from an "ever closer Union" and heading towards an "ever more differentiated Union", especially as leading political figures across Europe favour the use of differentiation to reconcile divergences between member states? This handbook is essential reading and an authoritative reference for scholars, students, researchers and practitioners involved in, and actively concerned about, research in the study of European integration. As European differentiation is multifaceted and involves a wide range of actors and policies, it will be of further interest to those working on countries and/or in policy areas where differentiation is an increasingly relevant feature. The Introduction and chapters 13, 21, 30, and 35 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Dirk Leuffen,Berthold Rittberger,Frank Schimmelfennig
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030766771

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Integration and Differentiation in the European Union by Dirk Leuffen,Berthold Rittberger,Frank Schimmelfennig Pdf

Far from displaying a uniform pattern, European integration varies significantly across policy areas and individual countries. Why do some member states choose to opt out of specific EU policies? Why are some policies deeply integrated whereas others remain intergovernmental? In this updated second edition, the authors introduce the most important theoretical approaches to European integration and apply these to the trajectories of key EU policy areas. Arguing that no single theory offers a completely convincing explanation of integration and differentiation in the EU, this thought-provoking book provides a new synthesis of integration theory and an original way of thinking about what the EU is and how it works.

Author : Benjamin Leruth,Christopher Lord
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317369844

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Differentiated Integration in the European Union by Benjamin Leruth,Christopher Lord Pdf

The notion of Differentiated Integration is increasingly used in the literature on European integration. Often employed interchangeably with the notion of "flexible integration, diverging views on its nature have led to the emergence of various definitions and, to some extent, a semantic confusion. A lack of consensus characterizes the academic literature; some authors even avoid putting an explicit definition on the term. The main objective of this book is to seek answers for the following questions: How can one define Differentiated Integration in the European Union? Should Differentiated Integration be considered as a process, a concept, a system or a theory? Should it be seen as a temporary or a well-established phenomenon? How is this field of study likely to develop in the future? In order to do so, all chapters, written by leading experts in the field, offer a state-of-the-art analysis of the study of differentiated integration, from theoretical and practical perspectives. In addition, this book is not a collection of isolated papers: all chapters are interconnected and gravitate towards the aforementioned central questions, but approach these from different perspectives. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.

Author : Dirk Leuffen,Berthold Rittberger,Frank Schimmelfennig
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0230246435

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Differentiated Integration by Dirk Leuffen,Berthold Rittberger,Frank Schimmelfennig Pdf

Far from displaying a uniform pattern of integration, the European Union varies significantly across policy areas, institutional development and individual countries. Why do some policies such as the Single Market attract non-EU member states, while some member states choose to opt out of other EU policies? In answering these questions, this innovative new text provides a state-of-the-art introduction to the study of European integration. The authors introduce the most important theories of European integration and apply these to the trajectories of key EU policy areas – including the single market, monetary policy, foreign and security policy, and justice and home affairs. Arguing that no single theory offers a completely convincing explanation of integration and differentiation in the EU, the authors put forward a new analytical perspective for describing and explaining the institutions and policies of the EU and their development over time. Written by a team of prominent scholars in the field, this thought-provoking book provides a new synthesis of integration theory and an original way of thinking about what the EU is and how it works.

Author : Bellamy, Richard,Kröger, Sandra
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781529219937

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Flexible Europe by Bellamy, Richard,Kröger, Sandra Pdf

The European Union (EU) is often portrayed as sacrificing national diversity for European unity. This book explores the alternative of a flexible EU based on differentiated rather than uniform integration. The authors combine normative theory with empirical research on political party actors to assess the desirability and political acceptability of differentiated integration as a means of accommodating heterogeneity in the EU. They examine the circumstances and institutional design needed for flexibility to promote rather than undermine fairness and democracy within and between member states. Clear, balanced, and accessible, the book provides fresh thinking on the future of the EU.

Author : K. Dyson,A. Sepos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230289529

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Which Europe? by K. Dyson,A. Sepos Pdf

The Euro Area, the Schengen Area, and Airbus - the 'Anglosphere', the Franco-German 'motor' and Nordic cooperation – each illustrates how differentiation has become a pervasive feature of European integration. Which Europe? offers an authoritative and comprehensive examination of differentiated integration in its functional and its territorial aspects. It focuses on its implications for both the practice and the theory of European integration. Is it strengthening or weakening the EU and its Member States? Are territorial identities being undermined or strengthened? Are new theories of integration required? In particular, this book looks at the relationship between the growth in use of differentiated integration and the widening of European Union membership, the broadening in its policy scope, and the deepening in integration.

Author : Bruno De Witte,Andrea Ott,Ellen Vos
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-02-24
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781783475896

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Between Flexibility and Disintegration by Bruno De Witte,Andrea Ott,Ellen Vos Pdf

Differentiation was at first not perceived as a threat to the European project, but rather as a tool to promote further integration. Today, more EU policies than ever are marked by concentric circles of integration and a lack of uniform application. As the EU faces increasingly existential challenges, this timely book considers whether the proliferation of mechanisms of flexibility has contributed to this newly fragile state or whether, to the contrary, differentiation has been fundamental to integration despite the heterogeneity of national interests and priorities.

Author : Filip Tuytschaever
Publisher : Hart Publishing
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999-06-19
Category : Law
ISBN : UOM:39015047744415

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Differentiation in European Union Law by Filip Tuytschaever Pdf

This book, adopting a law in context approach, deals with the controversial development of increased differentiation in European Union law.

Author : Benjamin Leruth,Christopher Lord
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317369851

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Differentiated Integration in the European Union by Benjamin Leruth,Christopher Lord Pdf

The notion of Differentiated Integration is increasingly used in the literature on European integration. Often employed interchangeably with the notion of "flexible integration, diverging views on its nature have led to the emergence of various definitions and, to some extent, a semantic confusion. A lack of consensus characterizes the academic literature; some authors even avoid putting an explicit definition on the term. The main objective of this book is to seek answers for the following questions: How can one define Differentiated Integration in the European Union? Should Differentiated Integration be considered as a process, a concept, a system or a theory? Should it be seen as a temporary or a well-established phenomenon? How is this field of study likely to develop in the future? In order to do so, all chapters, written by leading experts in the field, offer a state-of-the-art analysis of the study of differentiated integration, from theoretical and practical perspectives. In addition, this book is not a collection of isolated papers: all chapters are interconnected and gravitate towards the aforementioned central questions, but approach these from different perspectives. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.

Author : Jeremy Richardson,Berthold Rittberger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:918977039

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Differentiated Integration in the European Union by Jeremy Richardson,Berthold Rittberger Pdf

Author : Jacint Jordana,Michael Keating,Axel Marx,Jan Wouters
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429959714

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Changing Borders in Europe by Jacint Jordana,Michael Keating,Axel Marx,Jan Wouters Pdf

Changing Borders in Europe focuses on the territorial dimension of the European Union. It examines the transformation of state sovereignty within the EU, the emergence of varied self-determination claims, and the existence of a tailor-made architecture of functional borders, established by multiple agreements. This book helps to understand how self-determination pressures within the EU are creating growing concerns about member states’ identity, redefining multi-level government in the European space. It addresses several questions regarding two transformative processes – blurring of EU borders and state sovereignty shifts - and their interrelations from different disciplinary perspectives such as political science, law, political economy and sociology. In addition, it explores how the variable geographies of European borders may affect the issue of national self-determination in Europe, opening spaces for potential accommodations that could be compatible with existing states and legal frameworks. This book will be of key interest for scholars, students and practitioners of EU politics, public administration, political theory, federalism and more broadly of European studies, international law, ethnic studies, political economy and the wider social sciences.

Author : Frank Schimmelfennig,Thomas Winzen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2020-02-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192596338

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Ever Looser Union? by Frank Schimmelfennig,Thomas Winzen Pdf

Differentiated integration has become a durable feature of the European Union and is a major alternative for its future development and reform. This book provides a comprehensive conceptual, theoretical, and empirical analysis of differentiation in European integration. It explains differentiation in EU treaties and legislation in general and offers specific accounts of differentiation in the recent enlargements of the EU, the Eurozone crisis, the Brexit negotiations, and the integration of non-member states. Ever Looser Union? introduces differentiated integration as a legal instrument that European governments use regularly to overcome integration deadlock in EU treaty negotiations and legislation. Differentiated integration follows two main logics. Instrumental differentiation adjusts integration to the heterogeneity of economic preferences and capacities, particularly in the context of enlargement. By contrast, constitutional differentiation accommodates concerns about national self-determination. Whereas instrumental differentiation mainly affects poorer (new) member states, constitutional differentiation offers wealthier and nationally oriented member states opt-outs from the integration of core state powers. The book shows that differentiated integration has facilitated the integration of new policies, new members, and even non-members. It has been mainly 'multi-speed' and inclusive. Most differentiations end after a few years and do not discriminate against member states permanently. Yet differentiation is less suitable for reforming established policies, managing disintegration and fostering solidarity, and the path-dependency of core state power integration may lead to permanent divides in the Union.

Author : Stefan Gänzle,Benjamin Leruth,Jarle Trondal
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2019-11-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429648847

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Differentiated Integration and Disintegration in a Post-Brexit Era by Stefan Gänzle,Benjamin Leruth,Jarle Trondal Pdf

Assessing the consequences of Brexit on EU policies, institutions and members, this book discusses the significance of differentiation for the future of European integration. This book theoretically examines differentiated integration and disintegration, focuses on how this process affects key policy areas, norms and institutions of the EU, and analyses how the process of Brexit is perceived by and impacts on third countries as well as other organizations of regional integration in a comparative perspective. This edited book brings together both leading and emerging scholars to integrate the process of Brexit into a broader analysis of the evolution, establishment and impact of the EU as a system of differentiation. This book will be of key interest to scholar and students of European Union politics, European integration, Brexit, and more broadly to Public Administration, Law, Economics, Finance, Philosophy, History and International Relations.

Author : Alkuin Kölliker
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0742536130

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Flexibility and European Unification by Alkuin Kölliker Pdf

Based on a theory of differentiated integration, this book investigates the dynamics of flexible European integration across EU policies and member states. By doing so, it provides a theory-based, comprehensive, and an empirical account of European integration from the perspective of legal differentiation.

Author : David Natali (OSE),Bart Vanhercke (OSE)
Publisher : ETUI
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-23
Category : European Union countries
ISBN : 9782874523748

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Social policy in the European Union: state of play 2015 by David Natali (OSE),Bart Vanhercke (OSE) Pdf

The sixteenth edition of Social policy in the European Union: state of play has a triple ambition. First, it provides easily accessible information to a wide audience about recent developments in both EU and domestic social policymaking. Second, the volume provides a more analytical reading, embedding the key developments of the year 2014 in the most recent academic discourses. Third, the forward-looking perspective of the book aims to provide stakeholders and policymakers with specific tools that allow them to discern new opportunities to influence policymaking. In this 2015 edition of Social policy in the European Union: state of play, the authors tackle the topics of the state of EU politics after the parliamentary elections, the socialisation of the European Semester, methods of political protest, the Juncker investment plan, the EU’s contradictory education investment, the EU’s contested influence on national healthcare reforms, and the neoliberal Trojan Horse of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).