The European Union Beyond The Polycrisis

Author : Jonathan Zeitlin,Francesco Nicoli
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000764130

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The European Union Beyond the Polycrisis? by Jonathan Zeitlin,Francesco Nicoli Pdf

The European Union beyond the Polycrisis? explores the political dynamics of multiple crises faced by the EU, both at European level and within the member states. In so doing, it provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research on the relationship between politicization and European integration. The book proposes that the EU’s multi-dimensional crisis can be seen as a multi-level ‘politics trap’, from which the Union is struggling to escape. The individual contributions analyze the mechanisms of this trap, its relationship to the multiple crises currently faced by the EU, and the strategies pursued by a plurality of actors (the Commission, the European Parliament, national governments) to cope with its constraints. Overall, the book suggests that comprehensive, ‘grand’ bargains are for the moment out of reach, although national and supranational actors can find ways of ‘relaxing’ the politics trap and in so doing perhaps lay the foundations for more ambitious future solutions. This book, dedicated to the exploration of the political dynamics of multiple, simultaneous crises, offers an empirical and theoretical assessment of the existing political constraints on European integration. Analysing domestic and European political reactions to the EU’s polycrisis and assessing how EU institutions, national governments and broader publics have responded to a new era of politicization, The European Union beyond the Polycrisis? will be of great interest to scholars of European politics and the EU, as well as professionals working in EU institutions, national administrations and European advocacy groups. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.

Author : Jonathan Zeitlin,Francesco Nicoli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1146078468

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Special Issue: The European Union Beyond the Polycrisis? Integration and Politicization in an Age of Shifting Cleavages by Jonathan Zeitlin,Francesco Nicoli Pdf

Author : Nikolaos Papakostas,Nikolaos Pasamitros
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783838268484

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EU: Beyond the Crisis by Nikolaos Papakostas,Nikolaos Pasamitros Pdf

Though crises arise organically in all political systems, this volume treats the current challenges facing the EU as a unique situation. It takes stock of its losses, gains, and opportunities and what constitutes a viable solution to the EU’s current predicament. By envisioning the EU as an evolving rather than static body, this collection zeroes in on the conceptual weaknesses that destabilized the EU and the factors that will help the organization rethink its place and purpose. This book clarifies aspects of EU parliamentarism within the context of the unfolding crisis and addresses political cohesion and institutional integration. It ultimately stresses the role of perception and image on the future of the EU’s social and political integration.

Author : Mechthild Roos,Daniel Schade
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783110790337

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The EU under Strain? by Mechthild Roos,Daniel Schade Pdf

When EU member states signed the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007, they did not anticipate the manifold crises in store for them over the following years. Instead of the intended consolidation of a Union which had just gone through its most profound modernisation and biggest round of enlargements, the EU has since then had to weather a wide range of political, economic, social, legal, health and even military crises with major repercussions within and beyond its own territory. Indeed, this time of polycrisis has induced change on many levels: Across the continent and its many fora of European supra-, trans- and international collaboration, established institutions, rule systems and normative frameworks have been put into question and power balances have been shifting. Against this background, actors from social, political, economic and cultural life have sought new ways to overcome the manifold pressing problems of their time, be it through intensified collaboration or attempts to increasingly resolve issues at the national level. This volume offers a compilation of case studies on EU crisis responses, covering the most impactful of the various crises the EU has had to face in recent years. It provides theoretical and conceptual guidelines for the study of political actors’ responses to crisis at all levels of the EU multilevel governance system and beyond.

Author : Mark Dawson,Henrik Enderlein,Christian Joerges
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780198752868

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Beyond the Crisis by Mark Dawson,Henrik Enderlein,Christian Joerges Pdf

This volume examines the many open political, legal, and economic questions related to the functioning and fundamental structure of the Union as a whole and the economic and monetary union.

Author : Boyka M. Stefanova
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781498503488

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The European Union beyond the Crisis by Boyka M. Stefanova Pdf

This book provides a post-crisis perspective on European politics by studying interactions within and among related domestic and EU political spheres. The contributors focus on political dynamics associated with the policy decisions and outcomes of crisis response in all three domains: EU institutions, public policy, and democratic politics.

Author : Christopher Lord,Peter Bursens,Dirk De Bièvre,Jarle Trondal,Ramses A. Wessel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000528572

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The Politics of Legitimation in the European Union by Christopher Lord,Peter Bursens,Dirk De Bièvre,Jarle Trondal,Ramses A. Wessel Pdf

This book examines and investigates the legitimacy of the European Union by acknowledging the importance of variation across actors, institutions, audiences, and context. Case studies reveal how different actors have contributed to the politics of (re)legitimating the European Union in response to multiple recent problems in European integration. The case studies look specifically at stakeholder interests, social groups, officials, judges, the media and other actors external to the Union. With this, the book develops a better understanding of how the politics of legitimating the Union are actor-dependent, context-dependent and problem-dependent. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of European integration, as well as those interested in legitimacy and democracy beyond the state from a point of view of political science, political sociology and the social sciences more broadly.

Author : Ramona Coman,Amandine Crespy,Vivien A. Schmidt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781108482264

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Governance and Politics in the Post-Crisis European Union by Ramona Coman,Amandine Crespy,Vivien A. Schmidt Pdf

An original new textbook providing an up-to-date, critical perspective of how the EU works, and what issues it faces, in the post-crisis era.

Author : Marianne Riddervold,Jarle Trondal,Akasemi Newsome
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030517915

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The Palgrave Handbook of EU Crises by Marianne Riddervold,Jarle Trondal,Akasemi Newsome Pdf

This handbook comprehensively explores the European Union’s institutional and policy responses to crises across policy domains and institutions – including the Euro crisis, Brexit, the Ukraine crisis, the refugee crisis, as well as the global health crisis resulting from COVID-19. It contributes to our understanding of how crisis affects institutional change and continuity, decision-making behavior and processes, and public policy-making. It offers a systematic discussion of how the existing repertoire of theories understand crisis and how well they capture times of unrest and events of disintegration. More generally, the handbook looks at how public organizations cope with crises, and thus probes how sustainable and resilient public organizations are in times of crisis and unrest.

Author : Bettina De Souza Guilherme,Christian Ghymers,Stephany Griffith-Jones,Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2020-12-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030548957

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Financial Crisis Management and Democracy by Bettina De Souza Guilherme,Christian Ghymers,Stephany Griffith-Jones,Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann Pdf

This open access book discusses financial crisis management and policy in Europe and Latin America, with a special focus on equity and democracy. Based on a three-year research project by the Jean Monnet Network, this volume takes an interdisciplinary, comparative approach, analyzing both the role and impact of the EU and regional organizations in Latin America on crisis management as well as the consequences of crisis on the process of European integration and on Latin America’s regionalism. The book begins with a theoretical introduction, exploring the effects of the paradigm change on economic policies in Europe and in Latin America and analyzing key systemic aspects of the unsustainability of the present economic system explaining the global crises and their interconnections. The following chapters are divided into sections. The second section explores aspects of regional governance and how the economic and financial crises were managed on a macro level in Europe and Latin America. The third and fourth sections use case studies to drill down to the impact of the crises at the national and regional levels, including the emergence of political polarization and rise in populism in both areas. The last section presents proposals for reform, including the transition from finance capitalism to a sustainable real capitalism in both regions and at the inter-regional level of EU-LAC relations.The volume concludes with an epilogue on financial crises, regionalism, and domestic adjustment by Loukas Tsoukalis, President of the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP). Written by an international network of academics, practitioners and policy advisors, this volume will be of interest to researchers and students interested in macroeconomics, comparative regionalism, democracy, and financial crisis management as well as politicians, policy advisors, and members of national and regional organizations in the EU and Latin America.

Author : Despoina Anagnostopoulou,Dimitrios Skiadas
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-07-04
Category : Education
ISBN : 9783030856908

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Higher Education and Research in the European Union by Despoina Anagnostopoulou,Dimitrios Skiadas Pdf

This interdisciplinary book consists of three parts which examine the European Union policies on research and innovation, education and life-long learning, as well as the European Union Pillar on social rights and youth policies. In the first part, high-level experts analyze the European Research Area and its current enhancement, with emphasis on mobility and employability of researchers, especially in times of crises.In the second part, the governance architecture of the European Education Area(s) is explored and the new objectives of the Bologna Process, as well as the EU institutional framework of the recognition of skills and qualifications, are analyzed. Life-long learning is also important for the individual development of human capital especially for socially vulnerable people who could also benefit from literacy policies and skills development. The second part concludes with the evaluation of the EU education and training policy based on social indicators in the framework of the EU 2020 Strategy.In the third part, the book turns to Social Europe and the balancing between ordo-liberalism and ordo-socialism. It examines the EU Pillar of Social Rights and its impact on youth policies. It analyzes the EU youth policies e.g. on youth credit and their interaction with young people’s employment and education possibilities, with emphasis on the young people "not in education, employment or training" (NEETs).

Author : Nathalie Brack,Seda Gürkan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000318814

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

This book examines the relevance of integration theories for studying and analsing the crisis situations faced by the EU since 2009. Ten years on from the start of the ‘age of crisis’, it critically analyses the impact of the multiple crises’ context on the EU polity and questions the utility of integration theories for grasping the peculiarities of the particular crisis under study. Bringing together prominent scholars in EU studies, the volume constitutes an essential reference book on integration theories. Its contribution is twofold. First, it provides a comparative overview of classical integration theories for studying and analysing current crisis situations the EU faces. Second, the book connects theories to current debates through an in-depth discussion of recent crises that hit European integration since 2009, with a particular focus on the financial crisis, Brexit, refugee crisis, illiberal tendencies in some member states, and the Coronavirus pandemic. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of European integration, European Union politics, political theory, and, more broadly, to European studies.

Author : Mechthild Roos,Daniel Schade
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2023-06-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783110790474

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The EU under Strain? by Mechthild Roos,Daniel Schade Pdf

When EU member states signed the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007, they did not anticipate the manifold crises in store for them over the following years. Instead of the intended consolidation of a Union which had just gone through its most profound modernisation and biggest round of enlargements, the EU has since then had to weather a wide range of political, economic, social, legal, health and even military crises with major repercussions within and beyond its own territory. Indeed, this time of polycrisis has induced change on many levels: Across the continent and its many fora of European supra-, trans- and international collaboration, established institutions, rule systems and normative frameworks have been put into question and power balances have been shifting. Against this background, actors from social, political, economic and cultural life have sought new ways to overcome the manifold pressing problems of their time, be it through intensified collaboration or attempts to increasingly resolve issues at the national level. This volume offers a compilation of case studies on EU crisis responses, covering the most impactful of the various crises the EU has had to face in recent years. It provides theoretical and conceptual guidelines for the study of political actors’ responses to crisis at all levels of the EU multilevel governance system and beyond.

Author : Manuela Caiani,Benedetta Carlotti,Marko Lovec,Maria Wincławska,Faris Kočan,Adam Balcer
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2024-03-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781040002384

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European Narratives and Euroscepticism in the Western Balkans and the EU by Manuela Caiani,Benedetta Carlotti,Marko Lovec,Maria Wincławska,Faris Kočan,Adam Balcer Pdf

Moving from a social movement perspective, this timely volume examines narratives on Euroscepticism and frames on Europe from below, at the party and social movement levels. Revealing perspectives from both the Right and the Left, it unpacks the emergence, re-emergence and increase in critical ‘voices’ and opposition towards Europe. Based on extensive fieldwork in two candidate countries for accession to the EU and three member states, it offers insight from analysis of focus groups, interviews with Eurosceptic and pro-European political actors and ordinary citizens, together with frame analysis and scrutiny of archival material, electoral manifestoes and organisational documents. Revealing the development of Eurocritical frames, it demonstrates the differences and similarities in narratives used to address Europe and the conceptualisation of Euroscepticism. Key cases examined include the rise of illiberalism in post-transition Slovenia; complex Euroscepticism in Poland; the path from strong support to harsh opposition in Italy; indecision over membership in North Macedonia; anticipating the future while revisiting the past in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Offering guidelines for the direction of future research and policy, European Narratives and Euroscepticism in the Western Balkans and the EU is essential reading for scholars and students of political sociology, political science, European studies and international relations, as well as policy makers concerned with trajectories pro and against Europe and the European integration process.

Author : Carlo Invernizzi Accetti,Jonathan White
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000348859

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Ideologies and the European Union by Carlo Invernizzi Accetti,Jonathan White Pdf

This volume examines what the concept of ideology can add to our understanding of the European Union, and the way in which the process of European integration has inflected the ideological battles that define contemporary European politics, both nationally and transnationally. Contemporary debates on the nature and value of the European Union often touch on the notion of ideology. The EU’s critics routinely describe it as an ideologically-motivated project, associating it from the left with a form of ‘neo-liberal capitalism’ or from the right with ‘liberal multiculturalism’. Its defenders often praise it in explicitly post- or anti-ideological terms, as a regulatory body focused on the production of output legitimacy, or as a bulwark against dangerous ideological revivals in the form of nationalism and populism. Yet the existing academic literature linking the study of the EU with that of ideologies is surprisingly thin. This volume brings together a number of original contributions by leading international scholars and takes an approach that is both historical and conceptual, probing the EU’s ideological roots, while also laying the grounds for a reappraisal of its contemporary ideological make-up. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.