Format:
xxiii, 420 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
ISBN:
9781108482264
,
9781108711777
Content:
"This book was written in times of great turmoil in the European Union. The financial crisis of 2008, which turned into a debt crisis destabilizing the Eurozone, the crisis of the EU migration and border policies in the face of increased inflows of migrants since 2014, recurring disputes around violations of democracy and the rule of law, and the Brexit referendum in 2017 have all profoundly tarnished the European Union. While its raison d'être, forged in the second half of 20th century, was rooted in peace, liberal democracy, and welfare capitalism in a bipolar world, the EU has been increasingly regarded as unable to secure these values in the world of the 21st century. The past decade, we argue, constitutes a critical juncture with particularly profound implications for how we understand the EU. Unlike many academics belonging to earlier generations of EU scholars, we do not take for granted a teleological vision of EU integration, whereby an 'ever closer Union' is the ineluctable goal of EU politics. Contemporary politics show us how contingent and fragile the very existence of the Union is. In the same vein, we do not necessarily consider the deepening of integration in given policy areas as a positive development per se"--
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108612609
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Governance and politics in the post-crisis European Union Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2020
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Europäische Union
;
Politische Krise
;
Governance
Author information:
Coman, Ramona 1978-
Author information:
Schmidt, Vivien Ann 1949-
