Europe's Experimental Union: Rethinking Integration

Europe's Experimental Union: Rethinking Integration
ISBN-10
1135092036
ISBN-13
9781135092030
Category
Political Science
Pages
256
Language
English
Published
2013-01-11
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Michael Smith, Brigid Laffan, Rory O' Donnell

Description

Europe's Experimental Union challenges conventional writings on European integration by situating the analysis of the EU in the context of changing patterns of political and economic order. The authors conclude that the union is not evolving towards a federal superstate, but rather, is an arena of deep economic integration governed by a prismatic polity characterised by innovation, experimentation, pragmatism, decentralisation and devolution. Although it may seem unsettleed, this book reveals that in fact the experimental nature of the EU enablwes it to respond to multiple agendas and Europe's diversity in a flexible manner.

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