European disintegration? : the politics of crisis in the European Union
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[London ; New York] : Red Globe Press, 2018, The European Union series
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WEBBER, Douglas, European disintegration? : the politics of crisis in the European Union, [London ; New York] : Red Globe Press, 2018, The European Union series - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/60897
Abstract
This new book provides a comprehensive analysis of Europe on the brink of political disintegration. Observers of the European Union (EU) could be forgiven for thinking that it is in a state of permanent crisis. The Union has been beset with high levels of Eurozone debt, Russian intervention and armed conflict in Ukraine, refugees fleeing conflict zones in North Africa and the Middle East, and the decision of Britain to leave the European Union. This text offers a concise and readable assessment of the dynamics, character and consequences of these four crises and the increasingly real possibility of European disintegration. High levels of socio-economic interdependence and institutionalization have failed to result in an ever closer union, and yet the proposed theories of disintegration also fall short. Webber instead shows that it is only by looking at the role of the EU’s dominant member, Germany, in each crisis that the potential for an increasingly fragmented Europe becomes clear. Until now, Germany has been the EU’s stabilizing force but this is no longer guaranteed. The fate of the integration process will depend on whether other, more inclusive forms of stabilizing leadership may emerge to fill the vacuum created by Berlin’s incapacity. This text is the ideal companion for upper undergraduate and postgraduate students of the European Union, as part of degrees in Politics, International Relations or European Studies, or for anyone interested in the crises of the European Union.
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1. Is This Time Different?. - 2. Explaining European Integration and Disintegration.- 3. The Eurozone Crisis.- 4. The Ukraine Crisis.- 5. The Schengen and Refugee Crisis.- 6. The Brexit Crisis.- 7. Conclusions.