Key controversies in European integration. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Hubert Zimmermann and Andreas Dür.
• Other Names: Zimmermann, Hubert; Dür, Andreas, 1976-
• Contents: Introduction; 1. The European Union: Success or Failure?; Why Europe Works - John McCormick; The Rise and Fall of the EU - Jan Zielonka ; 2. The Political Efficiency of the EU; The EU as Efficient Polity - Desmond Dinan; The EU: Quick to Regulate, Slow to Adapt - Mats Persson; 3. More Powers for Brussels or Renationalization?; A Stronger, More Supranational Union - Derek Beach ; The New Intergovernmentalism – The Next Phase in European Integration - Uwe Puetter ; 4. How Democratic Is The EU?; The Inevitability of a Democratic Deficit - Richard Bellamy; A Democratic Achievement, not just a Democratic Deficit - Christopher Lord ; 5. Too Much Power for the Judges?; Understanding the European Court's Political Power- Karen Alter and Daniel Kelemen; A Strange Institution - Jeremy Rabkin ; 6. Can There Be A Common European Identity?; The Emergence of a European Identity - Ulrike Liebert; A Common European Identity is an Illusion - Jonathan White; 7. Lobbying in the EU: How Much Power for Big Business?; Big Business Dominates the EU - Laura Horn and Angela Wigger; The Power of Big Business is Constrained in the EU - David Marshall ; 8. The Uncertain Future of the Euro; Why the Euro is a Functional Necessity in the Process of European Integration - Henrik Enderlein; For a Plurality of Economic and Social Models! Against the Uniform Euro State! - Andreas Nölke; 9. The Euro: Economic Success or Disaster?; Exit or Differentiated Monetary Integration – Saving the Euro by Making It More Flexible - Tal Sadeh; Unity in Diversity: The Unfulfilled Promise of the Euro - Waltraud Schelkle ; 10. Can the EU Tame Big Finance?; The Merits of Adaptive Governance: The Regulation of Financial Services in the EU - Jörn Carsten Gottwald; The Pitfalls of EU Governance in Financial Markets - Daniel Mügge ; 11. The Big Waste? The Common Agricultural Policy; Europe's Common Values and Agricultural Policy: A Defence of the CAP - Ann-Christin Knudsen ; The European Agricultural Fortress Under Attack - Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt ; 12. Does the EU Act as a Normative Power?; The EU as Normative Power - Daniela Sicurelli ; Living in a Material World: A Critique of 'Normative Power Europe' - Mark Pollack ; 13. Is EU Enlargement a Success Story or Has It Gone Too Far?; The Benefits of EU Enlargement: Defending Security, Prosperity, and Democracy - Rachel Epstein; EU Enlargement: A Critique - Christopher J. Bickerton ; 14. Towards A Common European Army?; Still Flattering to Deceive: The Common Security and Defence Policy Defence! - Anand Menon; Defence Integration in the EU: From Vision to Business-as-Usual - Hanna Ojanen ; 15. Should It Stay or Should It Go? Britain, EU Membership and the Merits of Selective Integration; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">A Benign Hegemon: Germany's European Vocation - Miguel Otero-Iglesias and Hubert Zimmermann ; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Failure of German Leadership - Matthias Matthijs; 16. New German Hegemony: Does It Exist, And Is It Dangerous?; <SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic">The Case for Brexit: Why Britain should leave the EU - Alan Sked; Brexit – a Disaster for Britain and for the European Union - Martin Rhodes; Conclusion
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 341.2422; Political Process/General; International Relations/General; European federation; Europe -- Politics and government -- 1989-
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137529527; 1137529520
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