Differentiated Integration

Dirk Leuffen

ISBN 10: 0230246435 / ISBN 13: 9780230246430

Published by Springer, Berlin, Palgrave Macmillan UK, Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Far from displaying a uniform pattern of integration, the European Union varies significantly across policy areas, institutional development and individual countries. Why do some policies such as the Single Market attract non-EU member states, while some member states choose to opt out of other EU policies In answering these questions, this innovative new text provides a state-of-the-art introduction to the study of European integration. The authors introduce the most important theories of European integration and apply these to the trajectories of key EU policy areas - including the single market, monetary policy, foreign and security policy, and justice and home affairs. Arguing that no single theory offers a completely convincing explanation of integration and differentiation in the EU, the authors put forward a new analytical perspective for describing and explaining the institutions and policies of the EU and their development over time. Written by a team of prominent scholars in the field, this thought-provoking book provides a new synthesis of integration theory and an original way of thinking about what the EU is and how it works. 287 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Differentiated Integration
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin, Palgrave Macmillan UK, Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0230246435
• ISBN 13: 9780230246430
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 235W x 155H x 22D millimeters 235 millimeters width by 155 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 647 grams

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Synopsis

This innovative new text provides a state-of-the-art introduction to the study of European integration, focusing centrally on explaining the differentiated character of the European Union in terms of policy areas, institutional development and geographical span.

About the Author

DIRK LEUFFEN is Professor of Political Science and International Politics, University of Konstanz, Germany.FRANK SCHIMMELFENNIG is Professor of European Politics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland.

BERTHOLD RITTBERGER is Professor of International Relations, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany.