Governance and Politics in the Post-Crisis European Union

An original new textbook providing an up-to-date, critical perspective of how the EU works, and what issues it faces, in the post-crisis era.

Ramona Coman (Edited by), Amandine Crespy (Edited by), Vivien A. Schmidt (Edited by)

9781108482264, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 27 August 2020

652 pages, 13 b/w illus. 1 map 12 tables
25.1 x 19.5 x 2.4 cm, 1.11 kg

'This exciting new book studies the European Union by incorporating the many challenges that it is facing, in a host of policy-making areas, whether they be the Brexit, politicization of European integration, or the legacies of the migration and financial crises. It also examines the ongoing issues ahead: differentiation, social inequalities and what the EU can do to improve global governance. This much-awaited book provides a novel take on European integration in the current challenging times and is bound to become a very important must-read book for students, researchers and practitioners.' Amy Verdun, Professor of Political Science, University of Victoria

The European Union of today cannot be studied as it once was. This original new textbook provides a much-needed update on how the EU's policies and institutions have changed in light of the multiple crises and transformations since 2010. An international team of leading scholars offer systematic accounts on the EU's institutional regime, policies, and its community of people and states. Each chapter is structured to explain the relevant historical developments and institutional framework, presenting the key actors, the current controversies and discussing a paradigmatic case study. Each chapter also provides ideas for group discussions and individual research topics. Moving away from the typical, neutral account of the functioning of the EU, this textbook will stimulate readers' critical thinking towards the EU as it is today. It will serve as a core text for undergraduate and graduate students of politics and European studies taking courses on the politics of the EU, and those taking courses in comparative politics and international organizations including the EU.

Foreword
Chronology
Glossary
Abbreviations
1. The European Union as a political regime, a set of policies and a community after the crisis: an overview Ramona Coman, Amandine Crespy and Vivien Schmidt
Part I. The EU's political regime: 2. European regional integration from the 20th to the 21st century Kiran Klaus Patel
3. Institutions and decision-making in the European Union Sergio Fabbrini
4. Regulatory networks and policy communities Jacob Hasselbalch and Eleni Tsingou
5. Old and new concepts of EU governance: intergovernmentalism, supranationalism, and parliamentarism Vivien A. Schmidt
Part II. Key policy areas in flux: 6. Cohesion and the EU budget: is conditionality undermining solidarity? John Bachtler and Carlos Mendez
7. Agriculture and environment: greening or greenwashing? Gerry Alons
8. The internal market: increasingly differentiated? Michelle Egan
9. The European Monetary Union: how did the Euro area get a lender of last resort? Cornel Ban
10. Social policy: is the EU doing enough to tackle inequalities? Amandine Crespy
11: Labour markets and mobility: how to reconcile competitiveness and social justice László Andor
12: Managing the refugee crisis: a divided and restrictive Europe? Sarah Wolff
13: Security in the Schengen Area: limiting rights and freedoms? Julien Jeandesboz
14: Trade policy: which gains for which losses? Ferdi De Ville
15. Global tax governance: is the EU promoting tax justice? Rasmus Corlin Christensen and Len Seabrooke
16. The common security and defence policy in transition: towards 'strategic autonomy'? Jolyon Howorth
Part III: Existential debates: 17. North and south, east and west: is it possible to bridge the gap? Kristin Makszin, Gerg? Medve-Bálint and Dorothee Bohle
18. Democracy and the rule of law: how can the EU uphold its common values? Ramona Coman
19. Democracy and disintegration: does the state of democracy in the EU put the integrity of the Union at risk? Joseph Lacey and Kalypso Nicolaïdis
Appendices
Index.

Subject Areas: EU & European institutions [JPSN2], Central government policies [JPQB], Constitution: government & the state [JPHC], Comparative politics [JPB]