Theorising the crises of the European Union

"This book examines the relevance of integration theories for studying and analyzing the crisis situations faced by the EU since 2009. Ten years on from the start of the 'age of crisis', it critically analyzes the impact of the multiple crises' context on the EU polity and questions the utility of integration theories for grasping the peculiarities of the particular crisis under study. Bringing together prominent scholars in EU studies, the volume constitutes an essential reference book on integration theories. Its contribution is twofold. Firstly, it provides a comparative overview of classical integration theories for studying and analyzing current crisis situations the EU faces. Secondly, the book connects theories to current debates through an in-depth discussion of recent crises that hit European integration since 2009, with a particular focus on the financial crisis, Brexit, refugee crisis, illiberal tendencies in some member states, and the Coronavirus pandemic. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of European integration, European Union politics, political theory and more broadly to European studies"--

Introduction : European integration (theories) in crisis? / Nathalie Brack and Seda Gürkan -- Legitimacy crisis in the European Union / Christopher Lord -- Sovereignty conflicts in the European Union / Nathalie Brack, Ramona Coman and Amandine Crespy -- Cleavage politics and European integration / Swen Hutter and Ines Schäfer -- The new intergovernmentalism and the euro crisis : a painful case? / Dermot Hodson -- Neofunctionalism in the decade of crises / Zoe Lefkofridi and Philippe C. Schmitter -- Between neo-functionalist optimism and post-functionalist pessimism : integrating politicisation into integration theory / Christian Rauh -- Sociological approaches to the crisis / Sabine Saurugger -- European communion and planetary organic crisis / Ian Manners -- The limits of the Europeanization research agenda : decoding the reverse process in and around the EU / Seda Gürkan and Luca Tomini -- ASEAN and the EU in times of crises : critical junctures from the perspective of comparative regionalism / Uwe Wunderlic and Stefan Gänzle -- Differentiation as a response to crises? / Benjamin Leruth -- Understanding and explaining the European Union in a crisis context : concluding reflections / Seda Gürkan and Nathalie Brack.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: European integration (theories) in crisis? -- 2 Legitimacy crisis in the European Union -- 3 Sovereignty conflicts in the European Union -- 4 Cleavage politics and European integration -- 5 The new intergovernmentalism and the Euro Crisis: a painful case? -- 6 Neofunctionalism in the decade of crises -- 7 Between neo-functionalist optimism and post-functionalist pessimism: integrating politicisation into integration theory -- 8 Sociological approaches to the crisis -- 9 European communion and planetary organic crisis -- 10 The limits of the Europeanization research agenda: decoding the reverse process in and around the EU -- 11 ASEAN and the EU in times of crises: critical junctures from the perspective of comparative regionalism -- 12 Differentiation as a response to crises? -- 13 Understanding and explaining the European Union in a crisis context: concluding reflections -- Index.