1st Edition

Differentiated Integration Beyond Brexit Revisiting Cleavage Perspective in Times of Multiple Crises

By Alexander Radunz, Rafał Riedel Copyright 2024
168 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

168 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

168 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines differentiated integration in Europe, providing incisive analyses of domestic politics determinants – political conflict, party responses, citizens’ preferences and other supply and demand side elements. The four countries compared – Germany, Poland, Switzerland and the United Kingdom – afford rich diversity and offer broad empirical material available for cross-country... Read more

1. Introduction  

2. “One more crisis may pull us apart”: multiple crises and their cumulative nature  

3. From “ever closer” to “ever loser” union: differentiated integration in Europe  

4. Revisiting cleavage concepts in the wake of the European integration 

5. From inner core to outer periphery: supply and demand for European (differentiated) integration  

6. Discussion and Conclusions: wrapping up our journey through the map of European differentiated intergration

Biography

Alexander Radunz is Research Fellow at Opole University and works in international cooperation.

Rafał Riedel is Professor at the Opole University, and a visiting research fellow at the Diplomatische Akademie Wien - Vienna School of International Studies.