1st Edition

The European Union Beyond the Polycrisis? Integration and politicization in an age of shifting cleavages

Edited By Jonathan Zeitlin, Francesco Nicoli Copyright 2020
164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

The European Union beyond the Polycrisis? explores the political dynamics of multiple crises faced by the EU, both at European level and within the member states. In so doing, it provides a state-of-the-art overview of current research on the relationship between politicization and European integration. The book proposes that the EU’s multi-dimensional crisis can be seen as a... Read more

1. Introduction: the European Union beyond the polycrsisi? Integration and politicization in an age of shifting cleavages

Jonathan Zeitlin, Francesco Nicoli and Brigid Laffan

2. Politicization compared: at national, European and global level

Michael Zürn

3. Politicizing Europe in times of crsis

Swen Hutter and Hanspeter Kriesi

4. Politicization in the EU: between national politics and EU political dynamics

Vivien A. Schmidt

5. Reconfiguring sovereignty: crisis, politicization and European integration

Nicolas Jabko and Meghan Luhman

6. Getting around no: how governments react to negative referendums

Frank Schimmelfennig

7. Rising despite the polycrisis? The European Parliament’s strategies of self-empowerment after Lisbon

Katharina L. Meissner and Magnus G. Schoeller

8. The effects of European Parliament elections on political socialization

Julia Schulte-Cloos

Biography

Jonathan Zeitlin is Distinguished Faculty Professor of Public Policy and Governance in the Political Science Department at the University of Amsterdam, and Academic Director of the Amsterdam Centre for European Studies (ACES). His current research focuses on new forms of experimentalist governance within and beyond the EU.



Francesco Nicoli is Postdoctoral Fellow in Political Economy at the University of Amsterdam, and Assistant Professor of Economic Governance in the Economics Department at the University of Ghent. His research focuses on the relationship between the Eurocrisis and the politicization of the EU -- in public opinion, elections, and institutional development.