1st Edition

The European Union at an Inflection Point (Dis)integrating or the New Normal?

Edited By Alasdair Young Copyright 2017
164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

164 Pages
by Routledge

The cutting-edge contributions to this book analyse different facets of the European Union (EU): closer integration among the member states, policymaking within a ‘normal’ political system, and the implications of European integration for its member states. This book also considers whether the challenges currently confronting the EU – the lingering Eurozone debt crises, the migrant/refugee... Read more

An inflection point in European Union studies? Mapping European law  Free movement and EU citizenship: a virtuous circle?  Policy leadership and re-election in the European Parliament  Does the European Union have a reverse gear? Policy dismantling in a hyperconsensual polity  Coming full circle? Differential empowerment in Croatia’s EU accession process  Winning the battle or losing the war: the impact of European integration on labour market institutions in Germany and Denmark  The minimum wage in Germany: what brought the state in?

Biography

Alasdair R. Young is a Professor in the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Co-Director of the Center for European and Transatlantic Studies, a Jean Monnet Center of Excellence. He is the chair of the European Union Studies Association (USA) (2015-2017).