Flexible Europe : differentiated integration, fairness, and democracy / Richard Bellamy, Sandra Kröger, and Marta Lorimer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bellamy, Richard (Richard Paul), author.

Kröger, Sandra, 1971- author.

Lorimer, Marta, author.

Contributor:

JSTOR (Online Service)

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Bristol shorts research

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

Nationalism--European Union countries.

Nationalism.

European Union countries--Politics and government.

European Union countries.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Bristol, UK : Bristol University Press, 2022.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Front Cover

Flexible Europe: Differentiated Integration, Fairness, and Democracy

Copyright information

Table of contents

List of Tables

List of abbreviations

About the Authors

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Differentiated integration: an overview

The idea of flexible Europe and demoicracy

The normative dimension

The views of party actors

PART I Normative Perspectives on Differentiated Integration

ONE Differentiated Integration as a Fair Scheme of Cooperation

Two views of differentiated integration as a fair scheme of cooperation

Fairness among states: a statist intergovernmental perspective

Statist intergovernmentalism and differentiated integration

Fairness among individuals: a supranational cosmopolitan perspective

Supranational cosmopolitanism and differentiated integration

Demoicracy: combining statism and cosmopolitanism?

Fairness among states and individuals: a demoicratic perspective

Demoicracy and differentiated integration

Conclusion

TWO Democracy, Domination, and Differentiated Integration

The democratic argument for differentiated integration

Democratic differentiation

Conclusion

THREE Democratic Backsliding and the Limits to Differentiated Integration

What is democratic backsliding, and why bother?

Constitutional pluralism and the legitimate limits of differentiated integration

Tackling democratic backsliding: constitutional pluralism and value differentiated integration

PART II Political Party Perspectives on Differentiated Integration

FOUR Party Views on Differentiated Integration

Political parties, European integration, and differentiated integration

Differentiated integration: friend or foe?

(Cautious) supporters

Opponents

FIVE Party Views on the Substantive Fairness of Differentiated Integration

Assessing the substantive fairness of differentiated integration

Is differentiated integration substantively fair? The views of political party actors

Widening

Deepening

SIX Party Views on the Democratic Dilemmas of Differentiated Integration

The democratic dilemmas of differentiated integration

How democratic is differentiated integration? What party actors think

Creating domination? The perceived institutional impact of differentiated integration

Mitigating domination: institutional set-up and governance structures for differentiated integration

SEVEN Party Views on Democratic Backsliding and Differentiated Integration

Democratic backsliding and the European Union

The European Union, differentiated integration, and democratic backsliding: the view of party actors

The problem: is democratic backsliding a problematic issue, and why?

Causes: does differentiated integration facilitate democratic backsliding?

Remedies: how should democratic backsliding be addressed?

Conclusion

Notes:

Bringing together theoretical and practitioners' perspectives.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 25, 2022).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Bellamy, Richard. Flexible Europe.

ISBN:

1529219949

9781529219944

9781529219937

1529219930

Publisher Number:

40031109525

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