European Union in the Global Context

2. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-138-24004-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Format (B × H): 174 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 821 g

European Union in the Global Context explores the interplay between the state and state sovereignty, nationalism, European integration and globalisation. It provides essential foundations in these areas, while using stimulating arguments to prompt discussion and provoke interest in the relationships between these processes. It critically analyses the challenges faced by the EU from the contemporary political and economic dynamics of globalisation (IPE), including trading relationships set through the WTO and bilateral relations with emerging markets, especially the BRICS economies.

Likewise, pressures from within, such as a resurgence of nationalism, localisation, anti-austerity politics, and Euroscepticism, are examined. While the Union is fundamentally challenged by pressures from above and below, and by its own internal dysfunction, it remains central to the effective management of the international political economy.

European Union in the Global Context is a lively, focused and engaging text, incorporating anecdotes and contemporary arguments, and presenting different perspectives on European integration and globalisation. It will be of key interest to students of European Politics, European Studies, European Union Studies, and more broadly, global political economy, foreign and security policy and international relations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sweeney, Simon

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Globalisierung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Nationalismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART 1: European Union and nationalism  1. Europe’s history – the background to European integration  2. The state, sovereignty, and nationalism  3. Nationalism in Europe  PART 2: European Union: Theory, process, and implementation  4. Integration theory, the European Union, and the state  5. European Union institutions and the state  6. EU governance and policymaking  7. International relations theory, the state, and the EU  PART 3:European Union and contemporary economic globalisation  8. Enlargement: History, achievements, and the EU neighbourhood  9. EU as a global actor: Foreign, security, and defence policy  10. Policing, justice, migration, and internal security  11. Globalisation, the single market, trade, and EU social policy  PART 4: European Union and perpetual crisis  12. Economic and Monetary Union: Power, unity, discord  13. Democratic deficit, Euroscepticism, populism, and contested values  14. Sustainability and environmental policy, agriculture, fisheries, energy  15. Europe, the state, and globalisation

Über Autor(innen)

Simon Sweeney is a Professor of International Political Economy in the School for Business and Society at the University of York (UK). He is an experienced writer, and author of Europe, the State and Globalisation (2005). He has an extensive knowledge of EU literature, comprising EU history and development, institutional characteristics, policymaking, including foreign and security interests and 20 years’ experience of teaching EU and European politics at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.