The New European Union : : Confronting Challenges of Integration / / Steve Wood, Wolfgang Quaisser.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Wood, Steve,; Quaisser, Wolfgang,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: Studies on the European Polity
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (253 p.)

This concise but wide-ranging work explores the major political, economic, and strategic challenges confronting the European Union in the context of a rapidly changing geopolitical environment. Steve Wood and Wolfgang Quaisser consider the actors and issues at the center of current developments in the integration process. Beginning with some basic conceptual questions—for example, what is Europe?—they focus on the Union's increasingly complex politics and economy. Their discussion ranges from political economy, to policy reform and institutional change, to the arena of international relations. They also address the more intangible factors of European identity and common political will. An intriguing set of possible future scenarios concludes the authors' up-to-date examination of the EU after enlargement.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Map of the European Union, 2007 -- 1 Setting the Stage -- 2 The Political Economy of Deepening and Widening -- 3 States, Publics, and Europeanization -- 4 Key Policy Areas: Developments, Reforms, and Resistance -- 5 Becoming a Global Actor -- 6 Dealing with the Neighbors -- 7 Considering Europe’s Future -- Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book