The EU under Strain?: Current Crises Shaping European Union Politics

When Eu Member States Signed The Treaty Of Lisbon In 2007, They Did Not Anticipate The Manifold Crises In Store For Them Over The Following Years. Instead Of The Intended Consolidation Of A Union Which Had Just Gone Through Its Most Profound Modernisation And Biggest Round Of Enlargements, The Eu Has Since Then Had To Weather A Wide Range Of Political, Economic, Social, Legal, Health And Even Military Crises With Major Repercussions Within And Beyond Its Own Territory. Indeed, This Time Of Polycrisis Has Induced Change On Many Levels: Across The Continent And Its Many Fora Of European Supra-, Trans- And International Collaboration, Established Institutions, Rule Systems And Normative Frameworks Have Been Put Into Question And Power Balances Have Been Shifting. Against This Background, Actors From Social, Political, Economic And Cultural Life Have Sought New Ways To Overcome The Manifold Pressing Problems Of Their Time, Be It Through Intensified Collaboration Or Attempts To Increasingly Resolve Issues At The National Level. This Volume Offers A Compilation Of Case Studies On Eu Crisis Responses, Covering The Most Impactful Of The Various Crises The Eu Has Had To Face In Recent Years. It Provides Theoretical And Conceptual Guidelines For The Study Of Political Actors’ Responses To Crisis At All Levels Of The Eu Multilevel Governance System And Beyond. Frontmatter -- Table Of Contents -- List Of Authors -- Part I: Contextualising The Eu And Crises -- 1 Introduction: The Eu Under Strain -- 2 Polity Attacks And Policy Failures: The Eu Polycrisis And Integration Theory -- Part Ii: The Legal And Democratic Fundaments Of The Eu -- 3 Crisis-driven Eu Reforms In And Beyond Treaty Limits: Is It Time For A Treaty Change? -- 4 What Happened To The Idea Of ‘ever Closer Union’? Differentiation As A Persistent Feature Of European Integration -- 5 The Difficulty Of Upholding The Rule Of Law Across The European Union: The Case Of Poland As An Illustration Of Problems The European Union Is Facing -- 6 Representation In Polycrisis: Towards A New Research Agenda For Eu Citizens -- Part Iii: The Eu In A Changing World -- 7 After The Deluge: Europe, The European Union And Crisis In The World Arena -- 8 Eu Enlargement In Times Of Crisis: Strategic Enlargement, The Conditionality Principle And The Future Of The “ever-closer Union” -- 9 The Eu After Brexit: Eu-uk Relations And The Latent Crisis Of Withdrawal -- 10 A Strained Partnership? A Typology Of Tensions In The Eu-us Transatlantic Relationship -- Part Iv: European Policy Fields Shaped By Crisis -- 11 Consolidating The Fortress Europe: Conceptualizations Of Solidarity In The Eu Asylum System Governance Post-2015 -- 12 Eu Health: From Pandemic Crisis Management To A European Health Union? -- 13 Leader Or Laggard? Diversity And Minority Rights In A Union Under Strain -- 14 The Slow-burning Climate Emergency And The European Green Deal: Prospects And Pitfalls In The Polycrisis Era -- 15 European Economic Governance In Times Of Crisis: Solidarity, Responsibility, And Legitimacy In Eu Debt Mutualisation -- Index Ed. By Mechthild Roos, Daniel Schade. Issued Also In Print. Mode Of Access: Internet Via World Wide Web. In English.