Governing the EU in an Age of Division

Abstract:

Few international organizations embody the idea of historical progress as strongly as the European Union (EU). This book addresses the main shortcoming of treating EU as a vehicle of progress and political unity between European countries: the disregard of such an approach for the underlying diversity of the European continent.

Critically examining the meta-ideology underpinning European integration, the author studies the implications of Europe’s heterogeneity, disagreements over European policies, and of pluralism of values for the EU’s governance. The book revisits legacies of post-communist transitions and the role played by international economic and political integration in Eastern Europe – as well as the implications of the EU’s enlargements for the EU’s governance. The result is a novel, polycentric perspective on the EU’s governance.

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London School of Economics (LSE): EUROPP Blog, 22/11/2022: Governing the EU in an age of division https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2022/11/22/governing-the-eu-in-an-age-of-division/

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