Which European Union? - Europe After the Euro Crisis

This book asks how the European Union can tackle the constitutional conundrum caused by the Euro crisis.

List of contents

Preface: how many Unions?; Part I. Institutionalisation of Multiple Unions: 1. From Rome to the Lisbon Treaty; 2. The Lisbon Treaty and the Euro Crisis; 3. Institutionalisation and constitutional divisions; Part II. Main Perspectives on the European Union: 4. The perspective of the economic community; 5. The perspective of intergovernmental union; 6. The perspective of parliamentary union; Part III. Towards the Compound Union Perspective: 7. Comparing democratic models; 8. Compound unions and the EU; 9. A new political order in Europe.

About the author

Sergio Fabbrini is Director of the School of Government and Professor of Political Science and International Relations at the LUISS Guido Carli University of Rome, where he holds the Jean Monnet Chair. He is also Recurrent Visiting Professor of Comparative Politics in the Department of Political Science and Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California, Berkeley. He has published fourteen books, two co-authored books and fourteen edited or co-edited books. His recent publications include Compound Democracies: Why the United States and Europe Are Becoming Similar, 2nd edition (2010) and America and its Critics: Vices and Virtues of the Democratic Hyperpower (2008).

Summary

What impact will the Euro crisis have on the future of the European Union? Sergio Fabbrini argues that a new European political order is necessary based on an institutional differentiation between the EU member states interested only in market co-operation and those advancing towards a genuine economic and monetary union.

Product details

• Authors: Sergio Fabbrini, Sergio (Libera Universit... Internaziona Fabbrini, Sergio (Libera Universita Internazionale Fabbrini, Fabbrini Sergio
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.02.2015
• EAN: 9781107103948
• ISBN: 978-1-107-10394-8
• No. of pages: 376
• Subjects: Education and learning > Adult education/adult education classes; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political structures: democracy, EU (European Union), International institutions, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Political structures / systems: democracy