Opting Out of the European Union - Diplomacy, Sovereignty and European Integration

This book provides the first in-depth account of how European Union opt-outs and differentiated integration work in practice.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Disintegrating Europe?; 3. A political sociology of European integration; 4. The stigma of Euro-outsiderness; 5. Through the revolving doors of freedom, justice and security; 6. Late sovereign diplomacy; 7. Conclusion.

About the author

Rebecca Adler-Nissen is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen. Her research focuses on international relations theory, diplomacy, sovereignty, security and European integration. She is editor of Bourdieu in International Relations: Rethinking Key Concepts in IR (2012), and co-editor of European Integration and Postcolonial Sovereignty Games: The EU Overseas Countries and Territories (2012) and Sovereignty Games: Instrumentalizing State Sovereignty in Europe and Beyond (2008).

Summary

It is usually assumed that states opt out of the European Union to preserve sovereignty, but this book demonstrates that national opt-outs may reinforce the integration process. Providing the first in-depth account of how opt-outs work, it will appeal to students and scholars of European politics, international relations and diplomatic studies.

Product details

• Authors: Rebecca Adler-Nissen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.02.2015
• EAN: 9781107618343
• ISBN: 978-1-107-61834-3
• No. of pages: 266
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, International Relations, Politics & government, EU (European Union), International institutions, EU & European institutions