Which Europe?: The Politics of Differentiated Integration

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Differentiation as Design Principle and as Tool in the Political Management of European Integration....Pages 3-23
Legal Flexibility, Governance and Differentiated Integration: On Functional Differentiation of EU Law and Politics....Pages 24-38
The Functional Dimension....Pages 39-53
The Spatial Dimension....Pages 54-66
The Temporal Dimension....Pages 67-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Alpine Europe....Pages 83-98
‘Anglo-America’ and Atlantic Europe....Pages 99-111
Balkan Europe....Pages 112-125
Baltic Europe....Pages 126-141
Central Europe....Pages 142-155
Franco-German Europe....Pages 156-169
Mediterranean Europe....Pages 170-183
Nordic Europe....Pages 184-197
Europe’s Neighbourhood and Transboundary Differentiation....Pages 198-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
‘Euro’ Europe: ‘Fuzzy’ Boundaries and ‘Constrained’ Differentiation in Macro-Economic Governance....Pages 215-232
‘Industrial’ Europe: The Softer Side of Differentiated Integration....Pages 233-250
‘Social’ Europe....Pages 251-264
‘Green’ Europe: Differentiation in Environmental Policies....Pages 265-278
The ‘Area of Freedom, Security and Justice’: ‘Schengen’ Europe, Opt-outs, Opt-ins and Associates....Pages 279-292
Bologna’s Deepening Empire: Higher Education Policy in Europe....Pages 293-307
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Foreign and Security Policies: ‘Trilateral’ Europe?....Pages 308-321
Defence Policy: Temporal and Spatial Differentiation within Reformed Bandwagoning....Pages 322-343
Conclusions: Generalizations and Patterns....Pages 344-351
Back Matter....Pages 352-392