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Book SynopsisEurope is struggling. Its challenges include weak economic growth, populism, geopolitical tensions, Brexit, the EU's legitimacy crisis, and much more. Some of the dynamics at work may encourage further integration, but others are undermining it.
This volume of
Research in Political Sociology seeks to adopt a 'longer' view to make sense of Europe's current 'malaise'. Written just before the COVID-19 pandemic, it asks vital and long-term questions about the EU. Are the current challenges unprecedented or do they have roots in, or connections to, past events and developments? Is there a 'big' picture which we should keep in mind? Are there bright spots, and what do they suggest about Europe's present and future?
To engage in such questions, leading scholars draw from historical and comparative sociology, as well as comparative politics. They offer analyses that see the EU as an instance of state formation. They grapple with the question of identity and institutions, exploring in that context the extent and limit of citizens’ support for more Europeanization. Taken together, they put forward exciting, far-reaching, and illuminating perspectives of enduring relevance as Europe moves toward an uncertain future.
Table of ContentsChapter 1. Europe’s Malaise: Insights from Comparative and Historical Social Science;
Francesco Duina and Frédéric MerandChapter 2. The Nature of the European Union;
Brendan O’Leary Chapter 3. The Habsburg Myth and the European Union;
Helen Thompson Chapter 4. National Identity and the Citizens’ Europe;
Juan Díez Medrano Chapter 5. In Search of a Cure? Far-right Youth Activism and the Making of a New Europe;
Agnieska Pasieka Chapter 6. Crossing the Race Line:“No Polish, No Blacks, No Dogs” in Brexit Britain? or, The Great British Brexit Swindle;
Adrian Favell Chapter 7. An Economic Recipe for Backlash;
Krzysztof Pelc Chapter 8. Sovereignty Matters: The Mainstreaming of Populist Politics in the European Union;
Nicolas Jabko Chapter 9. Is the European Union´s role in the world in crisis too? A view from Latin America;
Andrea Ribeiro Hoffmann
