Flexibility (enhanced cooperation) has arisen in the European Union (EU) agenda as a function of recent enlargement rounds and is now one of the key issues in the construction of the EU polity with respect to diversity management. Whether enlargement has provoked normative reform in the EU,...

pt. I. Meanings, themes and narratives -- pt. II. The rise of the regulatory state and network governance -- pt. III. Regional integration and the development of multilevel governance -- pt. IV. Globalization and the quest for global governance -- pt. V. Governance and democracy issues and...