Verlagsinfo: Regionale Unterschiede wirtschaftlicher Leistungskraft stellten die Europäische Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft seit ihrer Gründung im Jahre 1957 vor erhebliche integrationspolitische Probleme. Erweiterung und Vertiefung haben diese Herausforderung ständig vergrößert. Vor diesem...

"In the EU experience, the very concept of union was formally used for the first time in the preamble of the 1957 Rome Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC), when the signatory states expressed their determination "to lay the foundations of an ever-closer union among the...

"In a comparative fashion, [this volume] analyses reform trajectories and political destinations in an era of rapid socioeconomic restructuring, including the critical impact of the global financial crisis on welfare state futures. The book argues that the overall scope of social reform across...

A quiet revolution -- The conundrum of market reforms -- The politics of market ideas -- Strange bedfellows -- The market as a constraint -- The market as a norm -- The market as a space -- The market as a talisman -- The Janus-faced European Union

Introduction: Discovering the logic of flexible integration -- Conceptual framework for analyzing differentiation -- Differentiated integration theory -- Empirical evidence from EU policies -- Trade integration -- Monetary integration -- Social, environmental, and tax policies -- Justice and...