31 Global Discourse • vol 9 • no 1 • 31–44 © Bristol University Press 2019 • Online ISSN 2043-7897 https://doi.org/10.1332/204378918X1545393450591 RESEARCH Theorising the EU in crisis: de-Europeanisation as disintegration Ben Rosamond, br@ifs.ku.dk Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark The current ‘perfect storm’ of European crises seems to provide evidence that the EU is suffering from severe tensions that could reverse many of the key integration gains of the past seven decades. The presence of apparently existential threats
Introduction Brexit has prompted renewed calls for EU studies to take seriously the problem of European disintegration. In fact, ‘disintegration’ has been on the field’s agenda for some time. With the EU suffering a ‘perfect storm’ of crises, some of which are thought to be existential, it is perhaps unsurprising that there have been calls to theorise disintegration ( Zielonka, 2014 ) as well as a few attempts to map out what a theory of disintegration might look like ( Jones, 2018 ; Vollaard, 2014 , 2018; Webber, 2014 ). Part of the turn to
The chapters by Ben Rosamond and William Outhwaite stimulate new thinking about the causes, manifestations and trajectories of de-Europeanisation, differentiation and disintegration in Europe in different ways. While Rosamond focuses on what we can and cannot learn from (neofunctionalist) integration theories about the manifestations and causes of disintegration, Outhwaite draws our attention to the significant differences in how (member) states have related to Europe while also discussing key pathologies and problems of the Union’s constitutional order
ten MEASURING SOCIOECONOMIC DISINTEGRATION AT THE LOCAL LEVEL IN EUROPE: AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK Frank Moulaert1 Introduction The purpose of this paper is to present some reflections on the measurement of social deprivation in localities within the European Union (EU). The stress is on ‘socioeconomically disintegrated’ localities, that is, those with severe problems of social and economic restructuring (Moulaert et al, 1992; 1993; 1994). Several considerations have inspired this paper. First of all, since the last oil crisis at the end of the 1980s, social
51 Global Discourse • vol 9 • no 1 • 51–55 © Bristol University Press 2019 • Online ISSN 2043-7897 https://doi.org/10.1332/204378918X15453934505932 REPLY Comments on Rosamond and Outhwaite: European disintegration Pierre Vimont, pierre.vimont7@gmail.com Carnegie Europe To cite this article: Vimont, P. (2019) Reply: Comments on Rosamond and Outhwaite: European disintegration, Global Discourse, vol 9, no 1, 51-55, DOI: 10.1332/204378918X15453934505932 Having read with great expectation and a certain dose of anxiety the two articles written by Ben Rosamond
internal divisions on foreign policy, a comprehensive interpretation about the unwinding of some of the key ingredients that allowed over past decades the European integration to successfully progress stands as a welcome assistance. It helps negotiators to understand the nature of the stalemate they face when they gather today helplessly in long and ineffective EU meetings. The emphasis put by both authors on the structural dimension of this potential European disintegration is timely. The sense of disheartened activity spinning around in circles with very little
45 Global Discourse • vol 9 • no 1 • 45–50 © Bristol University Press 2019 • Online ISSN 2043-7897 https://doi.org/10.1332/204378918X15453934505923095 REPLY What are the driving forces of disintegration? A response to Rosamond and Outhwaite Christoph O. Meyer, Christoph.meyer@kcl.ac.uk King’s College London, UK To cite this article: Meyer, C.O. (2019) Reply: What are the driving forces of disintegration? A response to Rosamond and Outhwaite, Global Discourse, vol 9, no 1, 45-50, DOI: 10.1332/204378918X15453934505923 The articles by Ben Rosamond and
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