In order to improve our understanding of a discussion that has oscillated between fears of EA disintegration on the one hand and the concrete advancement of integration during the crisis on the other, this special collection brings together leading scholars of European integration who apply key theoretical approaches – from liberal intergovernmentalism and neofunctionalism to other prominent theoretical accounts that have been applied to European integration such as historical institutionalism, critical political economy, normative theory, and a public opinion approach – to the economic and financial crisis. The contributions seek to analyse, understand and/or explain the events that occurred and the (re)actions to them in order to draw conclusions concerning the applicability and usefulness of their respective theoretical perspectives.
This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.
Demosthenes Ioannou is Principal Economist in the Directorate General International and European Relations of the European Central Bank.
Patrick Leblond is Associate Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa, Senior Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and Research Associate at CIRANO.
Arne Niemann is Professor of International Politics and Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration at the University of Mainz.