Europeanization and European Integration From Incremental to Structural Change

After two decades of research into the impact of the EU on domestic politics and policies, this book explores the relationship between Europeanization and EU integration. It argues that Europeanization should be considered as a stage in the development of EU integration as well as questioning the notion of incremental Europeanization.

1. Concordia discors From Cumulative Europeanization to Deeper European Integration; Ramona Coman PART I: EUROPEANIZATION AS A STAGE OF INTEGRATION: RESHAPING EUROPEAN POLITICS, POLITY AND POLICIES 2. Rethinking the Relationship between Europeanization and European Integration; Robert Ladrech 3. Europeanization as a Foundation of the European Construction; Marie-Eve Bélanger 4. Still in Search of Europeanization: From Limited to Structural Change?; Ramona Coman and Amandine Crespy 5. Divergent Democracies? The Limits of the Current Political Integration; Luca Tomini PART II: INCREMENTAL EUROPEANIZATION: BREAKING EXISTING RESISTANCES AND PATH DEPENDENCIES 6. Structural Brakes on Europeanization of Healthcare in Austria; Thomas Kostera 7. 'Fast-forward' Europeanization: Welfare State Reform in Light of the Eurozone Crisis; Stella Ladi and Paolo R. Graziano 8. Europeanization as a Conceptual Mirage? From Variables to Actors: the Case of the Food Safety Reforms; Thomas Alam 9. Europeanization: Surface Effects and Deeper Realities in the EEA States; Magnús Árni Magnússon 10. Conclusions; Ramona Coman, Thomas Kostera and Luca Tomini

Thomas Alam, University of Lille 2, France and Lille Center for European Research on Administration, France Marie-Ève Bélanger, University of Ottawa, Canada Amandine Crespy Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium Paolo R. Graziano Bocconi University, Italy Stella Ladi, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Robert Ladrech, Keele University, UK Magnús Árni Magnússon, Bifröst University, Iceland