03044nam 22006371 450 991046447850332120050408183102.01-4742-1246-80-567-41905-310.5040/9781474212465(CKB)3710000000113041(EBL)1749154(SSID)ssj0001305344(PQKBManifestationID)11869475(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001305344(PQKBWorkID)11249678(PQKB)10119487(MiAaPQ)EBC1749154(Au-PeEL)EBL1749154(CaPaEBR)ebr10869580(CaONFJC)MIL615584(OCoLC)893331112(OCoLC)1197076492(UtOrBLW)bpp09258231(EXLCZ)99371000000011304120150227d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFlexible integration which model for the European Union? /Alex WarleighLondon ;New York :Sheffield Academic Press,2002.1 online resource (142 p.)Contemporary European studies ;15"This title is published in conjunction with UACES ..."0-8264-6093-3 0-8264-6092-5 Includes bibliographical references (pages [111]-119) and indexes.Preface -- 1. Understanding Flexible Integration in the European Union -- 2. Theorizing Flexibility--The Return of Functionalism? -- 3. "Closer Cooperation"--Flexibility from Amsterdam to Nice -- 4. Problems of Flexibility -- 5. Making Flexibility Work."Flexibility is emerging as a key dynamic of European integration. This shift towards flexibility has major implications. The EU will have to cope with more complexity and less transparency. It also affects the way in which European integration is viewed since it makes a state-like outcome to the process far less likely. Alex Warleigh looks at why flexibility has become such an important feature of the EU. He examines its history, and puts forward a typology to explain the models by which it is understood. He goes on to explore the hazards of flexibility and to look at what it has to offer, arguing that it is best seen as a desirable part of the integration process rather than as a problem. Flexibility, he argues is an important mechanism for the realization of the EU's slogan "unity in diversity"."--Bloomsbury Publishing.Contemporary European studies ;15.AutonomyPolitical science & theoryEuropean Union countriesPolitics and governmentElectronic books.Autonomy.341.242/2Warleigh Alex866330University Association for Contemporary European Studies.UtOrBLWUtOrBLWBOOK9910464478503321Flexible integration1933451UNINA