European Disintegration

Hans Vollaard is Lecturer in Dutch and European Politics at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He has recently published on European disintegration, the Netherlands in the EU, European regulation of cross-border healthcare, and local democracy.

• Chapter 1 Introduction.- Chapter 2 Neo-functionalism and European disintegration.- Chapter 3 Realism, intergovernmentalism and European disintegration.- Chapter 4 Federalism and European disintegration.- Chapter 5 Comparative imperialism and European disintegration.- Chapter 6 Towards a proper explanation of European disintegration.- Chapter 7 How European integration started despite ever-present disintegrative forces.- Chapter 8 How European integration has continued, despite the EU’s limited locking-in capacity. Chapter 9 The external de-consolidation of member states increases dissatisfaction with the EU.- Chapter 10  Disintegration or not?.- Epilogue.

“European Disintegration is a bold and original work … . the book amply — and occasionally brilliantly — succeeds in using academic ideas to ‘move beyondthe cursory reflections of the day’ … .” (Sean Hanley, Slavonic and East European Review SEER, Vol. 97 (3), July, 2019)