A Multi-Speed European Integration Process: Between Hegemony and Dependency

by Kevin Featherstone

Providing a clear and concise guide through complex debates and fundamental principles of European integration, this book deals with one of the major issues facing the future of Europe -- is it possible or desirable for the European integration process to go along at the same speed throughout the EU? Recently there has been much talk of a "multi-speed" integration with an inner core of France, Germany, Benelux, Austria, Ireland, forging ahead with plans for future integration while leaving southern Europe and England to merely choose from a menu of EU policies. Featherstone's book provides an accessible analysis which helps the reader understand the complexities of European Integration, taking into account the European and global politics which are shaping theories and debates.

144 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2006