European Disintegration

A Fraying Union

Bibliographic Data

ID6288701
AuthorsIvan Krastev (corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume23
Issue4
Pages23-30
Publication date2012-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of democracy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214
PublisherProject MUSE (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1353/jod.2012.0064
OpenAlexW2042291562
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited1

Once we acknowledge that disintegration of the EU is a “thinkable” option, it becomes important to grasp what “the collapse of the Union” would mean. How can the “disintegration” of the Union be defined or conceptualized? Would the departure of just one country from the eurozone or from the EU itself amount to “disintegration”? Contrary to the expectations of some democratic theorists, the EU will not collapse because of the “democratic deficit” of European institutions. Nor will it be saved by the democratic mobilization of civil society. Paradoxically, it is widespread disillusionment with democracy—the shared belief that national governments are powerless in the face of global markets—that may be the best hope for reconciling the growing tension between the goal of further European integration and the goal of deepening democracy in Europe

Civil society · Democracy · democratic deficit · Development economics · Economics · European integration · European union · Face (sociological concept · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Law

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