The Crisis of the European Union as a Complex Adaptive System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7876906 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karl Lehmann (0000-0002-7516-4240, corresponding author), Kai Enno Lehmann (Universidade de São Paulo) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 971-988 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9886 • E-ISSN: 1468-5965 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jcms.12702 |
| OpenAlex | W2789721642 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 18 |
The present article argues that the current crisis of the European Union (EU) is much deeper and more profound than many EU officials and analysts care to admit. Taking the so‐called sovereign debt crisis and the refugee crisis as illustrative case studies it is argued that the crisis needs to be reframed as a Complex Adaptive System which is self‐organizing in a deeply incoherent manner and which current EU policies are not only not addressing but exacerbating. As an alternative, the article suggests using Adaptive Action as a framework to identify the conditions which sustain the current dysfunctionality of the European Union and makes concrete suggestions on how these conditions can be altered. Areas of further research are also identified
Crisis management · Debt · Debt crisis · Development economics · Economic policy · Economic system · Economics · European debt crisis · European integration · European union · Financial crisis · Law and economics · Macroeconomics · Political economy · Political science · Refugee · Refugee crisis · Sovereign debt · Sovereignty · European Union Policy and Governance · Global Financial Crisis and Policies · Global Financial Regulation and Crises · Law
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 1,33 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |