European Integration: Intended and Unintended Consequences

Abstract

The simultaneous deepening and widening of the European Union has been met in recent years with an onset of various crises, both real and perceived. This has led scholars to examine the intended and unintended consequences of European integration and to divulge its limits. Coinciding with this scholarly trend, this panel brings together a collection of papers analysing the intended and unintended consequences of EU integration. Contributions include an analysis of how the discursive construction of the migration ‘crisis’ impedes integration, a critical analysis of the EU’s capacity to diffuse governance norms in Candidate States, research that elaborates upon the relationship between integration and nationalist discourse in new Member States and a quantitative analysis of the opportunities and restraints integration generates for advancing civic, political and social rights for acceding and Member State citizens. By offering a variety of empirical cases examining both the intended and unintended consequences of integration, this panel will initiate a timely discussion on the likelihood of further integration and the possibility of disintegration.

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News from the East: The Free Movement of Persons in Polish Press Discourse and Fomentation of Resistance to the EU Project	View Paper Details
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