TY  - CHAP
AB  - Abstract The European Union (EU) is not a state, though it has some statelike attributes; it is not an empire, though it includes many former European imperial powers; and it is not a federation, though Euro-federalists seek to make it one. There is, however, no need to argue that the Union is a singularity, nor to invent novel terminology, such as that deployed by “neo-functionalists” and “intergovernmentalists” to capture its legal and political form. The EU is a confederation, but with consociational characteristics in its decision-making styles. This conceptualization facilitates understanding and helps explain the patterns of crises within the Union.
VL  - 27
SN  - 978-1-83909-042-4, 978-1-83909-041-7/0895-9935
DO  - 10.1108/S0895-993520200000027003
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/S0895-993520200000027003
AU  - O'Leary Brendan
ED  - Francesco Duina
ED  - Frédéric Merand
PY  - 2020
Y1  - 2020/01/01
TI  - The Nature of the European Union
T2  - Europe's Malaise
T3  - Research in Political Sociology
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 17
EP  - 44
Y2  - 2024/04/26
ER  -