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This introductory chapter sets out with a review of the existing literature on differentiation in the European Union (EU); it explains the related concepts and includes a cursory glossary of them at the end. In a nutshell, we conceive of differentiation as an umbrella term covering a wide range of b...

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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-544702022-05-19T03:05:17Z Chapter 1 Introduction Leruth, Benjamin Gänzle, Stefan Trondal, Jarle differentiation; European Union; differentiated integration; disintegration bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government This introductory chapter sets out with a review of the existing literature on differentiation in the European Union (EU); it explains the related concepts and includes a cursory glossary of them at the end. In a nutshell, we conceive of differentiation as an umbrella term covering a wide range of both integrationist and – albeit to a much lesser extent – disintegrationist techniques and processes such as multi-speed Europe, variable geometry, and à la carte Europe. While differentiation has not been a constituent feature in the early stages of the European project starting after World War II, it became ever more central since the 1970s and, in particular, in the aftermath of the Treaty of Maastricht when the EU was characterized as a system of differentiated integration rather than integration only. In light of ‘Brexit’, i.e. the United Kingdom’s withdrawing from the EU, however, differentiation also accounts for processes of disintegration. Most importantly, differentiation may ultimately also prove to be an important element towards sustaining – if not self-reinforcing – integration. Finally, this chapter also provides overview of contemporary studies of differentiation in the EU and provides an overview of the contents and contributions of this Handbook. 2022-05-18T08:36:51Z 2022-05-18T08:36:51Z 2022 chapter 9780367149659 9781032183824 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/54470 eng application/pdf Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International 9780367149659_10.4324_9780429054136-1.pdf Taylor & Francis The Routledge Handbook of Differentiation in the European Union Routledge 10.4324/9780429054136-1 10.4324/9780429054136-1 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb bf22aad4-e60f-4ea5-bffd-d7ce9e66baa4 e986e1bf-97d2-46f6-910c-91340657ef7b 4ff5e103-721b-437d-be4e-40fdfb887da3 9780367149659 9781032183824 Routledge 17 University of Agder Rijksuniversiteit Groningen University of Groningen open access
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