This book offers a comprehensive overview of Europe beyond the EU. The contributing authors examine the foundations, form, and future of relations between the EU and the European non-EU countries and territories. On this basis, the editors seek to identify patterns of interaction that can inform our understanding of differentiated integration. As the book not only investigates the legal and institutional dimensions of differentiated integration but also explores public perceptions and expectations, it also contributes to the 'societal turn' in the differentiation literature more generally. The book is chiefly intended for academics working in the fields of EU Studies, European Integration, and International Relations, and for students taking courses on European Integration, Regional Integration, and EU External Relations.

Provides a comprehensive and systematic overview of Europe beyond the EU Extends the concentric circles model of integration to cover non-EU Europe Brings together experts from the European non-EU countries

Autorentext

Dr. Jan Niklas Rolf is a lecturer and researcher at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences in Kleve (Germany).

Dr. Jakob Lempp is a Professor of Political Science with a focus on International Relations at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences in Kleve (Germany).

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Introduction: Conceptual and Analytical Framework.- Part I: Better off out? The Western European countries.- Chapter 2. The United Kingdom.- Chapter 3. The EFTA Countries.- Chapter 4. The European Microstates.- Part II: Better off in? The EU candidate countries.- Chapter 5. Turkey.- Chapter 6. Serbia and Kosovo.- Chapter 7. Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Chapter 8. Albania and North Macedonia.- Chapter 9. Moldova.- Chapter 10. Ukraine.- Chapter 11. Georgia.- Part III: Out of touch? The Eastern European countries.- Chapter 12. Russia.- Chapter 13. Belarus.- 14. Kazakhstan.- Part IV: Not in, not out? Special cases.- Chapter 15. The Overseas Countries and Territories.- Chapter 16. The Faroe Islands and Greenland.- Chapter 17. Northern Cyprus.- Chapter 18. Conclusion: Dimenions and Degrees of Connectedness.