Tectonic Shifts of European Integration

This study seeks to understand how European integration works. It examines the gradual unobtrusive changes that happen in the daily flurry of decision-making activity in the European Union (EU). Specifically, the book identifies and explains occurrences of change in the EU's police and justice cooperation. The study thereby captures the EU as an evolving polity where - in view of its institutionally dense environment - interests of a multitude of parties interacting on routine basis are more lik