In recent years, the world has seen a rising backlash against globalization. This article
reviews the nature, causes, and consequences of the globalization backlash. It shows that …

International institutions are increasingly being challenged by domestic opposition and
nationalist political forces. Yet, levels of politicization differ significantly across countries …

After twenty‐five years, few scholars still dispute the leading role of Liberal
Intergovernmentalism (LI) in theorizing EU history. Yet some question whether it can explain …

Liberal Intergovernmentalism (LI) is the contemporary “baseline” social scientific and
historiographic theory of regional integration—especially as regards the European Union. It …

This article examines the systemic implications of the growing popular backlash against
international cooperation and analyzes how voter-endorsed attempts to withdraw from …

Social movements formed in response to austerity measures have played an increasingly
important role in referendums. The book uses unique case studies to illustrate the ways the …

Recent mobilization against core tenets of the liberal international order suggests that
international institutions lack sufficient societal legitimacy. We argue that these contestations …

Why did the Eurozone crisis prove to be so difficult to resolve? Why was it resolved in a
manner in which some countries bore a much larger share of the pain than other countries …

On 23 June 2016, a majority of 52% of British voters decided in a referendum that the United
Kingdom should leave the European Union. The decision sent shockwaves around Britain …

Is the contemporary global order under threat? This contribution weighs the case for and
against the notion that we are witnessing an existential challenge to the contemporary …