
From Club to Commons
Enlargement, Reform and Sustainability in European Integration
Cambridge University Press
Published on 20. November 2025
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Hardback
92 pages
978-1-009-49920-0 (ISBN)
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The Element identifies the logic of how the European Union (EU) has developed both in terms of the way the organization works and the way it has expanded to include new member states. It combines insights from the economic theories related to clubs and common-pool resources. The argument is that the EU may have started as a club, where members agreed to lose arrangements to generate and govern non-rivalrous goods from which only they could benefit, but it quickly evolved into a system of common-pool resources, where members have to manage rivalrous goods, the access to which cannot easily be refused to outsiders. That evolution was necessary to avoid the depletion of the goods EU member states depend on. The argument is illustrated through the evolution of the single market, the single currency, the single financial space, and security. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
297 gr
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978-1-009-49920-0 (9781009499200)
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Veronica Anghel | Erik Jones
From Club to Commons
Enlargement, Reform and Sustainability in European Integration
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11/2025
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Content
1. Introduction; 2. Club theory, theories of economic goods and European integration; 3. The implications of accessing attractive goods; 4. The evolution of the EU's economic governance; 5. The European union as a security provider; 6. Conclusion; List of common acronyms; References.