Since the beginning of the 1990s, European research has seen new focal points. Current research is less concerned with the causes and more with the consequences of European integration. The focus of attention increasingly lies on the diverse phenomena of Europeanization. This refers to the effects of the European integration process on the structures and processes within the member states. The role of regions in the European multi-level system and their Europeanization has been extensively discussed in the academic literature, but the municipal level has so far received comparatively little attention. Claudia Münch analyzes the adaptation efforts of municipalities to the challenges of the European unification process. Initially, the connections between the local level and the European Union and the various forms of...