Project Europe

A History

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

Today it often appears as though the European Union has entered existential crisis after decades of success, condemned by its adversaries as a bureaucratic monster eroding national sovereignty: at best wasteful, at worst dangerous. How did we reach this point and how has European integration impacted on ordinary people's lives - not just in the member states, but also beyond? Did the predecessors of today's EU really create peace after World War II, as is often argued? How about its contribution to creating prosperity? What was the role of citizens in this process, and can the EU justifiably claim to be a 'community of values'? Kiran Klaus Patel's bracing look back at the myths and realities of integration challenges conventional wisdoms of Europhiles and Eurosceptics alike and shows that the future of Project Europe will depend on the lessons that Europeans derive from its past.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-04-23
Mått:160 x 235 x 25 mm
Vikt:680 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:388
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781108494960

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Kiran Klaus Patel is Professor of European History at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munchen. His previous publications include The New Deal: A Global History (2016) which was co-winner of the 2017 World History Association Jerry Bentley Book Prize.

Recensioner i media

'Confused about the EU? How it has morphed through seventy years of committees, changing names and structures, accessions of new members, successive treaties, evolving capacities, and its current existential tensions? Kiran Klaus Patel's Project Europe is the essential institutional history and user's manual for making it as clear as it can ever be.' Charles S. Maier, author of Once within Borders: Territories of Power, Wealth, and Belonging

Innehållsförteckning

Prologue; 1. Europe and European integration; 2. Peace and security; 3. Growth and prosperity; 4. Participation and technocracy; 5. Values and norms; 6. Superstate or tool of nations?; 7. Disintegration and dysfunctionality; 8. The community and its world; Epilogue; Acknowledgements; Notes; Bibliography; Index.