European Union
A Historical and Political Survey
Price: $150.00
Add to Cart- ISBN: 978-0-415-40762-5
- Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 1st April 2009 (Available for Pre-order)
- Pages: 288
About the Book
The new edition of this best-selling textbook provides the most up-to-date single volume history of the European Union from the end of the Second World War to the present day. Fully updated and revised throughout, this is the ideal starting point for students and others wishing to read an accessible, readable and comprehensive account of the development of the EU.
New to this edition:
- the impact of the Euro and economic monetary union
- analysis of post-9/11 splits in the EU over Afghanistan and Iraq
- the enlargement of the EU to twenty-five members and discussions over further expansion
- the initial failure of the EU Constitutional Treaty
- debates on the new European security order and the threat posed by terrorism
- the growth in Euroscepticism across the continent.
European Union will be of interest to students of European history, European Union politics, and politics and international relations in general.
Table of Contents
1. Birth, Childhood & Adolescence 2. From 1968 via The Hague to Paris 3. 1973: A Turbulent Year 4. The Mid 1970s: Locust Years 5. ‘Euro-Sclerosis’: The Late 1970s/ Early 1980s 6. The Mid-80s 7. The Late 1980s and the Road to '1992' 8. Europe Transformed Again 9. Paradoxes of the New Europe 10. The New Millennium 11. Present State and Prospects