Europe in the world : the persistence of power politics / Maurice Keens-Soper.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keens-Soper, H. M. A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Europe--Politics and government--20th century.

Europe.

Politics and government.

Europe--Foreign relations--United States.

International relations.

United States.

United States--Foreign relations--Europe.

Physical Description:

xiv, 205 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Macmillan ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 1999.

Summary:

Preoccupation with the EU's internal affairs risks ignoring the extent to which Europe will henceforth be shaped by foreign affairs. This book is an exposition of the persistent features of power politics to which Europe, in the form of the EU, will increasingly have to adapt. Using the resources of both political philosophy and diplomatic history, Maurice Keens-Soper urges that the internal developments of western Europe over the last half century are making a common standpoint in foreign affairs increasingly necessary.

Contents:

Part I The Matter and Form of Europe

1 Renunciation and Reformation 3

2 The Diplomatic System 25

Part II Systematic Disorders

3 Globalization 53

4 Powers of Decision 77

Part III Ever Closer Agitations

5 Ineffectual Europa 109

I Tastie Europe 109

II Home Truths and Foreign Affairs 114

III Near at Hand and Farther Afield 119

IV The Given World 129

V The Shortcomings of Co-Operation 135

VI Mighty America in Europe 148

VII The Mother of Invention 162

6 Occlusive Albion 174.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0312218516

OCLC:

42792678