Euroclash [electronic resource] : the EU, European identity, and the future of Europe / Neil Fligstein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fligstein, Neil.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European cooperation.

Group identity--European Union countries.

Group identity.

National characteristics, European.

European Union countries--Social conditions.

European Union countries.

European Union countries--Economic integration.

European Union.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A major new interpretation of European integration. Leading scholar, Neil Fligstein, provocatively argues that European integration has produced a truly transnational European society. - ;The European Union's market integration project has dramatically altered economic activity around Europe. This book presents extensive evidence on how trade has increased, jobs have been created, and European business has been reorganized. However, changes in the economy have been accompanied by dramatic changes in how people from different societies interact. In this book Neil Fligstein argues provocatively

Contents:

Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. The Dynamics of European Society; 2. Constructing Markets and Politics: The Formation of the European Union, 1958-2004; 3. The Economic Transformation of Europe; 4. The Creation of Markets: The Cases of the Defense, Telecommunications, and Football Industries; 5. Who Are the Europeans?; 6. What is European Society?; 7. The Structure of European Politics; 8. Conclusions; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [254]-266) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-51523-X

9786611515232

0-19-156218-1

OCLC:

649843659