European Union : an historical and political survey / Richard McAllister.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McAllister, Richard, M.A.

Contributor:

McAllister, Richard, M.A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union--History.

European Union.

European communities--History.

European communities.

European federation--History.

European federation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The new edition of this best-selling text provides the most up-to-date single volume history of the European Union from its origins through 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.Topics new to this edition:The impact of the Euro and economic and monetary union.Analysis of post-9/11 splits in the EU over Afghanistan and Iraq, and debates on the New European security order and the threat posed by

Contents:

Birth, childhood and adolescence

The community at the end of the 1960s

From the Hague to Paris: 1969-72

1973 : a turbulent year

The mid 1970s : locust years

"Euro-sclerosis" : the late 1970s and early 1980s

The mid 1980s : "single market" and "single act"

The late 1980s and the road to "1992"

Europe transformed again : 1989-93

Paradoxes of the new Europe, 1994-2000

The new millennium, 2000-05

New turbulence, 2005-08.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of: From EC to EU. 1997.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Related Work:

McAllister, Richard, M.A. From EC to EU.

ISBN:

1-134-13360-X

1-282-23465-X

9786612234651

0-203-87569-9

9780203875698

OCLC:

443434608