After Europe / Ivan Krastev.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Krastev, Ivan, 1965- author.

Contributor:

Edward Giera and Kimberly Hirschman Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

Physical Description:

v, 132 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Updated edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2020]

Summary:

In this book, public intellectual Ivan Krastev reflects on the future of the European Union--and its potential lack of a future. With far-right nationalist parties on the rise across the continent and the United Kingdom planning for Brexit, the European Union is in disarray and plagued by doubts as never before. Krastev includes chapters devoted to Europe's major problems (especially the political destabilization sparked by the more than 1.3 million migrants from the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia), the spread of right-wing populism (taking into account the election of Donald Trump in the United States), and the thorny issues facing member states on the eastern flank of the EU (including the threat posed by Vladimir Putin's Russia). In a new afterword written in the wake of the 2019 EU parliamentary elections, Krastev concludes that although the union is as fragile as ever, its chances of enduring are much better than they were just a few years ago.

Contents:

Introduction: The Déjà Vu Mind-Set

We the Europeans

They the People

Conclusion: Perhapsburg-Reflections on the Fragility and Resilience of Europe

Afterword.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Giera and Kimberly Hirschman Fund.

ISBN:

9780812252422

081225242X

OCLC:

1119763665