Europe Today : National Politics, European Integration, and European Security

by Tiersky, Ronald

• ISBN13: 9780742528055
• ISBN10: 0742528057
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-03-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

This engaging book, a true twenty-first century enterprise, is the only text that offers both country case studies and discussion of the European Union in one sustained volume. Now thoroughly revised for 2004, it is the first European politics text to off

Author Biography

Ronald Tiersky is Eastman Professor of Politics of Amherst College

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	p. vii
Map of Europe	p. x
Timeline of Events Leading to the Current State of the European Union	p. xi
Institutions and Issues
Europe: International Crisis and the Future of Integration	p. 3
The European Union: From Community to Constitution	p. 21
European Monetary Union and the Problem of Macroeconomic Governance	p. 59
NATO: European Security and Beyond?	p. 89
EU Enlargement: The Return to Europe	p. 119
Keep Out! Protectionism, Migration Control, and Globalization	p. 145
The Making of a Supranational Rule of Law: The Battle for Supremacy	p. 177
Countries
Unified Germany: The Desire for Stability and the Need for Change	p. 211
France: Ending the Gaullist Era?	p. 251
Britain: In and Out of Europe?	p. 297
Italy: A Society in Search of a State	p. 345
Spain: "Middle Power" or "Major Player"?	p. 385
Scandinavia: Still the Middle Way?	p. 409
Poland: Breaking Multiple Barriers	p. 455
Glossary	p. 487
Index	p. 493
About the Contributors	p. 513
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