Design for a New Europe

by John Gillingham , Translated by Wang Yuanhe

• ISBN13: 9780521686648
• ISBN10: 0521686644
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-05-08
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This is a book not only about how the European integration process broke down, but also about how it can be repaired. That it should be fixed is obvious. Europe's long-term movement toward closer economic and political union deserves credit for two immense historical achievements. One is to have created a single-market economy across the continent, the overall benefits of which are almost incalculable yet continue to mount. Even more importantly, and in spite of present problems, the European Union has in the past strengthened democracies in places where they already exist and helped spread them to where they do not.

Author Biography

John Gillingham is professor of history at the University of Missouri, St. Louis

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(3)
1 Governance	4	(51)
A Sorry State of Affairs	8	(10)
A Sad Situation	18	(7)
Empire by Stealth	25	(4)
Troubling Waters	29	(10)
A Dysfunctional Family	39	(8)
A Consequential Constitution	47	(8)
2 Economics	55	(56)
A Multipolar World Order	58	(5)
Saving the Euro	63	(7)
Dismantling the Eurocracy	70	(9)
Hard Case: Germany	79	(12)
Hard Case: France	91	(6)
Hard Case: Italy	97	(9)
Steps in the Right Direction	106	(5)
3 Innovation	111	(45)
Food Fights and Their Consequences	115	(12)
Policy Cleanup	127	(11)
Dr. Frankenfood Goes Global	138	(11)
Dr. Frankenfood's Lab	149	(7)
4 Democracy	156	(64)
The British Nonpresidency	159	(11)
The Budget Debacle	170	(5)
Decommissioned	175	(9)
At the Gates	184	(10)
The Meaning of the Maidan	194	(5)
The Eye of the Needle	199	(9)
Threading the Needle	208	(8)
Not a Bang and Nary a Whimper	216	(4)
Postscript: Neither Superstate nor New Market Economy	220	(15)
Acknowledgments	235	(2)
Notes	237	(40)
Index	277