Europe Today

by Tiersky, Ronald; Jones, Erik; van Genugten, Saskia (CON)

• ISBN13: 9780742567733
• ISBN10: 0742567737
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-06-10
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

This clearly written and comprehensive book, a true twenty-first-century enterprise, is the only work that offers a sustained and unified set of both country case studies and analysis of the European Union. The contributors, an authoritative group of Americans and Europeans, explore the new Europe'¬ ;west and east'¬ ;using intertwining themes of domestic politics, European integration, and European security. Each chapter provides a foundation of basic political information and explanation, enhanced by distinctive and informed perspectives on current issues. In this fourth edition, all existing chapters have been thoroughly revised, and completely new chapters have been added on France, Italy, Poland, the global economic crisis, economic governance, law and politics, migration, and security. With its strong international emphasis, this book will lead readers toward a coherent view of intra-European conflicts, Europe and the United States, and Europe's international responsibilities.

Author Biography

Ronald Tiersky is Eastman Professor of Politics at Amherst Collage. Erik Jones is Professor of European Studies at the Sais Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins University.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Timeline of Events Leading to the Current State of the European Union	p. xi
Acronyms	p. xv
Illustrations and Supplementary Material	p. xvii
Introduction: The European Outlook	p. 1
Country Studies
France: The Sarkozy Presidency in Historical Perspective	p. 25
Great Britain: From New Labour to New Politics?	p. 67
Germany: Two Decades of Passage from Bonn to Berlin	p. 99
Italy: Politics in the Age of Berlusconi	p. 133
Scandinavia: Still the Middle Way?	p. 161
Russia: European or Not?	p. 207
Poland 20 Years Later: The Long Arm of Transition	p. 243
Thematic Chapters
European Integration: Progress and Uncertainty	p. 277
Economic Governance and Varieties of Capitalism	p. 303
Europe and the Global Economic Crisis	p. 327
European Law and Politics	p. 351
Migration in Europe	p. 371
Still at the Crossroads: Europe, the United States, and NATO	p. 399
Notes	p. 433
Glossary	p. 465
Index	p. 473
About the Contributors	p. 487
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.