Uniting Europe : European integration and the post-cold war world

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Uniting Europe : European integration and the post-cold war world

John Van Oudenaren

(Europe today)

Rowman & Littlefield, c2000

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780847690329

Description

As the European Union introduces its currency it has embarked on an equally ambiitous venture: anlargeing to include 10 former communist countries. This text explores whether a political and economic union this large can hold together and accomplish the policy tasks that matter to its citizens.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Peace, Prosperity, and the Challenges of European Integration Stages of Development: From Common Market to Political Union The Institutions and Laws of the European Union The Single Market: From Customs Union to 1992 and Beyond Common Policies: A Mixed Picture Economic and Monetary Union: The Euro and the Eurosystem The Citizen's Europe: A New Area of Freedom, Justice, and Security Europe as a Global Actor: Trade and Finance Europe as a Global Actor: Foreign Policy and Defense The Next Enlargement Conclusion: Europe and the Citizen - A United Europe?
Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780847690336

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In this timely and clearly written text, John Van Oudenaren traces how the original six-member common market evolved into the fifteen-member European Union (EU) with its vast array of policy responsibilities. Providing an accessible overview of the institutions, laws, and policies of the Union, he chronicles its emergence as a global economic power. The author argues that the federalist aspiration to create a United States of Europe has died but that the drive to union persists in other forms. In the coming years, the EU will be challenged by a daunting agenda that includes completing EMU, implementing enlargement, enacting institutional reform, facing instability in Russia and the Balkans, and coping with more mundane but nonetheless serious problems such as unemployment and social inequities. Finding ways to cope with this agenda will force European governments and political leaders to reinvent the Union for the twenty-first century. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Table of Contents

Introduction: Peace, Prosperity, and the Challenges of European Integration Stages of Development: From Common Market to Political Union The Institutions and Laws of the European Union The Single Market: From Customs Union to 1992 and Beyond Common Policies: A Mixed Picture Economic and Monetary Union: The Euro and the Eurosystem The Citizen's Europe: A New Area of Freedom, Justice, and Security Europe as a Global Actor: Trade and Finance Europe as a Global Actor: Foreign Policy and Defense The Next Enlargement Conclusion: Europe and the Citizen - A United Europe?

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