Christian democracy and the origins of European Union
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Christian democracy and the origins of European Union
（New studies in European history）
Cambridge University Press, 2007
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Major study of the role of European Christian democratic parties in the making of the European Union. It radically re-conceptualises European integration in long-term historical perspective as the outcome of partisan competition of political ideologies and parties and their guiding ideas for the future of Europe. Wolfram Kaiser takes a comparative approach to political Catholicism in the nineteenth century, Catholic parties in interwar Europe and Christian democratic parties in postwar Europe and studies these parties' cross-border contacts and co-ordination of policy-making. He shows how well networked party elites ensured that the origins of European Union were predominately Christian democratic, with considerable repercussions for the present-day EU. The elites succeeded by intensifying their cross-border communication and coordinating their political tactics and policy making in government. This is a major contribution to the new transnational history of Europe and the history of European integration.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. All paths to Rome? Transnational Catholicism in the nineteenth century
- 2. Under siege: Catholic parties in interwar Europe
- 3. After Versailles: left-Catholic cooperation
- 4. In the shadow of dictatorship: contacts in exile
- 5. Hegemony by default: Christian democracy in postwar Europe
- 6. Creating core Europe: the rise of the party network
- 7. Deepening integration: the supranational coalition embattled
- 8. Informal politics: from Rome to Maastricht.
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