Christian democracy and the origins of European Union

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Christian democracy and the origins of European Union

Wolfram Kaiser

(New studies in European history)

Cambridge University Press, 2011

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"First paperback edition 2011"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 326-365) and index

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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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