The contemporary crisis of the European Union : prospects for the future / / Ivan T. Berend

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910155128803321
• Autore: Berend T. Ivan (Tibor Ivan), <1930-, >
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017
• ISBN: 1-351-99823-4; 1-315-27706-9; 1-351-99824-2
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (177 pages)
• Collana: Routledge studies in the European economy
• Disciplina: 341.242/2
• Soggetti: Equality - European Union countries; National security - European Union countries; European Union countries Economic conditions 21st century; Europe Economic integration; European Union countries Population Economic aspects; European Union countries Economic policy 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Inside economic and political factors of the crisis -- Britain : from outsider to inside-outsider and outsider again : joining late, stepping out early -- The crisis of the common currency, the euro -- The tragicomedy of the Greek debt crisis -- Europe's dangerous demography : lack of reproduction -- Suicidal enlargement of the European Union? -- The state of transforming Eastern Europe -- International factors and outside challenges -- Malaise of modern capitalism, speculative crises, unemployment and inequality -- Rhe Russian challenge : EU's security and energy independence -- The immigration crisis and its explosive consequences -- Conclusion: further integration or disintegration? -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: For the first time, after more than half a century, some countries were almost forced to step out of the Union. History's most frightening migration crisis shocked Europe and led to the strengthening of several anti-integration parties in various countries. This pioneering book discusses the nine crisis elements that may lead to disintegration of the ; EU. Beginning with the Greek Debt disaster this book delves into the cause of the recent European crisis and then onto the recent immigration influx and its consequences, as well as the possibility of Britain's exit from the Union. A concluding chapter, based on the facts of positive development during the crises years, gives a cautiously optimistic forecast for the future.