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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454863003321

Autore

McAllister Richard, M.A.

Titolo

Euopean Union [[electronic resource] ] : an historical and political survey / / Richard McAllister

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, : Routledge, 2009

ISBN

1-134-13360-X

1-282-23465-X

9786612234651

0-203-87569-9

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (294 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McAllisterRichard, M.A.

Disciplina

341.242/2

341.2422

Soggetti

European communities - History

European federation - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Rev. ed. of: From EC to EU. 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Birth, childhood and adolescence -- The community at the end of the 1960s -- From the Hague to Paris: 1969-72 -- 1973 : a turbulent year -- The mid 1970s : locust years -- "Euro-sclerosis" : the late 1970s and early 1980s -- The mid 1980s : "single market" and "single act" -- The late 1980s and the road to "1992" -- Europe transformed again : 1989-93 -- Paradoxes of the new Europe, 1994-2000 -- The new millennium, 2000-05 -- New turbulence, 2005-08.

Sommario/riassunto

The new edition of this best-selling text provides the most up-to-date single volume history of the European Union from its origins through to the present day. Fully updated and revised throughout, this is the ideal starting point for students and others wishing to read an accessible, readable and comprehensive account of the development of the EU.Topics new to this edition:The impact of the Euro and economic and monetary union.Analysis of post-9/11 splits in the EU over Afghanistan and Iraq, and debates on the New European security order and the threat posed by