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Record Nr.

UNINA9910820522103321

Titolo

European integration and disintegration : east and west / / edited by Robert Bideleux and Richard Taylor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1996

ISBN

1-134-77521-0

1-134-77522-9

1-280-31954-2

0-203-43719-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (311 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BideleuxRobert

TaylorRichard <1946->

Disciplina

940.55

Soggetti

European federation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

European Integration and Disintegration East and West; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Preface; 1 Introduction: European integration and disintegration; 2 French motives for European integration; 3 Churchill and Europe: a revision; 4 European security: a new era of crisis?; 5 The UK in Europe: an awkward or accommodating partner?; 6 In the strategic triangle: Denmark and the European Union; 7 The crisis of the Italian state; 8 The Southern enlargement of the EC: Greece, Portugal and Spain; 9 National identity in a united and divided Germany

10 The Comecon experiment11 Poland's 'return to Europe', 1989-94; 12 Bringing the East back in; 13 The double-headed eagle: Russia - East or West?; 14 In lieu of a conclusion: East meets West?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with the principal problems and challenges confronting Europe in the aftermath of the Cold War. It shows how integration should not be seen as an inexorable process, and deals with both EU countries and those outside the Union.