LEADER 03642nam 2200529 450 001 9910554249703321 005 20221104161257.0 010 $a0-674-25943-2 010 $a0-674-25945-9 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674259454 035 $a(CKB)5590000000458696 035 $a(DE-B1597)583597 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674259454 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6576321 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6576321 035 $a(OCoLC)1249693975 035 $a(PPN)265428491 035 $a(EXLCZ)995590000000458696 100 $a20211209d2021 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe economic integration of Europe /$fRichard Pomfret 210 1$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$cHarvard University Press,$d[2021] 210 4$dİ2021 215 $a1 online resource (224 p.) 311 $a0-674-24413-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tPreface --$t1 A Brief History of European Union --$t2 The Customs Union Setting European Integration in Motion (1957?1982) --$t3 Deep Integration Creation of the European Union (1982?1993) --$t4 Deeper and Wider From Maastricht to Lisbon (1993?2007) --$t5 Post-Lisbon Challenges and Responses (2007?2019) --$t6 The European Union in the 2020s --$tAbbreviations --$tList of Boxes, Tables, and Figures --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aThe clearest and most up-to-date account of the achievements?and setbacks?of the European Union since 1945. Europe has been transformed since the Second World War. No longer a checkerboard of entirely sovereign states, the continent has become the largest single-market area in the world, with most of its members ceding certain economic and political powers to the central government of the European Union. This shift is the product of world-historical change, but the process is not well understood. The changes came in fits and starts. There was no single blueprint for reform; rather, the EU is the result of endless political turmoil and dazzling bureaucratic gymnastics. As Brexit demonstrates, there are occasional steps backward, too. Cutting through the complexity, Richard Pomfret presents a uniquely clear and comprehensive analysis of an incredible achievement in economic cooperation. The Economic Integration of Europe follows all the major steps in the creation of the single market since the postwar establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community. Pomfret identifies four stages of development: the creation of a customs union, the deepening of economic union with the Single Market, the years of monetary union and eastward expansion, and, finally, problems of consolidation. Throughout, he details the economic benefits, costs, and controversies associated with each step in the evolution of the EU. What lies ahead? Pomfret concludes that, for all its problems, Europe has grown more prosperous from integration and is likely to increase its power on the global stage. 606 $aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General$2bisacsh 607 $aEurope$xEconomic conditions$y1945- 607 $aEuropean Union countries$xEconomic conditions 607 $aEurope$xEconomic integration 615 7$aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General. 676 $a337.142 686 $aQM 430$2rvk 700 $aPomfret$b Richard W. T.$089560 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910554249703321 996 $aThe economic integration of Europe$92815392 997 $aUNINA