LEADER 04050nam 2200577Ia 450 001 9910779252003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-53994-2 010 $a9786613852397 010 $a1-4008-4501-7 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400845019 035 $a(CKB)2550000000104637 035 $a(EBL)950315 035 $a(OCoLC)802047922 035 $a(DE-B1597)453843 035 $a(OCoLC)979755322 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400845019 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL950315 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10576442 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC950315 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000104637 100 $a20120714e20122011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe end of the West$b[electronic resource] $ethe once and future Europe /$fDavid Marquand 205 $aWith a New preface by the author 210 $aPrinceton $cPrinceton University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (233 p.) 225 1 $aThe public square book series 300 $aOriginally published: 2011. With a new preface. 311 $a0-691-15608-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface to the Paperback Edition -- $tForeword by Ruth O'Brien -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tI. Prologue -- $tII. Weighing like a Nightmare -- $tIII. Hate-and Hope -- $tIV. The Revenge of Politics -- $tV. Which Boundaries? Whose History? -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aHas Europe's extraordinary postwar recovery limped to an end? It would seem so. The United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Italy, and former Soviet Bloc countries have experienced ethnic or religious disturbances, sometimes violent. Greece, Ireland, and Spain are menaced by financial crises. And the euro is in trouble. In The End of the West, David Marquand, a former member of the British Parliament, argues that Europe's problems stem from outdated perceptions of global power, and calls for a drastic change in European governance to halt the continent's slide into irrelevance. Taking a searching look at the continent's governing institutions, history, and current challenges, Marquand offers a disturbing diagnosis of Europe's ills to point the way toward a better future. Exploring the baffling contrast between postwar success and current failures, Marquand examines the rebirth of ethnic communities from Catalonia to Flanders, the rise of xenophobic populism, the democratic deficit that stymies EU governance, and the thorny questions of where Europe's borders end and what it means to be European. Marquand contends that as China, India, and other nations rise, Europe must abandon ancient notions of an enlightened West and a backward East. He calls for Europe's leaders and citizens to confront the painful issues of ethnicity, integration, and economic cohesion, and to build a democratic and federal structure. A wake-up call to those who cling to ideas of a triumphalist Europe, The End of the West shows that the continent must draw on all its reserves of intellectual and political creativity to thrive in an increasingly turbulent world, where the very language of "East" and "West" has been emptied of meaning. In a new preface, Marquand analyzes the current Eurozone crisis--arguing that it was inevitable due to the absurdity of combining monetary union with fiscal disunion--and raises some of the questions Europe will have to face in its recovery. 410 0$aPublic square (Princeton, N.J.) 606 $aHISTORY / Europe / General$2bisacsh 607 $aEuropean Union countries$xPolitics and government$y21st century 607 $aEurope$xPolitics and government$y21st century 615 7$aHISTORY / Europe / General. 676 $a320.94 700 $aMarquand$b David$0255120 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910779252003321 996 $aThe end of the West$93751766 997 $aUNINA