LEADER 02400nam 2200457 450 001 9910810857803321 005 20230911110322.0 010 $a1-78821-214-2 010 $a1-78821-173-1 024 7 $a10.1017/9781788211734 035 $a(CKB)4970000000122950 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5778709 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781788211734 035 $a(EXLCZ)994970000000122950 100 $a20190207e20232019 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aAlarums and excursions $eimproving politics on the European stage /$fLuuk van Middelaar ; translated by Liz Waters$b[electronic resource] 205 $aFirst English-language edition. 210 1$aNewcastle upon Tyne :$cAgenda Publishing,$d2023. 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 301 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTranslated from the Dutch. 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2019. 311 $a1-78821-172-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 8 $aCrisis after crisis has beset the European Union: the financial chaos of the euro and Greek sovereign debt; the conflicts with Russia over Crimea and Ukraine; unprecedented levels of refugees and migrants from across the Mediterranean; not to mention the turmoil created by Brexit and the threat of a trade war with Trump's America. A Europe, originally designed to regulate and enforce rules about fishing, wheat quotas, or product standards has found itself flung onto the global stage to grapple with problems of identity, sovereignty and solidarity without a script or prompt. From Paris to Berlin and London to Athens, European leaders have had to improvise on issues threatening to engulf their unique political entity. In a candid portrayal of a Europe improvising its way through a politics of events and not rules, Luuk van Middelaar gives us the insider's view of the EU's political metamorphosis. 606 $aCrises$zEuropean Union countries 607 $aEuropean Union countries$xPolitics and government 615 0$aCrises 676 $a341.2422 700 $aMiddelaar$b Luuk van$f1973-$0768826 702 $aWaters$b Liz 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910810857803321 996 $aAlarums and excursions$93951737 997 $aUNINA