Europe Today : A Twenty-First Century Introduction
ISBN: 9780742567733 | 0742567737
Edition: 4thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
Pub. Date: 6/10/2011
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This clearly written and comprehensive book is the only text that offers a sustained and unified set of both country case studies and analysis of the European Union. The contributors, an authoritative group of Americans and Europeans, explore the new Europewest and eastusing intertwining themes of domestic politics, European integration, and European security. Now thoroughly revised with eight entirely new chapters, Europe Today presents the most up-to-date and thoughtful treatment available on the global economic crisis, security challenges, U... MORE
| Preface | p. vii |
| Timeline of Events Leading to the Current State of the European Union | p. xi |
| Acronyms | p. xv |
| Illustrations and Supplementary Material | p. xvii |
| Introduction: The European Outlook | p. 1 |
| Country Studies | |
| France: The Sarkozy Presidency in Historical Perspective | p. 25 |
| Great Britain: From New Labour to New Politics? | p. 67 |
| German... MORE | p. 99 |
| Italy: Politics in the Age of Berlusconi | p. 133 |
| Scandinavia: Still the Middle Way? | p. 161 |
| Russia: European or Not? | p. 207 |
| Poland 20 Years Later: The Long Arm of Transition | p. 243 |
| Thematic Chapters | |
| European Integration: Progress and Uncertainty | p. 277 |
| Economic Governance and Varieties of Capitalism | p. 303 |
| Europe and the Global Economic Crisis | p. 327 |
| European Law and Politics | p. 351 |
| Migration in Europe | p. 371 |
| Still at the Crossroads: Europe, the United States, and NATO | p. 399 |
| Notes | p. 433 |
| Glossary | p. 465 |
| Index | p. 473 |
| About the Contributors | p. 487 |
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Ronald Tiersky is Eastman Professor of Politics at Amherst Collage. Erik Jones is Professor of European Studies at the Sais Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins University.
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