The State of the European Union Vol. 7
With US or Against US? European Trends in American Perspective
Published on 4. August 2005
Book
Hardback
488 pages
978-0-19-928395-8 (ISBN)
Description
Twenty-first-century Europeans are suddenly confronting new choices about their place in the world. The most immediate challenges reflect tensions in the transatlantic partnership - long the keystone of European worldviews. In the Iraqi conflict President Bush posed a blunt general question to the world: 'Are you with us or against us?', and much of Europe chose the latter. More than at any time since 1945, Europeans are uncertain about the future of transatlantic cooperation.
Internal European developments combine with this external shift to create the impression of a continental turning point. The fifty-year project of the European Union is entering a new phase. The Single Market program and monetary union realized the most ambitious visions of the EU's founding fathers. Most thinking about further integration is exceedingly vague. Simultaneous EU enlargement to the east (and beyond to Turkey) may create opportunities to reopen the Union's basic bargains.
This book proposes to help students and scholars understand the many trends of change that have brought Europe to these crossroads. Its approach is novel in two ways. First, most similar scholarship either seeks a single grand theory of European change or implies that European politics is too complex to map change broadly. This book takes a middle-ground position, positing several distinct mechanisms of change and tracing them across policies and institutional settings. Second, it uses the United States as a reference point to chart European change. The aim is not comparative - the focus remains on Europe - but the volume maps out EU trends against American policy positions and institutional patterns, thus providing a useful comparative anchor for complex patterns.
This is the seventh volume in the biennial series State of the European Union, launched in 1991, and produced under the auspices of the European Union Studies Association (EUSA).
Internal European developments combine with this external shift to create the impression of a continental turning point. The fifty-year project of the European Union is entering a new phase. The Single Market program and monetary union realized the most ambitious visions of the EU's founding fathers. Most thinking about further integration is exceedingly vague. Simultaneous EU enlargement to the east (and beyond to Turkey) may create opportunities to reopen the Union's basic bargains.
This book proposes to help students and scholars understand the many trends of change that have brought Europe to these crossroads. Its approach is novel in two ways. First, most similar scholarship either seeks a single grand theory of European change or implies that European politics is too complex to map change broadly. This book takes a middle-ground position, positing several distinct mechanisms of change and tracing them across policies and institutional settings. Second, it uses the United States as a reference point to chart European change. The aim is not comparative - the focus remains on Europe - but the volume maps out EU trends against American policy positions and institutional patterns, thus providing a useful comparative anchor for complex patterns.
This is the seventh volume in the biennial series State of the European Union, launched in 1991, and produced under the auspices of the European Union Studies Association (EUSA).
Reviews / Votes
Here we find 19 essays written by 25 scholars who examine the different aspects of the EU: its external policies, its institutions, its political economy, its culture and identity, and the effects of its activities on relations between Europe and the United States. The comparisons with the United States are thought provoking and point out not only the sharpened policy and cultural differences of the past few years but also how far the EU remains from being a true European Nation. This fine volume is like an MRI of a currently sleeping patient. * Foreign Affairs * Here we find 19 essays written by 25 scholars who examine the different aspects of the EU: its external policies, its institutions, its political economy, its culture and identity, and the effects of its activities on relations between Europe and the United States. The comparisons with the United States are thought provoking and point out not only the sharpened policy and cultural differences of the past few years but also how far the EU remains from being "a true European Nation." This fine volume is like an MRI of a currently sleeping patient. * Foreign Affairs *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Scholars and students of Politics and International Relations, especially those interested in EU studies, American politics, International Relations, and Political Institutions
Illustrations
numerous tables, 1 graph
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
898 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-928395-8 (9780199283958)
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Nicolas Jabko | Craig Parsons
The State of the European Union Vol. 7
With US or Against US? European Trends in American Perspective
Book
08/2005
Oxford University Press
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Persons
Nicolas Jabko, FNSP Research Fellow, Sciences Po, Paris and Craig Parsons, Assistant Professor of Political Science University of Oregon
Contributors: Christopher Ansell, University of California, Berkeley Rebecca Chen, University of California, Berkeley Renaud Dehousse, Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris Justin Greenwood, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen Virginie Guiraudon, European University Institute, Florence C. Randall Henning, American University and Institute for International Economics Jolyon Howorth, University of Bath and Yale University Nicolas Jabko, Sciences Po, Paris R. Daniel Kelemen, University of Oxford Rogan Kersh Paulette Kurzer, University of Arizona Jeffrey Lewis, Cleveland State University Sophie Meunier, Princeton University James Morone Bruno Palier, Centre de Recherches Politiques (CEVIPOF), Paris Craig Parsons, University of Oregon Philippe Pochet, Université Libre de Bruxelles and Observatoire social européen (OSE), Brussels Elliot Posner, George Washington University Brian Rathbun, McGill University, Montreal John A. Scherpereel, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Vivien A. Schmidt, Boston University Michael Shackleton, European Parliament Secretariat Martin Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley Jonathan Story, INSEAD Alasdair R. Young, University of Glasgow
Contributors: Christopher Ansell, University of California, Berkeley Rebecca Chen, University of California, Berkeley Renaud Dehousse, Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris Justin Greenwood, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen Virginie Guiraudon, European University Institute, Florence C. Randall Henning, American University and Institute for International Economics Jolyon Howorth, University of Bath and Yale University Nicolas Jabko, Sciences Po, Paris R. Daniel Kelemen, University of Oxford Rogan Kersh Paulette Kurzer, University of Arizona Jeffrey Lewis, Cleveland State University Sophie Meunier, Princeton University James Morone Bruno Palier, Centre de Recherches Politiques (CEVIPOF), Paris Craig Parsons, University of Oregon Philippe Pochet, Université Libre de Bruxelles and Observatoire social européen (OSE), Brussels Elliot Posner, George Washington University Brian Rathbun, McGill University, Montreal John A. Scherpereel, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Vivien A. Schmidt, Boston University Michael Shackleton, European Parliament Secretariat Martin Shapiro, University of California, Berkeley Jonathan Story, INSEAD Alasdair R. Young, University of Glasgow
Content
1. Why Another Book on Europe - and Why in Reference to the United States? ; SECTION 1: EXTERNAL FOREIGN, SECURITY, AND ECONOMIC POLICIES ; 2. A European Union with Teeth? ; 3. Continental Divide? The Transience of Transatlantic Troubles ; 4. United against the United States? The EU's Role in Global Trade and Finance ; SECTION 2: INSTITUTIONAL EVOLUTIONS ; 5. 'We the States': Why the Anti-Federalists Won ; 6. Parliamentary Government or Division of Powers: Is the Destination Still Unknown? ; 7. Is the Council Becoming an Upper House? ; 8. The Politics of Eurocracy: Building a New European State? ; SECTION 3: EUROPE'S POLITICAL ECONOMY ; 9. Stock Exchange Competition and the Nasdaq Bargain in Europe ; 10. Financial Restructuring in the Age of the Euro: Still a Battle of Systems? ; 11. Toward a European Social Policy - at Last? ; 12. EU Interest Representation or US-Style Lobbying? ; SECTION 4: CULTURE, IDENTITY, AND EU DECISION-MAKING ; 13. Transatlantic Risk Perceptions, Public Health, and Environmental Concerns: Coming Together or Drifting Apart? ; 14. Drawing the EU's Borders: Immigration Policy ; 15. The Dynamics of EU Enlargement in American Perspective ; SECTION 5: THE SHAPE OF THE EU POLITY ; 16. Rights in the European Union: Convergent with the US? ; 17. What Lies Beyond a Confederal Europe? ; 18. The EU 'Polity' and the Europeanization of National Polities ; 19. The European Union through an American Prism