The EU
An Obituary
Published on 2. May 2016
336 pages
978-1-78478-422-5 (ISBN)
Description
With Britain leaving the EU, now is the time for an obituary for the EU as an institution. In this short, rigorously argued book, updated after Brexit, John R. Gillingham tells the history of an idea that has soured and withered away.
He reveals the failures from its postwar origins to set out what the EU was; the role that Delors played in creating the neoliberal monster it is today, and the contemporary - crises; refugees, Brexit, the Euro - that the current institution fails to deal with.
He reveals the failures from its postwar origins to set out what the EU was; the role that Delors played in creating the neoliberal monster it is today, and the contemporary - crises; refugees, Brexit, the Euro - that the current institution fails to deal with.
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Edition
Ebook UK & RoW
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Reflowable
ISBN-13
978-1-78478-422-5 (9781784784225)
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Person
John R. Gillingham is the author of numerous articles, two edited volumes, and six books, and is a fellow at the Harvard Center for European Studies.
Content
- Cover Page
- Halftitle Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface: Stumbling through a Minefield
- Introduction: A Re-examination of the European Union
- Part I: Myth as Method
- Chapter 1: A Complicated Early History
- Chapter 2: The Dark Years
- Part II: Behind the Curve
- Chapter 3: Neo-Liberalism
- Chapter 4: M. Delors' Europe
- Part III: Lost in the Future
- Chapter 5: The European Depression and Institutional Debilitation
- Chapter 6: Threat of a Promising Future-or Endgame?
- Postscript
- Afterword 2018: The European Union in the Pax Technica
- Notes
- Index
