The Netherlands and European Integration, 1950 to Present
Published on 1. October 2025
334 pages
978-1-040-79335-0 (ISBN)
Description
On 9 May 1950, France launched a revolutionary plan for supranational cooperation in Western Europe. The Netherlands was taken completely by surprise. In the decades that followed, European integration moved forward at an unprecedented pace, taking the Netherlands with it. Geography and the post-war world seemed to leave the country no other choice. European integration forced - and is still forcing - the Netherlands on a far-reaching 'journey to the continent'. For the Netherlands, European integration represents a difficult journey to a new old world that often seems far off. How has that journey progressed so far? Why did the Netherlands join the common European market and currency from the very beginning? Was this course inevitable? And where has it brought the country? Using new, international source material, The Netherlands and European Integration, 1950 to Present digs deeply into the history of the Netherlands in Europe - a subject that is today more topical than ever.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
File size
18,64 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-79335-0 (9781040793350)
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Mathieu Segers
The Netherlands and European Integration, 1950 to Present
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1st Edition
Routledge
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Mathieu Segers
The Netherlands and European Integration, 1950 to Present
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02/2020
Amsterdam University Press
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Persons
Mathieu Segers (1976) is Professor of Contemporary European History and European Integration at Maastricht University.
Content
Prologue: Dinner in Laeken (1989), 1. American concepts: building Europe (1947-1949), 2. Magical realism (1949-1951), 3. The Beyen Plan (1951-1954), 4. Around Cologne cathedral (1954-1957), 5. A Europe of conspiracies (1957-1968), 6. At home in the Basel biotope (1968-1974), 7. Sturm und Drang (1974-1982), 8. The hand of French-German friendship (1982-1989), 9. After Strasbourg: a different party than expected (1989-1992), Epilogue: the call of Calypso, Notes, Sources and references, Abbreviations, Acknowledgements, Index of names, Subject index
