After Empires - European Integration, Decolonization, Challenge from Global South

Zusatztext The book has the merit of analyzing the influence of different actors: individuals, social movements and political parties. It will be a fundamental historical framework for all of those who are interested in the external policies of the European Community (EU). Informationen zum Autor Giuliano Garavini obtained a degree from the College of Europe in Bruges and holds a PhD in International History from the University of Florence. He is currently working on global history of the "oil shocks" in the 1970s and is coordinating a large research project on this topic. Klappentext A unique account of how decolonization affected European integration. Explains the international challenges that led to the formation of the Single Market then the European Union in the 1990s, and explains why the EU is still portrayed as an "economic giant" but a "political dwarf" today. Zusammenfassung A unique account of how decolonization affected European integration. Explains the international challenges that led to the formation of the Single Market then the European Union in the 1990s, and explains why the EU is still portrayed as an "economic giant" but a "political dwarf" today.

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• Authors: Giuliano Garavini, Giuliano/ Nybakken Garavini, Garavini Giuliano, Richard R. Nybakken, Translated by Richard R. Nybakken
• Assisted by: Richard R. Nybakken (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.12.2012
• EAN: 9780199659197
• ISBN: 978-0-19-965919-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Oxford Studies in Modern European History; Oxford Studies in Modern European History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, National liberation and independence