Alarums and Excursions - Improvising Politics on the European Stage

A revealing and candid portrayal of a Europe improvising in the face of new and unprecedented challenges to its coherence as an entity. Van Middelaar contends that Europe must deviate from the rules it has set itself and adapt. *Also appeared in March Buyer's Notes*

About the author

Luuk van Middelaar is a historian and political theorist. In his role as a speechwriter and close advisor to the president of the European Council (2010-15), van Middelaar witnessed the political theatre of Europe from the front row. He is currently a professor at the Europa Institute of Leiden University. His previous book, The Passage to Europe (winner of the 2012 European Book Prize) has been translated into more than ten languages. He was advisor to the acclaimed BBC programme, Inside Europe: Ten Years of Turmoil (2019).

Summary

A revealing and candid portrayal of a Europe improvising its way through a series of crises. Forced into action by a tidal wave of emergencies, Europe has had to reinvent itself, casting off its legal straitjacket and confronting hard issues that threaten its own political identity.

Product details

• Authors: Luuk (Leiden University) van Middelaar, Luuk van Middelaar, Luuk (Leiden University) Van Middelaar, Professor Luuk (Leiden University) van Middelaar
• Assisted by: Liz Waters (Translation)
• Publisher: Agenda Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781788211727
• ISBN: 978-1-78821-172-7
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 240 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 642 g
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education