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Zusatztext The EU's relations with its southern Mediterranean neighbours were troubled long before 2011. Now the European project itself is faltering and under attack from right-wing populism, anti-immigrant nationalism, and nostalgia for a fictitious history of empire. Meanwhile, authoritarianism, economic crisis, civil war and counter-revolution run from Morocco to Libya and Egypt. While a tide of racism sees the EU's crisis in a failure to "defend" Europe from "invasion" across the Mediterranean, this book reminds us that North Africa was always deeply bound up with the making of postwar Europe. And while there are many reasons to criticize Europe's Mediterranean policies, these varied, deeply researched and incisive essays compellingly show, from the late colonial period to the present, that North Africa has always played a role in imagining and reimagining what it might mean to be European.' Informationen zum Autor Muriam Haleh Davis is Assistant Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. Thomas Serres is Associate Researcher in the Développement et Sociétés Research Group and teaches in the Politics Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA. Vorwort An exploration of the construction of Europe as an ideological and politico-economic entity by looking at its relationship with North Africa since the end of the Second World War. Zusammenfassung This innovative edited collection brings together leading scholars from the USA, the UK and mainland Europe to examine how European identity and institutions have been fashioned though interactions with the southern periphery since 1945. It highlights the role played by North African actors in shaping European conceptions of governance, culture and development, considering the construction of Europe as an ideological and politico-economic entity in the process. Split up into three sections that investigate the influence of colonialism on the shaping of post-WWII Europe, the nature of co-operation, dependence and interdependence in the region, and the impact of the Arab Spring, North Africa and the Making of Europe investigates the Mediterranean space using a transnational, interdisciplinary approach. This, in turn, allows for historical analysis to be fruitfully put into conversation with contemporary politics. The book also discusses such timely issues such as the development of European institutions, the evolution of legal frameworks in the name of antiterrorism, the rise of Islamophobia, immigration, and political co-operation. Students and scholars focusing on the development of postwar Europe or the EU’s current relationship with North Africa will benefit immensely from this invaluable new study. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Europe and North Africa beyond the 'Boomerang Effect', Muriam Haleh Davis and Thomas Serres (both of University of California, Santa Cruz, USA) Part I - Colonialism and Institutions 1. The Role of Algeria in Debates over Post-War Europe within the French Resistance, Luc-Andre Brunet (The Open University, UK) 2. North Africa and the Common Agricultural Policy: From Colonial Pact to European Integration, Muriam Haleh Davis ( University of California, Santa Cruz, USA) 3. (Post)Colonial Migrations between States and Companies: Moroccan Workers in Europe, Anton Perdocin (PSC Research University, France) 4. North African Decolonization and the Shifting Nexus of Christian Power and Social Thought in Europe and North Africa, Darcie Fontaine (University of South Florida, USA) Part II – Europe Defined: Imaginaries and Practices 5. Europe and North Africa in Jacque Berque's Historical Sociology, Timothy Scott Johnston (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, USA) 6. 'Foreigners in Our Own Land': Importing North African Experiences of Nativism, Gendered Islamophobia and Muslim Activism ...
