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Informationen zum Autor Simon Sweeney Zusammenfassung Exploring the interplay between the state and state sovereignty, nationalism, European integration and globalisation, this work provides foundations in all these areas, while using arguments to prompt discussion and provoke interest in the relationships between these processes. It also addresses issues of historical and theoretical importance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Abbreviations and acronyms Publisher's acknowledgements Map of the book Introduction Europe: the origins of nationalism and the state experience The state, sovereignty and nationalism Nationalism in contemporary Europe The European Union and the state Integration theory and the state The EU and the regions: multilevel governance in an era of globalisation EU enlargement and the challenge to the state International Relations theory and the state Globalisation and the European Union in transition Globalisation and its consequences Globalisation, the state and multinational corporations Multilateralism and the European Union as a global actor Glossary References Index
