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

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.

List of contents

• Introduction


• 1: The Third World and the Creation of UNCTAD


• 2: The Myopia of the European Community


• 3: Empires and Shopping Malls


• 4: The Developing Countries' "Most Favoured Partner"


• 5: The Year of Oil


• 6: North-South Dialogues


• Epilogue: In the Name of Global Competition

About the author

Giuliano Garavini teaches International History at Roma Tre University in Rome. His main research interests include European integration, decolonization, and global struggles over natural resources. He has taught classes at various universities and institutions, including the Graduate Institute in Geneva, the European University Institute in Florence, and NYU Abu Dhabi. He has published on the interconnection between European integration and decolonization (After Empires, 2012), and on the global history of petroleum and of energy, in particular on the origins and significance of the 1973 'oil shock' (Oil Shock: The 1973 Crisis and its Economic Legacy, 2016) and on the 'counter-shock' in 1986 (Counter-Shock: The Oil Counter-Revolution of the 1980s, 2018).

Summary

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.

Additional text

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).

Product details

• Authors: Giuliano Garavini, Giuliano (Lecturer in International Hist Garavini, Garavini Giuliano
• Assisted by: Richard R. Nybakken (Translation), Nybakken Richard R. (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.02.2021
• EAN: 9780198867715
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886771-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Oxford Studies in Modern European History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Economic history, EU (European Union), International institutions, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, EU & European institutions, National liberation and independence