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This authoritative yet accessible introduction to understanding Europe today moves beyond accounts of European integration to provide a wide-ranging and nuanced study of contemporary Europe and its historical development. This fully updated edition adds material on recent developments, such as Brexit and the migrant and Eurozone crises.
List of contents
1. What is Europe? An Introduction 2. The Changing Shape of Europe 3. Visions of a United Europe 4. Cultural Europe 5. European Identity - European Identities 6. The Borders and Boundaries of Europe 7. Political Europe 8. The Social Dimensions of Europe 9. Global Europe 10. Europe is...
About the author
Anna Triandafyllidou holds the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration and Integration at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), Canada. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on the governance of migration and asylum; nationalism and identity issues; and overall, the contemporary challenges of migration and integration across different world regions. Her authored books include
Rethinking Migration and Return in Southeastern Europe (with E. Gemi, Routledge, 2021),
Migrant Smuggling (with T. Maroukis, 2012), and
Immigrants and National Identity in Europe (Routledge 2001). She recently edited a volume on
Migration and Pandemics (2022, Springer). Her recent journal publications have appeared in the
Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (2022),
Environment and Planning A: Economy and Society (2022),
Ethnicities (2022),
International Migration (2021), and
Nations and Nationalism (2020).
Ruby Gropas is Visiting Professor in European Studies at the College of Europe at Bruges, Belgium, and works on social and economic issues in the European Commission. Her research focuses on various aspects of European integration, migration, foreign policy, and fundamental rights. She is author of
Human Rights & Foreign Policy: The Case of the European Union (Sakkoulas, 2006), co-editor of
The Greek Crisis and European Modernity (Palgrave, 2013) and
European Immigration: A Sourcebook (Second Edition, Routledge, 2014), and has numerous journal publications. She writes in her personal capacity and the views do not express the official opinion of the European Commission.
Summary
This authoritative yet accessible introduction to understanding Europe today moves beyond accounts of European integration to provide a wide-ranging and nuanced study of contemporary Europe and its historical development. This fully updated edition adds material on recent developments, such as Brexit and the migrant and Eurozone crises.
