European Union, How Comes? - Drivers, Dreams and Dramas of European Integration History

It was by no means evident that Europe would ever find a path towards unification. Of course, World War II led to the self-destruction of the old system of international relations between sovereign nation states. Nevertheless, the nation states were revived in a new setting. Moreover, there were now 'superpowers': The US and the Soviet Union, who shaped the post-war world. The European Union struggled to emerge as a player of its own right. Its history was never a straight path forward towards ever-increasing membership and decision-making power at the EU level; it was marked by ups and downs, by enthusiasm and drama. This story helps us to understand what the EU is today.

Summary

It was by no means evident that Europe would ever find a path towards unification. Of course, World War II led to the self-destruction of the old system of international relations between sovereign nation states. Nevertheless, the nation states were revived in a new setting. Moreover, there were now ‘superpowers’: The US and the Soviet Union, who shaped the post-war world. The European Union struggled to emerge as a player of its own right. Its history was never a straight path forward towards ever-increasing membership and decision-making power at the EU level; it was marked by ups and downs, by enthusiasm and drama. This story helps us to understand what the EU is today.

Product details

• Authors: Hartmut Marhold
• Publisher: Nomos
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 31.12.2025
• EAN: 9783756034437
• ISBN: 978-3-7560-3443-7
• No. of pages: 552
• Series: Denkart Europa. Schriften zur europäischen Politik, Wirtschaft und Kultur; Denkart Europa | Mindset Europe
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; EU, Europäische Union, International Relations, Europäisierung, Economic and Monetary Union, European Green Deal, Global Perspectives, Europeanisation, History of the European Union, Geschichte der europäischen Integration, History of European Integration, Globaler Kontext, Rome Treaties, European Coal and Steel Community, Enlargement of the European Union, Founding of the European Union, Crisis of the European Union