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The European Union in a Global Context is an engaging text, incorporating anecdotes and contemporary arguments, and presenting different perspectives on European integration and globalisation. It provides essential foundations in these areas, while using stimulating arguments to prompt further discussion.
Table des matières
PART 1: European Union and nationalism 1. Europe's history - the background to European integration 2. The state, sovereignty, and nationalism 3. Nationalism in Europe
PART 2: European Union: Theory, process, and implementation 4. Integration theory, the European Union, and the state 5. European Union institutions and the state 6. EU governance and policymaking 7. International relations theory, the state, and the EU
PART 3:European Union and contemporary economic globalisation 8. Enlargement: History, achievements, and the EU neighbourhood 9. EU as a global actor: Foreign, security, and defence policy 10. Policing, justice, migration, and internal security 11. Globalisation, the single market, trade, and EU social policy
PART 4: European Union and perpetual crisis 12. Economic and Monetary Union: Power, unity, discord 13. Democratic deficit, Euroscepticism, populism, and contested values 14. Sustainability and environmental policy, agriculture, fisheries, energy 15. Europe, the state, and globalisation
A propos de l'auteur
Simon Sweeney is a Professor of International Political Economy in the School for Business and Society at the University of York (UK). He is an experienced writer, and author of
Europe, the State and Globalisation (2005). He has an extensive knowledge of EU literature, comprising EU history and development, institutional characteristics, policymaking, including foreign and security interests and 20 years' experience of teaching EU and European politics at both undergraduate and postgraduate level.
Résumé
The European Union in a Global Context is an engaging text, incorporating anecdotes and contemporary arguments, and presenting different perspectives on European integration and globalisation. It provides essential foundations in these areas, while using stimulating arguments to prompt further discussion.
