Crises in European Integration: Challenges and Responses, 1945-2005

Published by Berghahn Books 2009

Crises in European Integration

Challenges and Responses, 1945-2005

Edited by: Ludger Kühnhardt

Volume 2 in the series New German Historical Perspectives

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781845458829

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While the major trends in European integration have been well researched and constitute key elements of narratives about its value and purpose, the crises of integration and their effects have not yet attracted sufficient attention. This volume, with original contributions by leading German scholars, suggests that crises of integration should be seen as engines of progress throughout the history of European integration rather than as expressions of failure and regression, a widely held assumption. It therefore throws new light on the current crises in European integration and provides a fascinating panorama of how challenges and responses were guiding the process during its first five decades.

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Ludger Kühnhardt has been Director at the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) and Professor of Political Science at Bonn University since 1997. He has been advisor to political leaders in Europe and Africa. As a Public Policy Scholar he has worked at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. As Visiting Professor he has taught and studied at renowned universities across the world, including St. Antony’s College Oxford, Stanford University, Dartmouth College, Seoul National University, Cape Town University, and the College of Europe in Bruges. He has conducted research in comparative region-building in all continents.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Editorial Preface Jane Caplan, Timothy Garton Ash, Jürgen Kocka, Gerhard A. Ritter, Nicholas Stargardt and Margit Szöllösi-Janze Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction. European Integration: Success through Crises Ludger Kühnhardt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Sources of European Integration: The Meaning of Failed Interwar Politics and the Role of World War II Wilfried Loth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
2 The Failure of EDC and European Integration Manfred Görtemaker Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
3 The Institutional Paradox: How Crises Have Reinforced European Integration Jürgen Elvert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
4 Through Crises to EMU: Perspectives for Fiscal Union and Political Union Jürgen von Hagen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
5 Opportunity or Overstretch? The Unexpected Dynamics of Deepening and Widening Wolfgang Wessels and Thomas Traguth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
6 Learning from Failure: The Evolution of the EU’s Foreign, Security and Defense Policy in the Course of the Yugoslav Crisis Mathias Jopp and Udo Diedrichs Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
7 Challenges and Opportunities: Surmounting Integration Crises in Historical Context Michael Gehler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
8 Frontiers and Chances for the European Union Hans-Gert Pöttering Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
Select Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 176
Keywords: History: 20th Century to Present

eBook

Published: December 1, 2008
ISBN: 9781845458829