Experiencing Europe: 50 Years of European Construction 1957-2007

Prof. Dr. Wilfried Loth

doi:10.5771/9783845213323

Summary

In order to evaluate the perspectives of deepening and widening of the EU it is necessary to review what happened in the several fields of European integration so far. How did the EC/EU change from its beginnings, and in which respect is the present situation different from the past? Which trends of evolution can be observed, and which factors may influence the future evolution?

In this volume, 19 historians from seven countries, all of them well known experts of the field, are balancing the different aspects of the European experience. Based on broad archival research, the volume offers a comprehensive look on the history of European integration and a discussion of the present situation and possible developments in the light of this balance. All chapters were discussed in international teams and written by co-authors from different member states. Thus, they will represent not only the current state of knowledge, but for the first time also a coherent European perspective on the history of European integration. Experiencing Europe is seen as a response to the challenges Europeans have to meet in the 20th and 21st centuries.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2009
Copyright Year: 2009
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-4124-6
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-1332-3
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Veröffentlichungen der Historiker-Verbindungsgruppe bei der Kommission der EG
Volume: 12
Language: English
Pages: 362
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 1 - 8
Introduction No access Pages 9 - 16
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1. The History of European Integration: From Integration History to the History of Integrated Europe No access Pages 17 - 32
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2. Widening, Deepening and Opening Out: Towards a Fourth Decade of European Integration History No access Pages 33 - 44
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMIC INTEGRATION No access Pages 45 - 102
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EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS AND POLITICAL INTEGRATION No access Pages 103 - 126
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1. The Concept and Debates on the Idea No access Pages 127 - 133
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2. Between Public and Private Sphere: Permeability and Interactions No access Pages 134 - 141
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3. Culture in the Public Sphere as an Issue of European Construction: Missions and Experiences No access Pages 142 - 151
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4. Cultural, Memorial and Reference Sphere, Public Sphere and European Democracy No access Pages 152 - 168
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1. Development of European Social Policy No access Pages 169 - 192
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2. A Social Europe (1970-2006)? No access Pages 193 - 216
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1. Origins and Development of the External Personality of the European Community No access Pages 217 - 254
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2. Foreign and Security Policy after the End of the Cold War No access Pages 255 - 268
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1. The Enlargement of the European Community, 1950-95 No access Pages 269 - 304
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2. Eastern Enlargement in Perspective: A Comparative View on EC/EU Enlargements No access Pages 305 - 325
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3. Central Europe in the ‘Fifth’ Enlargement of the European Union No access Pages 326 - 346
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Conclusion No access Pages 347 - 358
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Notes on the Contributors No access Pages 359 - 362