2nd Edition
The Origins & Development of the European Union 1945-2008 A History of European Integration
Edited By Martin Dedman
Copyright 2010
220 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
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The new edition of this accessible introduction to the history of the European Union (EU) has been fully revised and updated to reflect the significant changes within the EU over the past decade. Revealing the politics beneath the surface, national rivalries and changing positions behind events, meetings and treaty negotiations, the text:
provides a thematic history of European economic... Read more
Prologue Part 1: Origins 1. Definition and Theories of European Integration 1945-1995 2. The Impact and Significance of the European Federalist Movements and the Council of Europe (1949) 3. Conditions in Europe and America and British Policies 1945-49: Integration or Co-operation? Part 2: Development 4. The Schuman Plan (1950) and the European Coal and Steel Community (1951) 5. German Rearmament, the European Defence Community and the Demise of the European Army 1950-54 6. From the Common Market, the Treaties of Rome (1957) to the First Enlargement (1973) 7. EMU, the First Stage (1973) to the EU (1991) 8. Single Market (1992) to Single Currency (2000) 9. EU Treaty Changes and EU External Relations 1998-2008
Biography
Dr. Martin J. Dedman is currently a visiting Research Scholar at the McBride Center for International Business, Baylor University, Texas and is a former Senior Lecturer at Middlesex University (1970-2007).
Martin Dedman's book is a lively, trenchant and concise survey of the EU's development. It well illustrates many of the significant tensions among member states, and the gaps between rhetoric and reality in the EU.
Richard McAllister. University of Edinburgh.
