

Mathieu Segers is hoogleraar eigentijdse Europese geschiedenis en Europese integratie aan de Universiteit Maastricht en columnist van het Financieele Dagblad en De Groene Amsterdammer, en veelgevraagd commentator in de media.
Meer over de auteursThe Cambridge History of the European Union: Volume 2, European Integration Inside-Out
Samenvatting
Volume II examines the history of the European Union from an inside-out perspective, focusing on the internal developments that shaped the European integration process. Split into three parts, Part I covers the principles that have defined European integration, exploring the treaties and their changes through time, with Brexit being a core milestone. Part II considers the different instruments within the architecture of European integration, with special focus on the development of policies, the euro and enlargement.
Part III concentrates on the various narratives surrounding European integration, in particular the concepts, goals and ideas that both spoke and failed to speak to the hearts and minds of Europeans. This includes the 'longue duree' concept, peace, European culture, (the absence of) religion, prosperity and (a lack of) solidarity and democracy.
Specificaties
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Inhoudsopgave
Part I - Milestones: Treaties and Treaty Changes
1 - Early Forms of European Unity 29-59
2 - From Messina and Rome to the Single European Act 60-92
3 - The Making of the European Union 93-117
4 - From Maastricht and Copenhagen to Amsterdam and Nice 118-142
5 - The Constitution Project, Lisbon and Beyond 143-181
6 - Moving beyond British Exceptionalism 182-206
Part II - Instruments of Integration 207-456
7 - In the Name of Social Stability: The European Payments Union 209-233
8 - Competition versus Planning: A Battle That Shaped European Integration 234-260
9 - Commercial Banks, the Eurodollar Market and the Beginnings of Monetary Integration 261-283
10 - From the Werner Report to the Start of EMU 284-307
11 - The Euro Area Crisis: From Pre-history to Aftermath 308-338
12 - The Institutional and Legal Culture of European Integration 339-359
13 - The Formation of the Migration Regime of the EU 360-384
14 - The Constitutional Dimension: Centralisation, Democratisation and the Rule of Law 385-410
15 - EU Enlargement: Origins and Practice 411-456
Part III - Narratives and Outcomes 457-700
16 - A Global Perspective on European Cooperation and Integration since 1918 459-480
17 - War, Peace and Memory: Franco-German Reconciliation 481-507
18 - The ‘Saints’ of European Integration: From Visionaries to Architects 508-539
19 - The EU and the Narrative of Prosperity 540-564
20 - Changing Europe’s Economic History 565-599
21 - The EU and the Narrative of Solidarity 600-625
22 - European Solidarity: The Difficult Art of Managing Interdependence 626-651
23 - Ideologies of EU Democracy since 1950 652-672
24 - Democratic Challenges since Maastricht 673-700
Index 701-716