The Passage to Europe: How a Continent Became a Union - Softcover

Luuk Van Middelaar

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9780300205336: The Passage to Europe: How a Continent Became a Union

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ISBN 10: 0300205333 ISBN 13: 9780300205336

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2014

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This essential book explains the origins of the European Union, the forces binding it together and driving it forward, and how political leaders will surmount the current economic turmoil. Drawing on long experience working behind the scenes, Luuk van Middelaar captures the day-to-day dynamics and illuminates the political and philosophical issues that shaped the EU's development, providing a gripping account of the realities of power politics and shedding fresh light on the present and future of European unification.

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'A must-read for reform-minded pro-Europeans and sceptics alike.' (Lord Mandelson) 'The author describes the politics of the European project with historical accuracy and some verve... It has much to teach those who want to understand the EU's recent political dynamic.' (The Economist) 'Diagnoses Europe's troubles with realism and clarity... It is a discerning, balanced, gracefully written book, flavoured with the insights of political science but filled with the meat of European Union history over six decades.' (Tony Barber, Financial Times) 'An erudite alternative to the persistent drumbeat about the coming, market-driven disintegration of the European Union... An intriguing presentation of views seldom reported so readably and in such depth.' (Kirkus Reviews) --Lord Mandelson, The Economist, Financial Times, Kirkus Reviews

About the Author:

Luuk van Middelaar is a Dutch political philosopher and currently policy adviser and speechwriter to the president of the European Council, Herman van Rompuy. His first book, Politicide, won the Prix de Paris in 1999. Since its original publication in Dutch, 'The Passage to Europe' has won the Socrates Prize for the best Dutch philosophy book, the Prix Louis Marin of the Academie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, and the European Book Prize 2012.

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