The History of the European Union: Origins of a Trans- and Supranational Polity 1950-72: 7 (Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies) - Hardcover

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9780415463935: The History of the European Union: Origins of a Trans- and Supranational Polity 1950-72: 7 (Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies)
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ISBN 10: 0415463939 ISBN 13: 9780415463935
Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

This book radically re-conceptualises the origins of the European Union as a trans- and supranational polity as it emerged between the Schuman Plan of May 1950 and the first enlargement of the European Communities at the start of 1973.

Drawing upon social science theories and debates as well as recent historical research, Wolfram Kaiser and Morten Rasmussen in their introductory chapters discuss innovative ways of narrating the history of the EU as the emergence of a transnational political society and supranational political system. Building on these insights, eight chapters based on multilateral and multi-archival research follow each with case studies of transnational networks, public sphere and institutional cultures and policy-making which illustrate systematically related aspects of the early history of the EU. In the concluding chapter, leading political scientist Alex Warleigh-Lack demonstrates how greater interdisciplinary cooperation, especially between contemporary history and political studies, can significantly advance our knowledge of the EU as a complex polity.

This book will be of interest to students and scholars of Politics, European Studies and History.

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About the Author

Wolfram Kaiser is Professor of European Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Belgium.

Brigitte Leucht lectures in European Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK and is a Visiting Lecturer at the Graduate Institute of International and Developmental Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.

Morten Rasmussen is Assistant Professor of Contemporary European History at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0415463939
ISBN 13 
9780415463935
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
240
Editor
Kaiser Wolfram, Leucht Brigitte, Rasmussen Morten

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