The Cambridge History of the European Union
2 Volume Hardback Set

Table of Contents

Volume I: Reflections on the history and historiography of European integration
Part I. Critical Junctures:
1. The emergence of a divided world and a divisible west
2. European integration and the temporary division of Germany
3. Europe, de-colonization and the challenge of developing countries
4. European integration and globalization since the 1970s
5. A Europe of re-unification?
6. Moderately failing forward: the EU in the years 2004–2019
Part II. Multilateralism and Geopolitics:
7. A pillar of the golden age? European integration and the Trente Glorieuses
8. The end of Bretton Woods: origins and European consequences
9. The vicissitudes of market Europe
10. European integration and the challenges of free movement
11. The EU as a global trade power
12. The role of NATO in Europe integration
13. European integration and the UN
14. The European nuclear dimension: from cold war to post-cold war
15. From 'Helsinki' and development aid to multipolar hard ball
16. European integration, the environment and climate change
17. The space policy of the EU
Part III. Perspectives and Ideas:
18. Researching the eurocrats
19. Elite networks of allegiance
20. The multi-dimensional nature of public EU attitudes
21. Ideas of Europe:
1880s to 1910s and beyond
22. Beginning with culture: a certain idea of Europe
23. The European union and memory
24. European culture(s)
25. The catholic narrative of European integration
26. European integration and the churches
Index. Volume II
Reflections on the history and historiography of European integration
Part I. Milestones:
1. Early forms of European unity
2. From 'Messina' and 'Rome' to the single European act
3. The making of the European union
4. From 'Maastricht' and 'Copenhagen' to 'Amsterdam' and 'Nice'
5. The constitution project, 'Lisbon' and beyond
6. Moving beyond British exceptionalism
Part II. Instruments of Integration:
7. In the name of social stability: the European payments union
8. Competition versus planning: a battle that shaped European integration
9. Banks, the Eurodollar market and the beginnings of monetary integration
10. From Werner-report to the start of the EMU
11. The euro area crisis: from pre-history to aftermath
12. The institutional and legal culture of European integration
13. The formation of the migration regime of the EU
14. The constitutional dimension: centralization, democratization and the rule of law
15. EU enlargement: origins and practice
Part III. Narratives and Outcomes:
16. A global perspective on European cooperation and integration since 1918
17. War, peace and memory: Franco-German reconciliation
18. The 'saints' of European integration: from visionaries to architects
19. The EU and the narrative of prosperity
20. Changing Europe's economic history
21. Transforming market Europe to social Europe
22. European solidarity: the difficult art of managing interdependence
23. Ideologies of EU democracy since 1950
24. Democratic challenges since 'Maastricht'
Index.

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