European Union

An Historical and Political Survey

By Richard McAllister

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• ISBN: 978-0-415-40761-8
• Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 29th June 2009
• Pages: 296

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About the Book

The new edition of this best-selling text provides the most up-to-date single volume history of the European Union from its origins through to the present day. Fully updated and revised throughout, this is the ideal starting point for students and others wishing to read an accessible, readable and comprehensive account of the development of the EU.

Topics new to this edition:

• the impact of the Euro and economic and monetary union
• analysis of post-9/11 splits in the EU over Afghanistan and Iraq, and debates on the new European security order and the threat posed by terrorism
• the enlargement of the EU to 27 members and discussions over further expansion
• the initial failure of the EU Constitutional Treaty
• the growth in Euroscepticism across the continent.

An engaging contribution to the understanding of the past, present and uncertain future of European integration, European Union is essential reading for all students of European history, European Union politics, and International Relations.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Disputed Community 1. Birth, Childhood & Adolescence 2. The Community at the End of the 1960's 3. From the Hague to Paris: 1969–72 4. 1973: A Turbulent Year 5. The Mid 1970s: Locust Years 6. ‘Euro-sclerosis’: The Late 1970s and Early 1980s 7. The Mid 1980s: 'Single Market' and 'Single Act' 8. The Late 1980s and the Road to ‘1992’ 9. Europe Transformed Again: 1989–93 10. Paradoxes of the New Europe 1994–2000 11. The New Millennium 2000–05 12. New Turbulence, 2005–08

About the Author(s)

Richard McAllister is Honorary Fellow, and former Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Edinburgh.

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