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The End of the West: The Once and Future Europe
David Marquand
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Paperback. Has Europe's extraordinary postwar recovery limped to an end? It would seem so. In this book, the author, a former member of the British Parliament, argues that Europe's problems stem from outdated perceptions of global power, and calls for a drastic change in European governance to halt the continent's slide into irrelevance. Series: The Public Square. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
Has Europe's extraordinary postwar recovery limped to an end? It would seem so. The United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Italy, and former Soviet Bloc countries have experienced ethnic or religious disturbances, sometimes violent. Greece, Ireland, and Spain are menaced by financial crises. And the euro is in trouble. In The End of the West, David Marquand, a former member of the British Parliament, argues that Europe's problems stem from outdated perceptions of global power, and calls for a drastic change in European governance to halt the continent's slide into irrelevance. Taking a searching look at the continent's governing institutions, history, and ... Read more
Has Europe's extraordinary postwar recovery limped to an end? It would seem so. The United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Italy, and former Soviet Bloc countries have experienced ethnic or religious disturbances, sometimes violent. Greece, Ireland, and Spain are menaced by financial crises. And the euro is in trouble. In The End of the West, David Marquand, a former member of the British Parliament, argues that Europe's problems stem from outdated perceptions of global power, and calls for a drastic change in European governance to halt the continent's slide into irrelevance. Taking a searching look at the continent's governing institutions, history, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
The Public Square
Condition
New
Weight
316g
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691156088
SKU
V9780691156088
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About David Marquand
David Marquand has been a member of the British Parliament, an official of the European Commission, and principal of Mansfield College, University of Oxford. He is a fellow of the British Academy and the author of many books, including Britain since 1918.
Reviews for The End of the West: The Once and Future Europe
One of Financial Times's Best Books of Politics for 2011 "One of the many virtues of David Marquand's The End of the West, a book that carefully documents the gap between the EU's ambitions and its achievements, is that it explains exactly why EU politics are so tedious... [I]t provides a crisp and relevant analysis of the difficult choices that ... Read more