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The EU: An Obituary
John R. Gilllingham
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Description for The EU: An Obituary
Paperback. A major account of the failings of the European Union - and why it has to go. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFE; JPSN2; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 388 x 25. Weight in Grams: 358.
The European Union is a besieged institution. It is struggling in vain to overcome the eurozone crisis and faces an influx of refugees not seen since World War II. The Schengen Agreement is a dead letter, and Britain stands on the brink of leaving altogether. The EU is unfit for the challenges of the coming age of increased global competition and high tech. In sum, the drive for an ever-closer union has set Europe on the wrong course: plunged it into depression, fuelled national antagonisms, debilitated democracy, and accelerated decline. In this pithy, rigorously argued book, leading historian ... Read more
The European Union is a besieged institution. It is struggling in vain to overcome the eurozone crisis and faces an influx of refugees not seen since World War II. The Schengen Agreement is a dead letter, and Britain stands on the brink of leaving altogether. The EU is unfit for the challenges of the coming age of increased global competition and high tech. In sum, the drive for an ever-closer union has set Europe on the wrong course: plunged it into depression, fuelled national antagonisms, debilitated democracy, and accelerated decline. In this pithy, rigorously argued book, leading historian ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784784218
SKU
V9781784784218
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About John R. Gilllingham
The author of numerous articles, two edited volumes, and six books, four of them about European integration, John Gillingham is a long-standing but respected critic of the Brussels institutions. Gillingham holds a doctorate in History from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a fellow at the Harvard Center for European Studies. His work has been translated into several languages. ... Read more
Reviews for The EU: An Obituary
John Gillingham is the pre-eminent American historian of the European Union. - Charles S. Maier, Harvard University An excellent, up-to-date history of the EU which overturns many preconceived ideas and challenges the views of Eurofanatics and Eurosceptics alike. - lan Sked, London School of Economics At a time when clear thinking about Europe's political and economic ... Read more