2nd Edition

The Community of Europe A History of European Integration Since 1945

By Derek W. Urwin Copyright 1995
    304 Pages
    by Routledge

    304 Pages
    by Routledge

    This hugely successful history of political and economic integration in Western Europe since the Second World War -- and especially, but by no means exclusively, the European Community itself -- was first published in 1991, to general acclaim. Since then much turbulent water has flowed under the bridges of Maastricht and Strasbourg. Now, in this welcome Second Edition, Derek Urwin has brought the story fully up to date, with an account of developments since 1991 and an assessment of the mood and prospects of Europe and the Community today.

    Abbreviations and acronyms
    Editorial foreword
    1. The persisting idea of Europe
    2. The Cold War, the United States and Europe
    3. The opening gambits
    4. The European Coal and Steel Comunity
    5. The road to Rome
    6. The European Economic Community
    7. The Europe of the Seven
    8. De Gaulle and the EEC
    9. The question of enlargement
    10. Movement on all fronts
    11. The revival of ambition
    12. The emergence of summitry
    13. The internal policy world of the EC
    14. Problems of territorial assimilation
    15. The search for political integration
    16. Towards 1992 Appendices.
    A guide to further reading.
    Map showing the growth of the European Economic Community
    Index

    Biography

    Derek Urwin is Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Aberdeen.