The Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy Yearbook 2009 (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)

Constantine Arvanitopoulos and Konstantina E. Botsiou Europe at a Crossroads European uni?cation has rested on a dual premise. One part was the effort of the European nations to consolidate peace by overcoming the nationalism which had 1 twice drenched the continent in blood in the 20th century. War among West European states became unthinkable in the post-war era. The second part was the creation of a single European economy following the tremendous task of post-war 2 reconstruction and recovery. Over the years the achievement of economic stability was matched by initiatives that aimed to render Western Europe competitive on a global scale. The creation of the European Union (EU) in the 1990s through the Treaties of Maastricht (1992) and Amsterdam (1997), and later Nice (2001), which successively revised the founding Treaties of Rome (1957), was largely a response 3 to the challenge of globalisation. Integration 'rejuvenated' the nation state, thus creating the hybrid of the Euro- 4 pean welfare state, a mix of state-imposed stability and private initiative. Like its 1 Sforza, C. (1936). Europe and the Europeans: Community: Report A study in historical psych- ogy and international politics. London: George G. Harrap and Company. 2 Milward, A. S. (1984). The reconstruction of Western Europe 1945-1951. London: Routledge. Hogan, M. J. (1987). The Marshall plan: America, Britain, and the reconstruction of Western Europe, 1947-1954. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 3 Dyson, K. , & Featherstone, K. (1999).

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	The Konstantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy Yearbook Series
Release date:	June 2009
First published:	2009
Editors:	Constantine Arvanitopoulos • Konstantina E. Botsiou
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	113
Edition:	2009 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-00620-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Promotions
LSN:	3-642-00620-5
Barcode:	9783642006203

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