A revisionist interpretation of the post-war evolution of European
integration and the European Union (EU), this book attempts to
reappraise and reassess conventional explanations of European
integration. It adopts a federalist approach which supplements
state-based arguments with federal political ideas, influences and
strategies. By exploring the philosophical and historical origins
of federal ideas and tracing their influence throughout the whole
of the EU's evolution, the book makes a significant contribution to
the scholarly debate about the nature and development of the EU. In
order to reinstate federalism as a major influence upon both the
origins and evolution of the EU, the book looks at federal ideas
stretching back to the 16th century and demonstrates their
fundamental continuity to contemporary European integration. It
situates these ideas in the broad context of post-war Western
Europe and underlines their practical relevance in the activities
of Jean Monnet and Altiero Spinelli. Post-war empirical
developments are explored from a federalist perspective, revealing
an enduring persistence of federal ideas which have been either
ignored or overlooked in conventional inte
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