Description
With Britain leaving the EU, now is the time for an obituary for the EU as an institution. In this short, rigorously argued book, updated after Brexit, John R. Gillingham tells the history of an idea that has soured and withered away.
He reveals the failures from its postwar origins to set out what the EU was; the role that Delors played in creating the neoliberal monster it is today, and the contemporary - crises; refugees, Brexit, the Euro - that the current institution fails to deal with.
In the aftermath of Brexit, it is time to call time on the EU? Updated and revised
About the Author
John R. Gillingham is the author of numerous articles, two edited volumes, and six books, and is a fellow at the Harvard Center for European Studies.
Reviews
John Gillingham has established himself as one of those very rare commentators who can read European history in three dimensions -- Norman Stone, Oxford University
An excellent, up-to-date history of the EU which overturns many preconceived ideas and challenges the views of Eurofanatics and Eurosceptics alike. -- Alan Sked, London School of Economics
John Gillingham is the pre-eminent American historian of the European Union -- Charles S. Maier, Harvard University
At a time when clear thinking about Europe's political and economic future is urgently needed, John Gillingham has provided a convincing diagnosis of the EU's present malaise and a challenging set of prescriptions which deserve to be taken seriously by Euro-philes as much as by Euro-sceptics. -- Sir Geoffrey Owen, London School of Economics
As a means to take corrective actions and ultimately save the EU, Gillingham pursues a historically driven reassessment of the EU's past aimed at examining missteps, discovering subsequent solutions, and offering a glimpse into a potential future. In light of the its uneven course during its years of formation, expansion, and consolidation while currently faced with systemic threats, the EU requires fundamental reforms to remain relevant in an increasingly globalized international system * Choice *
Book Information
ISBN 9781784784249
Author John Gillingham III
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 367g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 25mm
He reveals the failures from its postwar origins to set out what the EU was; the role that Delors played in creating the neoliberal monster it is today, and the contemporary - crises; refugees, Brexit, the Euro - that the current institution fails to deal with.
In the aftermath of Brexit, it is time to call time on the EU? Updated and revised
About the Author
John R. Gillingham is the author of numerous articles, two edited volumes, and six books, and is a fellow at the Harvard Center for European Studies.
Reviews
John Gillingham has established himself as one of those very rare commentators who can read European history in three dimensions -- Norman Stone, Oxford University
An excellent, up-to-date history of the EU which overturns many preconceived ideas and challenges the views of Eurofanatics and Eurosceptics alike. -- Alan Sked, London School of Economics
John Gillingham is the pre-eminent American historian of the European Union -- Charles S. Maier, Harvard University
At a time when clear thinking about Europe's political and economic future is urgently needed, John Gillingham has provided a convincing diagnosis of the EU's present malaise and a challenging set of prescriptions which deserve to be taken seriously by Euro-philes as much as by Euro-sceptics. -- Sir Geoffrey Owen, London School of Economics
As a means to take corrective actions and ultimately save the EU, Gillingham pursues a historically driven reassessment of the EU's past aimed at examining missteps, discovering subsequent solutions, and offering a glimpse into a potential future. In light of the its uneven course during its years of formation, expansion, and consolidation while currently faced with systemic threats, the EU requires fundamental reforms to remain relevant in an increasingly globalized international system * Choice *
Book Information
ISBN 9781784784249
Author John Gillingham III
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Verso Books
Publisher Verso Books
Weight(grams) 367g
Dimensions(mm) 210mm * 140mm * 25mm
