Rethinking Europe's Future
by David P Calleo Princeton University Press- Pub Date:
- 02/2003
- ISBN:
- 9780691113678
- Format:
- Pbk 416 pages
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The book begins by considering the rival 'lessons' and trends that emerge from Europe's deeper past. It goes on to discuss the theories for managing the traditional state system, the transition from autocratic states to communitarian nation states, the enduring strength of nation states, and their uneasy relationship with capitalism. Calleo next focuses on the Cold War's dynamic legacies for Europe-- an Atlantic Alliance, a European Union, and a global economy. These three systems now compete to define the future.
The book's third and major section examines how Europe has tried to meet the present challenges of Russian weakness and German reunification. Succeeding chapters focus on Maastricht and the Euro, on the impact of globalization on Europeanization, and on the EU's unfinished business--expanding into 'Pan Europe,' adapting a hybrid constitution, and creating a new security system. Calleo presents three models of a new Europe--each proposing a different relationship with the U.S. and Russia. A final chapter probes how a strong European Union might affect the world and the prospects for American hegemony. This is a beautifully written book that offers rich insight into a critical moment in our history, whose outcome will shape the world long after our time.
It is the great virtue of this book that by concentrating on the larger picture [Calleo] is able to convey the unprecedented scale of what is really happening in Europe.''--Economist
''This volume rests on theoretical insights to generate an innovative history of European political economy, one distinguished by elegant writing and invaluable annotated bibliographies. This scrupulously researched and wide-ranging book is a must-read for skimmers, scholars, and students of European matters.''--Choice
''Undaunted by the challenge of speculating about future developments, Calleo does a masterful job of weaving the perspectives of history, economics, philosophy, and political science into a rich tapestry of forthright questions about Europe's future and persuasive speculation about answers and possibilities. . . . David Calleo's boos are always imperative reading for specialists, but his clear and vibrant writing is easily accessible to any educated reader interested in European and world affairs.''--Forest L. Grieves, Perspectives on Political Science
Acknowledgments ix
Foreword xi
Chapter One: Old Europe and New Europe 1
Part One Europe's Living History
Chapter Two: Competing Lessons of World War I 17
Chapter Three: Europe's States and State System 33
Chapter Four: From States to Nation States 48
Chapter Five: The Nation State and Capitalism 67
Part Two Legacies of the Cold War
Chapter Six: The Three Postwar Systems: An Overview 87
Chapter Seven: Bipolar Europe 111
Chapter Eight: Confederal Europe: From Rome to Maastricht 135
Chapter Nine: Europe in the Global Economy 154
Chapter Ten: Cold War Lessons, Old and New 176
Part Three The New Europe
Chapter Eleven: Europe after the Soviet Shock: Maastricht and the EMU 185
Chapter Twelve: Globalism and the Case for a European Bloc 207
Chapter Thirteen: Unfinished Business I: Constitutional Projects 250
Chapter Fourteen: Unfinished Business II: Security after the Cold War 299
Chapter Fifteen: Unfinished Business III: Organizing Pan-Europe 337
Chapter Sixteen: Europe in the New World Order 354
Index 375