Rethinking Globalization or Surpassing Realism

Rethinking Globalization

Author: Manfred B Steger

Rage on the Right is a balanced and thoughtful study of the modern militia movement goes beyond usual journalistic accounts of this important phenomenon to explore its political, cultural, and social roots. Clearly written, carefully documented, and engagingly presented, Rage on the Right is a case study of such climatic events as the Ruby Ridge standoff, the Waco siege, and Timothy McVeigh's terrorism engage and inform the reader. This book will be an excellent resource for students and scholars alike.

Surpassing Realism: The Politics of European Integration since 1945

Author: Mark F Gilbert

This accessible text provides a concise political history of European integration from the end of World War II to the present. The European Project raises fascinating and important questions: How did Europe's states overcome their traditional rivalries and quarrels to build supranational institutions? What were the economic and geopolitical forces that drove them? Which individual statesmen contributed most to defining the European project? What are the issues that confronted the EU in the last decade and what problems will the EU face as its leaders consider even more advanced forms of political integration? All these questions are addressed by this engaging text, which offers a clear and readable account of the complex historical process by which Europe's unique polity has been built. Visit our website for update chapter!

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Abbreviations and Acronyms
	Chronology 1945-2002
1	Introduction: An Unusual New Polity	1
	Structure and Content	4
	Themes	8
	Terminology	11
2	Enemies to Partners: The Politics of Cooperation in Western Europe 1945-1950	15
	The American Vision for Europe: The Marshall Plan and the OEEC	19
	A "Harmonious Society": The Vision of the European Movement	25
	Cooperation between Governments: The British Vision	31
	The German Question and the Schuman Plan	36
3	Spillovers and Setbacks: From the Schuman Plan to the Common Market 1950-1958	49
	The Coal and Steel Community	51
	The Defense Community	56
	From Messina to Rome	62
	The Treaties of Rome: 25 March 1957	69
	The Uniting of Europe	75
4	In The Shadow of the General: De Gaulle and the EEC 1958-1969	85
	The EEC's First Four Years	86
	The "Union of States"	90
	The First British Negotiation for Entry	96
	The "Empty Chair" Crisis and the Luxembourg Compromise	104
	Positive and Negative Integration	111
5	Weathering the Storm: The EC during the Economic Crises of the 1970s	119
	Thinking Positive 1969-1972	120
	Monetary Turmoil 1971-1974	128
	Foreign Policy Failures and the Tindemans Report	133
	The European Monetary System	138
	Beyond the Common Market	145
6	The 1992 Initiative and the Single European Act	155
	France Sees the Light	157
	The British Budgetary Question	160
	Mediterranean Enlargement	164
	The 1992 Initiative and the Dooge Committee	169
	The Single European Act	174
	Evaluating the Single European Act	180
7	The Maastricht Compromise	187
	The "Paquet Delors" and the Delors Report	188
	The Bruges Speech	193
	German Unification and Its Consequences	198
	The "Hour of Europe"	203
	The Maastricht Treaty	212
	Making Sense of Maastricht	219
8	Europe since Maastricht	225
	Adopting the Euro	227
	Enlargement of Central and Eastern Europe	237
	The Institutional Question	241
	The EU's Growing World Role	249
	A Constitutional Convention	252
	Bibliographical Essay	259
	Index	265
	About the Author	277