Divisions in the EU are considered, as well as the conflicts that have arisenfrom enlargement and foreign policy concerns. Leading specialists on Europeanpolitics and society reflect on the nature of consensus and competition between elites, and whether the EU may be able to provide a sense of common identity and purpose for its citizens. INDICE: Introduction; A.Gamble ; D.Lane - PART I: THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT - The United States and the European Union: The End of Hegemony?; A.Gamble -The EU: Divisions and Unity in European External Policies; M.Telò - Russia's Transformation: The Rise of a World Power?; D.Lane - The Implications of the Rise of China; M.Jacques - PART II: DIVISIONS WITHIN EUROPE - Divisions betweenElites; G.Lengyel - Divisions between Elites and Citizens; M.Haller - European Elites and the Middle East; R.Hollis - PART III: POLITICAL ECONOMY OF EUROPE- Varieties of Capitalism and Europeanization: National Response Strategies Revisited; G.Menz - The Primacy of Domestic Politics; O.Holman - National or European Social Models? Contesting European Welfare Futures; B.Clift - European Economic Policy: Protectionism as an Elite Strategy; V.Phuong Mai Le, P.Minford ; E.Nowell - The European Union: A Player in World Energy Politics?; S.Bromley - PART IV: WHITHER THE EUROPEAN UNION? - European Elites on the European Union: What Vision for the Future?; V.Schmidt - Towards a European Identity?; M.Guibernau
- ISBN: 978-0-230-22149-9
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha Publicación: 12/08/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés