Beschreibung:
This book demonstrates that a federal Europe is not a serious threat to the survival of the nation-state. Essential reading for all those interested in European federalism, European politics and the history of the EU.
Chapter 1 Federalism, the state and the European idea; Chapter 2 Federalism and federation in Western Europe; Chapter 3 Federalism and the building of Europe, 1950-72; Chapter 4 Federalism and the struggle for European Union, 1973-84; Chapter 5 Federalism, European Union and the Single European Act, 1985-88; Chapter 6 Maastricht: the last treaty of the Cold War, 1989-93; Chapter 7 From Maastricht to Amsterdam, 1994-98; Chapter 8 The European Union as an intellectual puzzle; Chapter 9 Federalism and European Union;