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Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 36
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Language
English
Description
The European Union is the largest economic entity in the world and one of the largest political entities, with 493 million people in 2006. Fully updated for 2007 to include controversial and current topics such as the Union's enlargement and its role in ongoing world affairs, this accessible Very Short Introduction shows how and why the Union has developed, how its institutions work, and what it does--from the single market to the Euro, and from agriculture...
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 36
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
Fourth edition.
Physical Desc
xix, 174 pages : illustrations, maps ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
The European Union (EU) stands out as a fascinatingly unique political organisation. On the one hand, it has shown the potential for developing deep and wide-ranging cooperation between member states, going far beyond that found anywhere else in the world. On the other, it is currently in the throes of a phase of profound uncertainty about its viability and future. Showing how and why the EU has developed from 1950 to the present day, this Very Short...
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 232 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From one of the most perceptive observers of the English today comes a brilliantly insightful, mordantly funny account of their seemingly irrational embrace of nationalism. England's recent lurch to the right appears to be but one example of the nationalist wave sweeping across the world, yet as acclaimed Irish critic Fintan O'Toole suggests in The Politics of Pain, it is, in reality, a phenomenon rooted in World War II. We must look not to the vagaries...
Author
Series
Pelican books volume 26
Publisher
Pelican
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 372 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 19 cm.
Language
English
5) Autumn
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"From the Man Booker-shortlisted and Baileys Prize-winning author of How to be both: a breathtakingly inventive new novel--about aging, time, love, and stories themselves--that launches an extraordinary quartet of books called Seasonal. Readers love Ali Smith's novels for their peerless innovation and their joyful celebration of language and life. Her newest, Autumn, has all of these qualities in spades, and--good news for fans!--is the first installment...
6) After Europe
Author
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
v, 120 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In this provocative book, renowned public intellectual Ivan Krastev reflects on the future of the European Union--and its potential lack of a future. With far-right nationalist parties on the rise across the continent and the United Kingdom planning for Brexit, the European Union is in disarray and plagued by doubts as never before. Krastev includes chapters devoted to Europe's major problems (especially the political destabilization sparked by the...
Series
Reference shelf volume 77, no. 1
Publisher
H.W. Wilson
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
ix, 177 : ill., map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xi, 242 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A veteran foreign correspondent with unique access to Emmanuel Macron delivers the inside story of his turbulent presidency, designed to fight the rise of populist nationalism and hold the European project together, in the face of daunting opposition in France and abroad"--
10) Poland
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
©2006
Physical Desc
88 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines Poland and how the European Union has helped the country. Includes recipes.
11) France
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
©2006
Physical Desc
88 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Examines France and it's participation in the European Union.
Author
Series
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
xxxii, 202 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Slavoj Žižek and Srećko Horvat combine their critical clout to emphasize the dangers of ignoring Europe's growing wealth gap and the parallel rise in right-wing nationalism, which is directly tied to the fallout from the ongoing financial crisis and its prescription of imposed austerity. To general observers, the European Union's economic woes appear to be its greatest problem, but the real peril is an ongoing ideological-political crisis that...
14) Austria
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest Publishers
Pub. Date
©2006
Physical Desc
88 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
All about the European nation Austria and its membership in the European Union.
Author
Series
Publisher
Encounter Books
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
48 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
Daniel Hannan, a British Conservative Member of the European Parliament, calls on Americans to avoid Europe's future. He traces the common roots of British and American liberty, and describes how both countries are losing their inheritance as government crowds out the private sphere. He calls for a renewed commitment to the Anglosphere: the alliance of free, English-speaking nations which has preserved freedom in our time.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxix, 416 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Discusses how the 2008 financial crisis revealed the shortcomings of the euro and how it has caused Europe's economic stagnation, and outlines three possible plans for moving forward.
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 524
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xviii, 152 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
The European Union is rarely out of the news and, as it deals with the consequences of the Brexit vote and struggles to emerge from the eurozone crisis, it faces difficult questions about its future. In this debate, the law has a central role to play, whether the issue be the governance of the eurozone, the internal market, 'clawing back powers from Europe' or reducing so-called 'Brussels red tape'. 00In this Very Short Introduction Anthony Arnull...
18) Safe third countries: extending the EU asylum and immigration policies to Central and Eastern Europe
Author
Publisher
CEU Press
Pub. Date
c1999
Physical Desc
xii, 189 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
xi, 213 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A world-renowned economist offers cogent and powerful reflections on one of the great avoidable economic catastrophes of the modern era. The economic crisis in Greece is a potential international disaster and one of the most extraordinary monetary and political dramas of our time. The financial woes of this relatively small European nation threaten the long-term viability of the Euro while exposing the flaws in the ideal of continental unity. "Solutions"...
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