Europe Today: A Twenty-first Century IntroductionRonald Tiersky, Erik Jones This clearly written and comprehensive book is the only text that offers a sustained and unified set of both country case studies and analysis of the European Union. The contributors, an authoritative group of Americans and Europeans, explore the new Europe-west and east-using intertwining themes of domestic politics, European integration, and European security. Each chapter provides a foundation of basic political information and explanation, enhanced by distinctive and informed perspectives on current issues. Now thoroughly revised for 2007, Europe Today presents the most up-to-date and thoughtful treatment available on the war in Iraq, debates over NATO's evolving role, U.S.-European relations, enlargement issues, and the challenges of terrorism in a European context. All chapters from the second edition have been thoroughly revised, and completely new chapters have been added on France, Great Britain, Russia, Central and Eastern Europe, EU law, and terrorism. |
Common terms and phrases
accession agreement areas Balkans Blair Britain British Brussels challenge coalition Cold War communist Community competition constitutional cooperation culture currency Czech Republic defense democracy Denmark East Eastern Europe economic election electoral enlargement established Estonia EU law EU's euro European Commission European Council European integration European Union federal Finland force foreign policy France French Germany global growth immigration institutions Iraq issue Italian Italy join Kosovo Labour leaders Maastricht Maastricht Treaty major membership ment military monetary Muslim national courts NATO's negotiations Nordic Norway organizations parliament parliamentary parties pean percent Poland political population president prime minister problems Putin referendum reform regional Republic responsibility role Russia Scandinavian Slovenia Social Democrats Soviet Union stability strategic Sweden terrorism terrorist tion trade transatlantic treaty Treaty of Rome Turkey unemployment United University Press vote voters Western Yeltsin
Popular passages
Page 5 - IT is TIME to stop pretending that Europeans and Americans share a common view of the world, or even that they occupy the same world.