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A revisionist interpretation of the post-war evolution of European integration and the European Union (EU), this book reappraises and reassesses conventional explanations of European integration. It adopts a federalist approach which supplements state-based arguments with federal political ideas ...

A revisionist interpretation of the post-war evolution of European integration and the European Union (EU), this book reappraises and reassesses conventional explanations of European integration. It adopts a federalist approach which supplements state-based arguments with federal political ideas, influences and strategies. By exploring the philosophical and historical origins of federal ideas and tracing their influence throughout the whole of the EU's evolution, the book makes a significant contribution to the scholarly debate about the nature and development of the EU. The book looks at federal ideas stretching back to the sixteenth century and demonstrates their fundamental continuity to contemporary European integration. It situates these ideas in the broad context of post-war western Europe and underlines their practical relevance in the activities of Jean Monnet and Altiero Spinelli. Post-war empirical developments are explored from a federalist perspective, revealing an enduring persistence of federal ideas which have been either ignored or overlooked in conventional interpretations. The book challenges traditional conceptions of the post-war and contemporary evolution of the EU, to reassert and reinstate federalism in theory and practice at the very core of European integration.

The evolution of the European Community has not followed a smooth path on the way to European Union. Richard McAllister's comprehensive history considers a number of key episodes and periods that have had a long-term impact in shaping the European Community, providing a reminder of key battles to ...

The evolution of the European Community has not followed a smooth path on the way to European Union. Richard McAllister's comprehensive history considers a number of key episodes and periods that have had a long-term impact in shaping the European Community, providing a reminder of key battles to date. Community institutions, member states and non-members have all sought to mould the European Community according to their individal wishes. Consequently the European Union has been shaped by the interaction between various grand designs as well as real world crises. The process towards European Union has been neither predictable nor controllable. This book is thus a timely reminder that the world is not a simple or predictable place.

Andrew Moravcsik analyzes the history of the region's movement toward economic & political union. Economic interdependence has been, he maintains, the primary force compelling these democracies to move in this surprising direction. Far from demonstrating the impotence or irrelevance of the modern ...

Andrew Moravcsik analyzes the history of the region's movement toward economic & political union. Economic interdependence has been, he maintains, the primary force compelling these democracies to move in this surprising direction. Far from demonstrating the impotence or irrelevance of the modern nation-state, the history of the European Community reveals a distinctly modern form of power politics.