What Kind of Europe?
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As the European Union moves towards enlargement, What Kind of Europe? pinpoints the crucial issues which will shape its future as a regional, economic, and political entity. Loukas Tsoukalis is one of the world's leading scholars on European integration; in this book he writes for any reader interested in the key democratic choices facing Europe's citizens.Features
- Updated and expanded version of the very well received hardback edition
- A timely contribution to the debate on the future of Europe
- Analyses crucial issues including the single currency, economic and welfare policies, immigration, defence, and Europe's relationship with the USA
- Written for a wide audience, by one of Europe's leading scholars on European integration
- Challenges Europeans to become more politically aware of the democratic choices facing them
Reviews
"Extremely well-written, this book touches lightly and deftly on many of the internal and external pressure building as the EU proceeds along its path to an unknown destination. Thus, it is a book to be recommended to the general reader who does not wish to become enmeshed in the exquisite minutiae of EU history and policy. An excellent overview of the main economic policies of the EU--not in great detail, but sketching their origins and major evolutions. They contain a highly readable account of the EU's historical development that will be very informative for general readers. The exposition is complemented by a wealth of statistical data, intelligently presented, which lays out the broad economic trends of the past fifty years."--Political Science Quarterly
"This is not just one more book on the theory of European integration, nor a specialized study of the intricacies of E.U. governance and policymaking. It is, quite simply, the most readable, comprehensive and balanced account yet of an extraordinary experiment in interstate cooperation."--Foreign Affairs
"Loukas Tsoukalis... is an EU insider par excellence. He has managed to write a book about the European Union which takes on big questions and writes about them in clear and lively language.... all sides in the argument about the future of the European Union would profit from reading his book, which manages to summarise old arguments in a succinct and accessible way, while also introducing stimulating new ideas to the debate."--The Economist
About the Author(s)
Loukas Tsoukalis, Jean Monnet Professor of European Organization, University of Athens; Professorial Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Florence
