Euro-skepticism
A Reader
Ronald Tiersky (Anthology Editor) , Charles de Gaulle (Contributor) , Stanley Hoffmann (Contributor) , Margaret Thatcher (Contributor) , Kate Hansen Bundt (Contributor) , John J. Mearsheimer (Contributor) ,
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Description
An anthology of skeptical viewpoints of European integration has long been missing. Yet the need for students to have a spectrum of opinion on the EU has never been greater. This reader provides a timely corrective as the euro has plunged in value during its early existence and the Danes have voted against joining up. Exploring underreported and often mischaracterized 'Euro-skeptic' arguments over the goals and methods of European integration, this collection brings together 'Euro-skeptic,' 'Euro-pessimistic,' and 'Euro-phobic' speeches, essays, and other documents (some for the first time in English translation) that illustrate the range of opposition to the European Union. Balancing against the integrationist goal of federalism, the book gives a full airing to the various arguments against 'ever-closer union.' The reader offers classic statements of the 'Europe of the Nations' views of Charles de Gaulle and Margaret Thatcher, as well as the current French 'sovereignists' such as Charles Pasqua and Jean-Pierre Chev_nement and includes more recent British arguments by Michael Portillo and Noel Malcolm. There are interviews with and analyses of far-right or 'national-right' movements and their leaders-Jsrg Haider and the Austrian Freedom party and Jean-Marie Le Pen and the French National Front. The special case of Norway-the only country that has said 'no' (twice) to EU membership-is analyzed by a Norwegian scholar, and two historians argue that European integration overall is in some sense a great illusion or a misguided 'division of the West.'
Table of Contents
Chapter 2 Europe
Chapter 3 Obstinate or Obsolete?: France, European Integration, and the Fate of the Nation-State
Chapter 4 The Babel Express: Relations with the European Community, 1987-1990
Chapter 5 Speech at the College of Europe, Bruges, 20 September 1988
Chapter 6 Why the Norwegians Said No
Chapter 7 Back to the Future: Instability in Europe after the Cold War
Chapter 8 The Case against "Europe"
Chapter 9 Jean-Marie Le Pen, the French National Front, and "Europe"
Chapter 10 Europe: Escaping the Trap
Chapter 11 Which France for Which Europe?
Chapter 12 EU Ostracism of Austria
Chapter 13 The Haider Phenomenon
Chapter 14 Diary of a Trip to Vienna: Jorg Haider's Austria
Chapter 15 The Euro: The Engine that Couldn't
Chapter 16 Democratic Values and the Currency
Chapter 17 The Degeneration of EMU
Chapter 18 Europe: The Grand Illusion
Chapter 19 "Europe" and the "Anglosphere"
Chapter 20 Conclusion: Expansive, Fractious, but Not Yet Fearsome
Product details
| Published | 30 Jul 2001 |
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| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 328 |
| ISBN | 9780742579149 |
| Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
| Series | Europe Today |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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