Europe As Empire The Nature of the Enlarged European Union,9780199292219

Europe As Empire The Nature of the Enlarged European Union

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ISBN13: 9780199292219
ISBN10: 0199292213
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-06-01
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

This book offers a strikingly new perspective on EU enlargement. Basing his findings on substantial empirical evidence, Zielonka presents a carefully argued account of the kind of political entity the European Union is becoming, with particular reference

Author Biography


Jan Zielonka is Professor of European Politics at the University of Oxford and Ralf Dahrendorf Fellow at St Antony's College.

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables ix
Introduction: the neo-medieval paradigm 1(22)
Genesis of the book
2(2)
Unidentified political object
4(3)
Should Europe become a state?
7(2)
The neo-medieval alternative
9(2)
Two types of empire
11(3)
Uses and abuses of models
14(6)
Structure of the book
20(3)
1. Return to Europe 23(21)
Assessing Eastern European progress
25(4)
Market reforms and social peace
29(4)
Constitutional liberalism or praetorianism?
33(1)
Flash points that never flashed
34(2)
Comparison with other post-Communist states
36(6)
Conclusions
42(2)
2. European power politics 44(21)
The purpose of accession
49(5)
Imperial design and the process of accession
54(3)
Benign empire in action
57(2)
Agents behind the accession
59(4)
Conclusions
63(2)
3. Diversity and adaptation 65(26)
Diversity and European integration
67(4)
Diversity and European institutions
71(3)
Economic 'fault lines' in the enlarged EU
74(4)
Diversity in democracy and political culture
78(5)
The American bias
83(5)
Conclusions
88(3)
4. Economic governance 91(26)
The challenge of internal cohesion
94(6)
The global competition challenge
100(5)
The cross-border interdependence challenge
105(10)
Conclusions
115(2)
5. Democratic governance 117(23)
Governance structure
120(5)
Majoritarianism versus constitutionalism
125(8)
Public space and democratic culture
133(4)
Conclusions
137(3)
6. Governance beyond borders 140(24)
The EU as an international actor
143(7)
The emerging international system in Europe
150(6)
Competing universalistic claims: EU versus United States
156(6)
Conclusions
162(2)
Conclusions: implications of neo-medievalism 164(28)
What makes Europe neo-medieval
166(5)
Integration through enlargement
171(5)
Governing the neo-medieval Europe
176(6)
Legitimacy in the neo-medieval Europe
182(4)
Participation, representation, and contestation
186(3)
The case for optimism
189(3)
Notes 192(80)
Bibliography 272(13)
Index 285

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