About this book
In 1969 a small group of US scholars began discussing the possibility of starting a consortium of Western European Studies programmes. Europe was increasingly becoming an object of study and it was felt that greater coordination of the intellectual effort would help avoid duplication and further the acceleration of research. So began the Council for European Studies.
In commemoration of the founding of the Council fifty years ago, this volume brings together some of the most influential Europeanists writing today to take stock of the subject and to consider the most fruitful avenues for future research. With European democracy seemingly under threat from populism on the left and the right, the economies of countries still struggling to emerge from a decade of recession and stagnating growth, environmental concerns paramount and the quest for social cohesion a distant goal, the contributors to this volume bring their insight to bear on the fertile ground that the EU and the continent more broadly offer researchers.
The contributors – drawn from 52 institutions across the globe – present a wide range of perspectives on Europe's past and present, and the key challenges facing its future, such as immigration, multiculturalism, nationalism and integration. Although it remains to be seen whether Europeans will continue to promote the dream of union or whether they will retreat back into their nation states, these essays offer valuable insights into how Europe might respond and the changing nature of what it means to be a European.
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Table of contents
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Contributors
- Chap 01
- Chap 02
- Chap 03
- Chap 04
- Chap 05
- Chap 06
- Chap 07
- Chap 08
- Chap 09
- Chap 10
- Chap 11
- Chap 12
- Chap 13
- Chap 14
- Chap 15
- Chap 16
- Chap 17
- Chap 18
- Chap 19
- Chap 20
- Chap 21
- Chap 22
- Chap 23
- Chap 24
- Chap 25
- Chap 26
- Chap 27
- Chap 28
- Chap 29
- Chap 30
- Chap 31
- Chap 32
- Chap 33
- Chap 34
- Chap 35
- Chap 36
- Chap 37
- Chap 38
- Chap 39
- Chap 40
- Chap 41
- Chap 42
- Chap 43
- Chap 44
- Chap 45
- References
- About the Council for European Studies
- Index