Design for a New Europe

This book discusses how the European integration process broke down, but also how it can be repaired.

John Gillingham (Author), Wang Yuanhe (Translated by)

9780521686648, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 27 April 2006

298 pages
22.9 x 15.3 x 2.2 cm, 0.444 kg

'By combining the objectivity of the outsider with his insider's knowledge, Gillingham succeeds in painting a persuasive and compelling portrait of the European Union after the rejection of the Constitutional Treaty. This insightful study brings the major developments in Europe to life and puts them into a global perspective. Design for a New Europe is a lucid, well-written account of what is wrong with the EU and how it can be fixed. It is a must-read for Europhiles and Eurosceptics alike.' Tom Zwart, University of Utrecht School of Law

How did the process of European integration break down; how can it be repaired? In European Integration, 1950–2003, John Gillingham reviewed the history of the European project and predicted the rejection of the European constitution. Now the world's leading expert on the EU maps out a route to save the Union. The four chapters of this penetrating, fiercely-argued and often witty book subject today's dysfunctional European Union to critical scrutiny in an attempt to show how it is stunting economic growth, sapping the vitality of national governments, and undermining competitiveness. It explains how the attempt to revive the EU by turning it into a champion of research and development will backfire and demonstrates how Europe's great experiment in political and economic union can succeed only if the wave of liberal reform now under way in the historically downtrodden east is allowed to sweep away the prosperous and complacent west.

Introduction
1. Governance
2. Economics
3. Innovation
4. Democracy
Conclusion.

Subject Areas: Political economy [KCP], Comparative politics [JPB], Politics & government [JP], European history [HBJD], Regional studies [GTB]