Europe as Empire: The Nature of the Enlarged European Union
"Jan Zielonka's book may well prove to be the most important work of EU political theory since Andrew Moravcsik'sThe Choice for Europe."--he International History Review"Europe as Empireis an ambitious and an important book which presents a radical case for a Europe perpetually enlarging, perpetually decentralizing and finding new ways to bring accountability and legitimacy...Zielonka brings a passion for Europe along with a refreshing scepticism of its ambitions...and an ability to write clearly and elegantly, eschewing overly complex theory while also demonstrating considerable academic erudition."--European Foreign Affairs Review"Europe as Empireis an ambitious and an important book which presents a radical case for a Europe perpetually enlarging, perpetually decentralizing and finding new ways to bring accountability and legitimacy...Zielonka brings a passion for Europe along with a refreshing scepticism of its ambitions...and an ability to write clearly and elegantly, eschewing overly complex theory while also demonstrating considerable academic erudition."--European Foreign Affairs Review"Jan Zielonka's book may well prove to be the most important work of EU political theory since Andrew Moravcsik'sThe Choice for Europe."--he International History Review"The book's main focus, and its greatest strength, is to show us how central and eastern European countries have been adapting to the EU and how the EU has been adapting to its enlargement to the east... The book represents an important contribution to our understanding of the EU, and in particular of the integration of central and eastern European states into the EU, and of the prospects of continued enlargement, as well."--Political Science Quarterly