The new totalitarian temptation
Subtitle: global governance and the crisis of democracy in Europe
By: by Todd Huizinga
Publisher: Encounter Books
Published: 2016
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781594037894; 9781594037900
Subjects: Supranationalism; European Union; Democracy
Description: Argues that the European Union is antidemocratic and can only be reformed with a commitment to democratic sovereignty.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: One Something Completely Different : The Uniqueness of the EU; title: Post-Modern : The EU as an Unanswered Question; title: The Utopian Dream of World Peace : The EU and Global Governance; title: Out of the Ashes of Wa r: The European Coal and Steel Community; title: ECSC to EU : The Transformation of Europe; title: Ever Closer Union : The Cloak of Constructive Ambiguity; title: The Failed Referenda : Getting it Right the Second Time; title: Ecrasez l'Infame : The EU Constitution and Religion; title: The Eurozone Crisis : The Politics Behind the Money; title: Absolute Autonomy : The Global Ethic of Women's Rights; title: The Deconstruction of Human Nature : LGBTI Rights; title: Hate Speech, Anti-Discrimination and Re-Educating Children : Religious Freedom in a Post-Christian Europe; title: Global Governance and National Sovereignty; title: The Despotic Face of Global Governance : Universal Jurisdiction and the    International Criminal Court; title: Binding the Leviathan : The U.S. War on Terror vs. the EU's Global Vision; title: Post-Christian Europe and Religion in America; title: The Eurozone Crisis : Unprecedented Integration or EU Break-up?; title: Demographics and Islam : The Primary Challenges for Europe's Future; title: The European Elections and the Crisis of Democracy in Europe; title: Epilogue : Will America Follow the EU into the Soft Utopia?