Birthmarks of Europe
Subtitle: the Origins of the European Community Reconsidered
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781351162449
Subjects: History; European Union
Description: "By studying the negotiations which led to the conclusion of the original Treaty of Rome and the creation of the European Economic Community, this informative book, based on recently released archival sources, analyses the Franco-German bargain which shaped the Community's initial framework and policies. This is not just another book about Franco-German relations and the founding of the European Union. It presents a new theoretical framework which relates the founding of the European Community to its later development. An attempt to apply the ideational framework of the original Community to later developments, such as the single market and the Treaty on European Union, finds that the Union is still shaped by many of the ideas of the founding fathers. Birthmarks of Europe will be useful to teachers and students of the history and politics of the European Union, as well as to those studying the dynamics of the development of other regional integration networks."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1 Introduction  -- Edelgard Mahant; title: chapter 2 European Integration to 1955  -- Edelgard Mahant; title: chapter 3 French Elites  -- Edelgard Mahant; title: chapter 4 German Elites  -- Edelgard Mahant; title: chapter 5 National Elites and the Negotiation of the Treaty of Rome  -- Edelgard Mahant; title: chapter 6 The Negotiations  -- Edelgard Mahant; title: chapter 7 Ideas and Interests  -- Edelgard Mahant; title: chapter 8 Birthmarks of Europe  -- Edelgard Mahant; title: chapter 9 Conclusions -- Edelgard Mahant.