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Overview"Has Europe's extraordinary postwar recovery limped to an end? would seem so. The United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Italy, and former Soviet Bloc countries have experienced ethnic or religious disturbances, sometimes violent. Greece, Ireland, and Spain are menaced by financial crises. And the euro is in trouble. In ""The End of the West"", David Marquand, a former member of the British Parliament, argues that Europe's problems stem from outdated perceptions of global power, and calls for a drastic change in European governance to halt the continent's slide into irrelevance. Taking a searching look at the continent's governing institutions, history, and current challenges, Marquand offers a disturbing diagnosis of Europe's ills to point the way toward a better future. Exploring the baffling contrast between postwar success and current failures, Marquand examines the rebirth of ethnic communities from Catalonia to Flanders, the rise of xenophobic populism, the democratic deficit that stymies EU governance, and the thorny questions of where Europe's borders end and what it means to be European.Marquand contends that as China, India, and other nations rise, Europe must abandon ancient notions of an enlightened West and a backward East. He calls for Europe's leaders and citizens to confront the painful issues of ethnicity, integration, and economic cohesion, and to build a democratic and federal structure. A wake-up call to those who cling to ideas of a triumphalist Europe, ""The End of the West"" shows that the continent must draw on all its reserves of intellectual and political creativity to thrive in an increasingly turbulent world, where the very language of 'East' and 'West' has been emptied of meaning." Full Product DetailsAuthor: David MarquandPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.397kg ISBN: 9780691141596ISBN 10: 0691141592 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 10 April 2011 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Replaced By: 9781400845019 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Language: English Table of ContentsForeword by Ruth O'Brien ix Acknowledgments xiii Chapter I: Prologue 1 Chapter II: Weighing like a Nightmare 27 Chapter III: Hate--and Hope 67 Chapter IV: The Revenge of Politics 102 Chapter V: Which Boundaries? Whose History? 141 Notes 179 Index 189ReviewsA sweeping new assessment of the continent's drift... -- The Guardian [Marquand] the grand old pro-European is on to something when he pokes an inquiring finger into the question of what modern Europe wants to be... [T]his highly readable book offers a compelling description of Europe's modern malaise. -- Anne McElvoy, New Statesman A sweeping new assessment of the continent's drift... -- The Guardian Author Information"David Marquand has been a member of the British Parliament, an official of the European Commission, and principal of Mansfield College, University of Oxford. He is a fellow of the British Academy and the author of many books, including ""Britain since 1918""." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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