The Supranational Politics of Jean Monnet: Ideas and Origins of the European Community

Author:   Frederic J. Fransen
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Volume:   No. 87
ISBN:  

9780313318290


Pages:   184
Publication Date:   30 April 2001
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Format:   Hardback
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The Supranational Politics of Jean Monnet: Ideas and Origins of the European Community


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Although previous advocates of European Unity proposed the replacement of the balance of power model of international relations, Jean Monnet was the first to try to do so along Franco-German rather than Franco-British lines. He concluded that restrictions on national sovereignty were essential and that there were steps that could be taken prior to full federation. Through his Community method, Monnet hoped to create a French-led, continental federation within a Western association. His United States of Europe was aimed not only back at the Franco-German conflict, but also forward to the problem of Europe's place in the world. This study explores Jean Monnet's European project and the intentions behind it from World War I to the 1960s. Fransen relies on a close and comparative reading of Monnet's notes and documents, placed in their political and historical context. Most work on Monnet's contribution begins with his later presence as an elder statesman of the European movement and reads his later pronouncements back into his earlier work. This book takes the opposite approach and, by concentrating on his earlier work, is able to show a more complicated picture of Monnet's aspirations than has been presented to date.

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Author:   Frederic J. Fransen
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Volume:   No. 87
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.397kg
ISBN:  

9780313318290


ISBN 10:   0313318298
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   30 April 2001
Recommended Age:   From 7 to 17 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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?Fransen's thorough study will be key reading for those concerned with the history and development of integration, and should be available in all libraries. It will repay a wider readership too, not least as a striking case study of the practice of the art of the possible by a master of the art of 'wheeling and dealing' whose view of what was possible was larger, wider, and more soundly and intelligently based than those of almost all his contemporaries.?-Regional & Federal Studies Fransen's thorough study will be key reading for those concerned with the history and development of integration, and should be available in all libraries. It will repay a wider readership too, not least as a striking case study of the practice of the art of the possible by a master of the art of 'wheeling and dealing' whose view of what was possible was larger, wider, and more soundly and intelligently based than those of almost all his contemporaries. -Regional & Federal Studies


?Fransen's thorough study will be key reading for those concerned with the history and development of integration, and should be available in all libraries. It will repay a wider readership too, not least as a striking case study of the practice of the art of the possible by a master of the art of 'wheeling and dealing' whose view of what was possible was larger, wider, and more soundly and intelligently based than those of almost all his contemporaries.?-Regional & Federal Studies


Fransen's thorough study will be key reading for those concerned with the history and development of integration, and should be available in all libraries. It will repay a wider readership too, not least as a striking case study of the practice of the art of the possible by a master of the art of 'wheeling and dealing' whose view of what was possible was larger, wider, and more soundly and intelligently based than those of almost all his contemporaries. -Regional & Federal Studies ?Fransen's thorough study will be key reading for those concerned with the history and development of integration, and should be available in all libraries. It will repay a wider readership too, not least as a striking case study of the practice of the art of the possible by a master of the art of 'wheeling and dealing' whose view of what was possible was larger, wider, and more soundly and intelligently based than those of almost all his contemporaries.?-Regional & Federal Studies


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FREDERIC J. FRANSEN is a Fellow at Liberty Fund, Inc., an educational foundation./e He spent three years in Brussels as a researcher studying military policy in NATO and political integration within the European Community. Thereafter, he completed his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago's Committee on Social Thought.

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