Europe Without Illusions

Author : Andrew Moravcsik
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0761831282

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Table of Contents Europe Without Illusions : The Paul-Henri Spaak Lectures, 1994-1999 by Moravcsik, Andrew Terms of Use Weatherhead Center for International Affairs: Executive Committee, 2003-2004 p. vii The Paul-Henri Spaak Lectures-1994-1999 p. x Foreword Jorge I. Dominguez p. xi Preface Frank Boas p. xiv Part I Editor's Introduction Europe without Illusions Andrew Moravcsik p. 3 Part II The Paul-Henri Spaak Lectures, 1994-1999 1 The Disappointing Partnership between British Governments and Europe: Why the Paul-Henri Spaak Tradition Rarely Embraces London Right Honorable Lord Roy Jenkins p. 47 2 The Global Challenge: Opportunities and Choices in the Multilateral Trading System Ambassador Renato Ruggiero p. 61 3 From Europe to EUrope: A Story of Hope, Trial and Error Ralf Dahrendorf p. 77 4 The New Europe: How to Overcome Forty Years of Division Uffe Ellemann-Jensen p. 91 5 Europe and the Balkans: The Role of Greece George Papandreou p. 103 Part III Conference Proceedings 6 Transatlantic Relations One Year after September 11 p. 121 Conference Participants p. 191 Descriptive content provided by Syndetics"! a Bowker service. Summary Europe Without Illusions : The Paul-Henri Spaak Lectures, 1994-1999 by Moravcsik, Andrew Terms of use Co-published with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, this critical assessment of European Union developments since 1994 combines the texts of five lectures presented at Harvard, an analysis of the EU by Moravcsik (politics, EU program, Princeton) and the proceedings of the 2002 Harvard-Spaack Lecture Conference. Moravcsik's introductory paper, "Europe Without Illusions," reflects the clear-sighted approach taken by the lectures, which discuss the partnership between British governments and Europe, multilateral trading, trial and error in the EU, overcoming divisions, and the role of Greece in the Balkans. The text lacks an index. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) Descriptive content provided by Syndetics"! a Bowker service.

Author : Stuart Sweeney
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-02-28
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781789140934

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Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was one of the pre-eminent figures of the Italian Renaissance – he was also one of the most paradoxical. He spent an incredible amount of time writing notebooks, perhaps even more time than he ever held a brush, yet at the same time Leonardo was Renaissance culture’s most fanatical critic of the word. When Leonardo criticized writing he criticized it as an expert on words; when he was painting, writing remained in the back of his mind. In this book, Joost Keizer argues that the comparison between word and image fuelled Leonardo’s thought. The paradoxes at the heart of Leonardo’s ideas and practice also defined some of Renaissance culture’s central assumptions about culture and nature: that there is a look to script, that painting offered a path out of culture and back to nature, that the meaning of images emerged in comparison with words, and that the difference between image-making and writing also amounted to a difference in the experience of time.

Author : Vaclav Klaus
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781408187647

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Europe by Vaclav Klaus Pdf

In this new book, President Klaus examines the uneasy Europe of today, without illusions or personal attacks, but with a mercilessly realistic view of the system that Europe has created in the last half century. He examines the benefits of integrating the continent in strictly economic terms and explains the tragic flaw in the original plan to do so.

Author : Andrew Moravcsik
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0761831290

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Co-published with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, this book offers a critical assessment of European Union developments since 1994. It combines the texts of the five Paul-Henri Spaak lectures given at Harvard University in the 1994-2000 period, and a cogent analysis of the successes and failures of the EU by Professor Andrew Moravcsik, entitled "Europe without Illusions." The European Union is the most successful voluntary international organization in world history. Europe without Illusions explores the paradox that the EU recently completed perhaps the most successful decade of integration in its history, yet it continues to be widely perceived as unstable and undemocratic. The Center for International Affairs was founded in 1958 and was renamed the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs in 1998 in gratitude for the endowment established by Albert and Celia Weatherhead and the Weatherhead Foundation. The Center was created as a means of confronting global problems. The Center is the largest international research center within Harvard University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. It is distinctive in its recognition that knowledge is a product not only of individual academic research, but also of vigorous, sustained intellectual dialogue among scholars and nonacademic experts. To stimulate this dialogue, the Center sponsors a wide array of seminars, research programs, workshops, and conferences.

Author : Andrew Moravcsik
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801485096

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The Choice for Europe by Andrew Moravcsik Pdf

Observers of the European Union often disagree about the reasons why European governments have chosen to coordinate core economic policies and surrender sovereignty. This volume analyses the history of the region's movement toward union.

Author : Benjamin Martill,Uta Staiger
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781787352773

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Brexit and Beyond by Benjamin Martill,Uta Staiger Pdf

Brexit will have significant consequences for the country, for Europe, and for global order. And yet much discussion of Brexit in the UK has focused on the causes of the vote and on its consequences for the future of British politics. This volume examines the consequences of Brexit for the future of Europe and the European Union, adopting an explicitly regional and future-oriented perspective missing from many existing analyses. Drawing on the expertise of 28 leading scholars from a range of disciplines, Brexit and Beyond offers various different perspectives on the future of Europe, charting the likely effects of Brexit across a range of areas, including institutional relations, political economy, law and justice, foreign affairs, democratic governance, and the idea of Europe itself. Whilst the contributors offer divergent predictions for the future of Europe after Brexit, they share the same conviction that careful scholarly analysis is in need – now more than ever – if we are to understand what lies ahead for the EU. Praise for Brexit and Beyond 'a wide-ranging and thought-provoking tour through the vagaries of British exit, with the question of Europe’s fate never far from sight...Brexit is a wake-up call for the EU. How it responds is an open question—but respond it must. To better understand its options going forward you should turn to this book, which has also been made free online.' Prospect Magazine 'This book explores wonderfully well the bombshell of Brexit: is it a uniquely British phenomenon or part of a wider, existential crisis for the EU? As the tensions and complexities of the Brexit negotiations come to the fore, the collection of essays by leading scholars will prove a very valuable reference for their depth of analysis, their lucidity, and their outlining of future options.' - Kevin Featherstone, Head of the LSE European Institute, London School of Economics 'Brexit and Beyond is a must read. It moves the ongoing debate about what Brexit actually means to a whole new level. While many scholars to date have examined the reasons for the British decision to leave, the crucial question of what Brexit will mean for the future of the European project is often overlooked. No longer. Brexit and Beyond bundles the perspectives of leading scholars of European integration. By doing so, it provides a much needed scholarly guidepost for our understanding of the significance of Brexit, not only for the United Kingdom, but also for the future of the European continent.' - Catherine E. De Vries, Professor in the department of Government, University of Essex and Professor in the department of Political Science and Public Administration Free University Amsterdam 'Brexit and Beyond provides a fascinating (and comprehensive) analysis on the how and why the UK has found itself on the path to exiting the European Union. The talented cast of academic contributors is drawn from a wide variety of disciplines and areas of expertise and this provides a breadth and depth to the analysis of Brexit that is unrivalled. The volume also provides large amounts of expert-informed speculation on the future of both the EU and UK and which is both stimulating and anxiety-inducing.' -Professor Richard Whitman, Head of School, Professor of Politics and International Relations, Director of the Global Europe Centre, University of Kent

Author : Attac Austria
Publisher : Bookbaby
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1543947646

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The European Illusion by Attac Austria Pdf

Does the EU have the potential to become the social and democratic Europe that has been presented to us as a political ideal for decades? ?We must shatter the European illusion and demystify many of our most beloved images of the EU. Only then can we stop arguing over the false dichotomy of reform or exit, and look for the strategies towards the EU and beyond.

Author : Ulrich J. Frey,Charlotte Störmer,Kai P. Willführ
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-24
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642121425

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Homo Novus - A Human Without Illusions by Ulrich J. Frey,Charlotte Störmer,Kai P. Willführ Pdf

Converging evidence from disciplines including sociobiology, evolutionary psychology and human biology forces us to adopt a new idea of what it means to be a human. As cherished concepts such as free will, naïve realism, humans as creation's crowning glory fall and our moral roots in ape group dynamics become clearer, we have to take leave of many concepts that have been central to defining our humanness. What emerges is a new human, the homo novus, a human being without illusions. Leading authors from many different fields explore these issues by addressing a range of illusions and providing evidence for the need, despite considerable reluctance, to relinquish some of our most cherished ideas about ourselves.

Author : Sverker Gustavsson,Christer Karlsson,Thomas Persson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135220587

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The Illusion of Accountability in the European Union by Sverker Gustavsson,Christer Karlsson,Thomas Persson Pdf

This book examines accountability in the EU from different perspectives and considers whether EU citizens have real opportunities for holding decision-makers accountable. This book critically analyses five arguments which claim there are sufficient means for holding decision-makers to account in the Union. The main conclusion is that the current institutional set-up and practice of decision-making in the EU is one that merely creates an illusion of accountability. Using a strict framework focusing on the difference between formal mechanisms and actual opportunities for accountability, this highly coherent volume will be of interest to students and scholars of European politics, especially those interested in the democratic foundations of the European political system. Chapter 1 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 3.0 license. https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/tandfbis/rt-files/docs/Open+Access+Chapters/9780415480994_oachapter1.pdf

Author : David Galloway,University Association for Contemporary European Studies
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105110410359

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The Treaty of Nice and Beyond by David Galloway,University Association for Contemporary European Studies Pdf

Author : Ellen Mickiewicz
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199977840

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No Illusions by Ellen Mickiewicz Pdf

How will the future leaders of Russia regard the world scene? How will they regard the United States, democracy, free speech, and immigration? What do they think of their current leaders? And what sorts of tactics will they bring to international negotiating tables, political and otherwise? No Illusions: The Voices of Russia's Future Leaders provides an engaging, intimate, and unprecedented window into the mindsets of the next generation of leaders in Russian politics, business, and economics. In this book, one hundred and eight students in Russia's three most elite universities, the training grounds for the nation's leadership, reveal their thoughts on international relations, neighboring countries, domestic and international media, democratic movements, and their government in focus groups; they speak candidly, passionately, and sometimes sardonically about America. As well, Ellen Mickiewicz, one of the world's foremost experts on Russian media, politics, and culture, shows how their total immersion in the world of the internet-an immersion that sets them apart from the current generation of Russian leadership and much of the rest of the country-frames the way that they think and affects their trust in their leaders, the media, and their colleagues. Their worldviews are complex and often contradictory, reflecting complicated personalities that are adaptable yet also subject to much internal strife and "splintering." For example, while many of them are planning to go into politics, they express ambivalence about voting; they have favorable views of democracy, but not of the American model; they are shrewd critics of government propaganda and yet have clearly absorbed residue of Cold War defensiveness. Mickiewicz also looks at the nation's massive protests and nascent political movements to show how they came about and to consider what promise they might hold even in times of narrowing opportunities. She profiles several of Russia's up-and-coming leaders, including charismatic and controversial activist and politician Aleksei Navalny, who, even during his legal trials and house arrest, remains the face of the opposition to the Putin regime. As this book shows, the next generation of Russian leadership promises to hold a rather different worldview from that of the current one, yet it is not a worldview that readily embraces American democracy. No Illusions is a thought-provoking and often surprising glimpse into the future of Russia's foreign relations.

Author : Sally Marks
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230629493

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The Illusion of Peace by Sally Marks Pdf

Sally Marks provides a compelling analysis of European diplomacy between the First World War and Hitler's advent. She explores in clear and lively prose the reasons why successive efforts failed to create a lasting peace in the interwar era. Building on the theories of the first edition - many of which have become widely accepted since its publication in 1976 - Marks reassesses Europe's leaders of the period, and the policies of the powers between 1918 and 1933, and beyond. Strongly interpretative and archivally based, The Illusion of Peace examines the emotional, ethnic, and economic factors responsible for international instability, as well as the distortion of the balance of power, the abnormal position of the Soviet Union, the weakness of France and the uncertainty of her relationship with Britain, and the inadequacy of the League of Nations. In so doing, the study clarifies the complex topics of reparations and war debts and challenges traditional assumptions, concluding that widespread western devotion to disarmament and dedication to peace were two of several reasons why democratic statesmen could not respond decisively to Hitler's threat. In this new edition Marks also argues that the Allied failure to bring defeat home to the German people in 1918-19 generated a resentment which contributed to interwar instability and Hitler's rise. This highly successful study has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the latest scholarship. Now in its second edition, it remains the essential introduction to the tense political and diplomatic situation in Europe during the interwar years.

Author : Christopher Layne
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 0801474116

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The Peace of Illusions by Christopher Layne Pdf

In a provocative book about American hegemony, Christopher Layne outlines his belief that U.S. foreign policy has been consistent in its aims for more than sixty years and that the current Bush administration clings to mid-twentieth-century tactics--to no good effect. What should the nation's grand strategy look like for the next several decades? The end of the cold war profoundly and permanently altered the international landscape, yet we have seen no parallel change in the aims and shape of U.S. foreign policy. The Peace of Illusions intervenes in the ongoing debate about American grand strategy and the costs and benefits of "American empire." Layne urges the desirability of a strategy he calls "offshore balancing": rather than wield power to dominate other states, the U.S. government should engage in diplomacy to balance large states against one another. The United States should intervene, Layne asserts, only when another state threatens, regionally or locally, to destroy the established balance. Drawing on extensive archival research, Layne traces the form and aims of U.S. foreign policy since 1940, examining alternatives foregone and identifying the strategic aims of different administrations. His offshore-balancing notion, if put into practice with the goal of extending the "American Century," would be a sea change in current strategy. Layne has much to say about present-day governmental decision making, which he examines from the perspectives of both international relations theory and American diplomatic history.

Author : Tony Judt
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780814724286

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A Grand Illusion? by Tony Judt Pdf

Originally published: New York: Hill and Wang, 1996.

Author : Jack Goldsmith,Tim Wu
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2006-03-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 0198034806

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Who Controls the Internet? by Jack Goldsmith,Tim Wu Pdf

Is the Internet erasing national borders? Will the future of the Net be set by Internet engineers, rogue programmers, the United Nations, or powerful countries? Who's really in control of what's happening on the Net? In this provocative new book, Jack Goldsmith and Tim Wu tell the fascinating story of the Internet's challenge to governmental rule in the 1990s, and the ensuing battles with governments around the world. It's a book about the fate of one idea--that the Internet might liberate us forever from government, borders, and even our physical selves. We learn of Google's struggles with the French government and Yahoo's capitulation to the Chinese regime; of how the European Union sets privacy standards on the Net for the entire world; and of eBay's struggles with fraud and how it slowly learned to trust the FBI. In a decade of events the original vision is uprooted, as governments time and time again assert their power to direct the future of the Internet. The destiny of the Internet over the next decades, argue Goldsmith and Wu, will reflect the interests of powerful nations and the conflicts within and between them. While acknowledging the many attractions of the earliest visions of the Internet, the authors describe the new order, and speaking to both its surprising virtues and unavoidable vices. Far from destroying the Internet, the experience of the last decade has lead to a quiet rediscovery of some of the oldest functions and justifications for territorial government. While territorial governments have unavoidable problems, it has proven hard to replace what legitimacy governments have, and harder yet to replace the system of rule of law that controls the unchecked evils of anarchy. While the Net will change some of the ways that territorial states govern, it will not diminish the oldest and most fundamental roles of government and challenges of governance. Well written and filled with fascinating examples, including colorful portraits of many key players in Internet history, this is a work that is bound to stir heated debate in the cyberspace community.