The Netherlands and European Integration, 1950 to Present

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-94-6372-813-3
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, 334 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 472 g

Reihe: Amsterdam University Press

On 9 May 1950, France launched a revolutionary plan for supranational cooperation in Western Europe. The Netherlands was taken completely by surprise. In the decades that followed, European integration moved forward at an unprecedented pace, taking the Netherlands with it. Geography and the post-war world seemed to leave the country no other choice. European integration forced — and is still forcing — the Netherlands on a far-reaching ‘journey to the continent’. For the Netherlands, European integration represents a difficult journey to a new old world that often seems far off. How has that journey progressed so far? Why did the Netherlands join the common European market and currency from the very beginning? Was this course inevitable? And where has it brought the country? Using new, international source material, The Netherlands and European Integration, 1950 to Present digs deeply into the history of the Netherlands in Europe — a subject that is today more topical than ever.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Segers, Mathieu

Weitere Mitwirkende

Brown, Andy

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue: Dinner in Laeken (1989), 1. American concepts: building Europe (1947-1949), 2. Magical realism (1949-1951), 3. The Beyen Plan (1951-1954), 4. Around Cologne cathedral (1954-1957), 5. A Europe of conspiracies (1957-1968), 6. At home in the Basel biotope (1968-1974), 7. Sturm und Drang (1974-1982), 8. The hand of French-German friendship (1982-1989), 9. After Strasbourg: a different party than expected (1989-1992), Epilogue: the call of Calypso, Notes, Sources and references, Abbreviations, Acknowledgements, Index of names, Subject index

Über Autor(innen)

Mathieu Segers (1976) is Professor of Contemporary European History and European Integration at Maastricht University.