The European Union A Polity of States and Peoples
by Walter van Gerven (Author)
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Stanford University Press (21 Mar. 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0804750645
ISBN-*: 978-0804750646
Product Dimensions:15.2 x 2.5 x 22.9 cm
This book provides a general introduction to the European Union (EU) and describes how, from its origin in 1952, it has grown into a polity of 25 states with a population of more than 450 million.
"This
book demonstrates the same lucidity and wisdom regarding the European
Union that students of the European Court of Justice have come to expect
from van Gerven's writings from the bench. Van Gerven raises and
analyzes a series of important questions about democratic accountability
and the rule of law in the EU, and about the meaning and the content of
the proposed European Constitution." --Mark Pollack, Temple University
"This
book, written by one of the greatest scholars of European law, provides
a rare insight into the evolving European constitutionalism.
Itsanalytical narrative explores themes of democracy, accountability,
humanrights and the rule of law and draws comparisons between the U.S.
and European political systems. The end result is an excellent essay on
European governance." --Takis Tridimas, University of London
This
book provides a general introduction to the European Union (EU) as an
ever closer union of states and peoples. It describes how, from its
origin in 1958 as an economic community of six states, the EU has grown
into a political entity of 25 states with a population of more than 450
million. It also explains the constitution-making process that is
currently taking place--with a draft constitution now being submitted
for ratification by the 25 member states. The book shows how the
distinctive features of a democratic polity that characterize the
separate EU member states are gradually replicated in the European Union
and how the Union is on its way to becoming a democratic polity of its
own kind.
Van Gerven writes from a legal perspective, with an eye to
political theory and recent American and European history, and with a
diverse readership from both sides of the Atlantic in mind.
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