Christian Democracy and the Origins of European Union Paperback / softback
by Wolfram (Professor of European Studies, University of Portsmouth) Kaiser
Part of the New Studies in European History series
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Major study of the role of European Christian democratic parties in the making of the European Union.
It radically re-conceptualises European integration in long-term historical perspective as the outcome of partisan competition of political ideologies and parties and their guiding ideas for the future of Europe.
Wolfram Kaiser takes a comparative approach to political Catholicism in the nineteenth century, Catholic parties in interwar Europe and Christian democratic parties in postwar Europe and studies these parties' cross-border contacts and co-ordination of policy-making.
He shows how well networked party elites ensured that the origins of European Union were predominately Christian democratic, with considerable repercussions for the present-day EU.
The elites succeeded by intensifying their cross-border communication and coordinating their political tactics and policy making in government.
This is a major contribution to the new transnational history of Europe and the history of European integration.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:390 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:03/03/2011
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- ISBN:9780521173971
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:390 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:03/03/2011
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- ISBN:9780521173971