Creating European Citizens

By Willem Maas

Book Overview

Exploring a key aspect of European integration, this clear and thoughtful book considers the remarkable experiment with common rights and citizenship in the EU. Explaining this innovation--why states cede their sovereignty and eradicate or redefine the boundaries of the political community by including "foreigners"--Willem Maas analyzes the development of European citizenship within the larger context of the evolution of rights. More than simply a free trade market, the goal of building a community among peoples--creating European citizens--has informed European integration since its origins. The author argues that its success or failure will not only determine the future of Europe but provide lessons for political integration elsewhere.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742554864
• ISBN13: 9780742554863
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary