Europe United: Power Politics and the Making of the European Community

by Sebastian Rosato

Book Overview

The construction of the European Community (EC) has widely been understood as the product of either economic self-interest or dissatisfaction with the nation-state system. In Europe United, Sebastian Rosato challenges these conventional explanations, arguing that the Community came into being because of balance of power concerns. France and the Federal Republic of Germany--the two key protagonists in the story--established the EC at the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801478499
• ISBN13: 9780801478499
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher