Ever Closer Union: An Introduction to European Integration

by Desmond Dinan

Desmond Dinan cuts through the complexities of the European Union to explain clearly the evolution of European integration from the 1950s to the present.
This new edition of his book retains the familiar three-part structure - history, institutions, and policies - but includes two entirely new one on key developments in the 1993-1999 period (e.g., the 1995 enlargement, the 1996-1997 intergovernmental conference, the Amsterdam Treaty, and preparations and prospects for EU enlargement into Central and Eastern Europe) and one exploring the increasingly complicated political and economic relationship between the United States and the EU, the world's leading trading powers.

Genres: Politics, Nonfiction, History

597 pages, Paperback

First published July 28, 1994

Reviews

[Aliya · Rating 5 out of 5]

I also had to read this book as my professor, Dr. Dinan, was rewriting it, or should I updating it. The Lisbon Treaty had just been put into place in the European Union States and he had to explain what changes were made. This book more about the history and governmental structure of the EU. Once one reads the book, the EU is definitely clear as to why everything is done the way it is today. It is a very complicated subjected I must. Yet very intriguing.

[Lewis · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very decent introduction to those wishing to get into EU Politics. Much more thorough than alternatives, but should be kept as a place to start further research rather than the only thing you ever read on the matter.

[darya · Rating 1 out of 5]

May 12th

[Lasha]

Nothing