European Integration and Political Conflict(ISBN=97805215350
Over the past half-century, Europe has experienced the mostradical reallocation of authority that has ever taken place inpeace-time, yet the ideological conflicts that will emerge fromthis are only now becoming apparent. The editors of this volume,Gary Marks and Marco Steenbergen, have brought together aformidable group of scholars of European and comparative politicsto investigate patterns of conflict that are arising in theEuropean Union. Using diverse sources of data, and examining arange of actors, including citizens, political parties, members ofthe European Parliament, social movements, and interest groups, theauthors of this volume conclude that political contestationconcerning European integration is indeed rooted in the basicconflicts that have shaped political life in Western Europe formany years. This comprehensive volume provides the most up-to-dateanalysis of political conflict in the European Union. ? Study of how the integration of Europe has affected politicalconflict and debate ?
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