{"product_id":"the-political-history-of-european-hagen-schulz-forberg-9780415578837","title":"The Political History of European Integration: The Hypocrisy of Democracy-Through-Market","description":"The Maastricht Treaty in 1992 was based on neoliberal ideas of a market-driven European economy and democracy, and continues to be seen as a step towards a new stage of unification: towards a more federal Europe based on market integration. The authors demonstrate that European integration as a federal project actually came to an end around 1970. The European Economic Community (EEC) - the precursor of EU - was never thought of as a democracy. The authors locate a shift in thinking about legitimacy and further integration in the 1980s when the idea of a European democracy was connected with a plan for the internal market: the market would pave the way for democracy. Since then, there has been a growing tension between the official line about a democratic EU and the institutional capacity to carry it through. This tension undermined integration. The book suggests that, instead of democracy-through-market, there are signs of increasing social disintegration, political extremism and populism in the wake of economic integration. Providing a more realistic historical understanding of European integration, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of political science, history and European studies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hagen Schulz-Forberg,Bo Stråth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415578833\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415578837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/30\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Hagen Schulz-Forberg","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48064935428351,"sku":"9780415578837","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6be997de-1130-4a95-934d-92b36f730dca.jpg?v=1768672029","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-political-history-of-european-hagen-schulz-forberg-9780415578837","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}