Research Catalog

Title

Alarums & excursions : improvising politics on the European stage / Luuk van Middelaar ; translated by Liz Waters.

Author

Middelaar, Luuk van, 1973-

Publication

• Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing, [2019]
• ©2019

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Additional Authors

Waters, Liz

Description

xviii, 301 pages : illustration; 25 cm

Summary

Crisis after crisis has beset the European Union in recent years - Greek sovereign debt, Russian annexation of Crimea, unprecedented levels of migration, and the turmoil created by Brexit. An organization originally designed to regulate and enforce rules about fishing rights, wheat quotas and product standards has found itself on the global stage forced to grapple with problems of identity, sovereignty and solidarity without a script or prompt. From Paris to Berlin, London to Athens, European leaders have had to improvise on issues that the Union was never set up to handle and which threaten to engulf this unique political entity. And they have had to do so in full view of an increasingly disenchanted and dissonant public audience. In this candid and revealing portrayal of a Europe improvising its way through a politics of events and not rules, the author makes sense of the EU's political metamorphosis over its past ten years of crisis management. Forced into action by a tidal wave of emergencies, the author shows how Europe has had to reinvent itself by casting off its legal straitjacket and confronting hard issues of power, territorial borders and public authority. This book showcases the fascinating relationship between the Union and the European heads of government, and the stresses it must withstand in dealing with real world events.

Uniform Title

Nieuwe politiek van Europa. English

Alternative Title

• Nieuwe politiek van Europa.
• Alarums and excursions

Subject

• European Union
• 1900-2099
• Crises > European Union countries
• Crises
• International relations
• Politics and government
• European Union countries > Foreign relations
• European Union countries > Politics and government > 21st century
• European Union countries

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language (note)

• Translated from the Dutch.

Contents

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Dramatis personae -- Prologue. Part 1 Acts and scenes : Improvising: the Euro crisis -- Negotiating: the Ukraine crisis -- Setting boundaries: the refugee crisis -- Uprising: the Atlantic crisis -- Entr'acte: acting in time. Part 2 The theatre : Two foundations -- Directors and actors -- The opposition takes the stage. Epilogue -- Notes -- Index.

Call Number

JFE 20-1728

ISBN

• 9781788211727
• 1788211723

LCCN

2018493811

OCLC

1078879765

Author

Middelaar, Luuk van, 1973- author.

Title

Alarums & excursions : improvising politics on the European stage / Luuk van Middelaar ; translated by Liz Waters.

Publisher

Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing, [2019]

Copyright Date

©2019

Edition

First English-language edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Creator/Contributor Characteristics

Men

Dutch

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Language

Translated from the Dutch.

Chronological Term

1900-2099

Added Author

Waters, Liz, translator.

Research Call Number

JFE 20-1728