The End Of The West: The Once And Future Europe (the Public Square)
by David Marquand /
2011 / English / EPUB
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Has Europe's extraordinary postwar recovery limped to an end? It
would seem so. The United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Italy, and
former Soviet Bloc countries have experienced ethnic or religious
disturbances, sometimes violent. Greece, Ireland, and Spain are
menaced by financial crises. And the euro is in trouble. In
Has Europe's extraordinary postwar recovery limped to an end? It
would seem so. The United Kingdom, Belgium, France, Italy, and
former Soviet Bloc countries have experienced ethnic or religious
disturbances, sometimes violent. Greece, Ireland, and Spain are
menaced by financial crises. And the euro is in trouble. InThe End of the West
The End of the West, David Marquand, a former member of
the British Parliament, argues that Europe's problems stem from
outdated perceptions of global power, and calls for a drastic
change in European governance to halt the continent's slide into
irrelevance. Taking a searching look at the continent's governing
institutions, history, and current challenges, Marquand offers a
disturbing diagnosis of Europe's ills to point the way toward a
better future.
, David Marquand, a former member of
the British Parliament, argues that Europe's problems stem from
outdated perceptions of global power, and calls for a drastic
change in European governance to halt the continent's slide into
irrelevance. Taking a searching look at the continent's governing
institutions, history, and current challenges, Marquand offers a
disturbing diagnosis of Europe's ills to point the way toward a
better future.
Exploring the baffling contrast between postwar success and
current failures, Marquand examines the rebirth of ethnic
communities from Catalonia to Flanders, the rise of xenophobic
populism, the democratic deficit that stymies EU governance, and
the thorny questions of where Europe's borders end and what it
means to be European. Marquand contends that as China, India, and
other nations rise, Europe must abandon ancient notions of an
enlightened West and a backward East. He calls for Europe's
leaders and citizens to confront the painful issues of ethnicity,
integration, and economic cohesion, and to build a democratic and
federal structure.
Exploring the baffling contrast between postwar success and
current failures, Marquand examines the rebirth of ethnic
communities from Catalonia to Flanders, the rise of xenophobic
populism, the democratic deficit that stymies EU governance, and
the thorny questions of where Europe's borders end and what it
means to be European. Marquand contends that as China, India, and
other nations rise, Europe must abandon ancient notions of an
enlightened West and a backward East. He calls for Europe's
leaders and citizens to confront the painful issues of ethnicity,
integration, and economic cohesion, and to build a democratic and
federal structure.
A wake-up call to those who cling to ideas of a triumphalist
Europe, The End of the West shows that the continent must draw on
all its reserves of intellectual and political creativity to
thrive in an increasingly turbulent world, where the very
language of "East" and "West" has been emptied of meaning.
A wake-up call to those who cling to ideas of a triumphalist
Europe, The End of the West shows that the continent must draw on
all its reserves of intellectual and political creativity to
thrive in an increasingly turbulent world, where the very
language of "East" and "West" has been emptied of meaning.