{"product_id":"the-political-history-of-european-integration-the-hypocrisy-of-democracy-through-market-routledge-advances-in-european-politics-0415578833","title":"The Political History of European Integration: The Hypocrisy of Democracy-Through-Market (Routledge Advances in European Politics)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0415578833\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Schulz-Forberg, Hagen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51935117541664,"sku":"NEW0415578833","price":299.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-political-history-of-european-integration-the-hypocrisy-of-democracy-through-market-routledge-advances-in-european-politics-0415578833","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}