{"product_id":"a-companion-to-europe-since-1945-isbn-9781118729984","title":"A Companion to Europe Since 1945","description":"\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Europe Since 1945\u003c\/i\u003e provides a stimulating guide to numerous important developments which have influenced the political, economic, social, and cultural character of Europe during and since the Cold War.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes 22 original essays by an international team of expert scholars\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExamines the social, intellectual, economic, cultural, and political changes that took place throughout Europe in the Cold War and Post Cold War periods\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses a wide range of topics including the Single Market, European-American relations, family life and employment, globalization, consumption, political parties, European decolonization, European identity, security and defence policies, and Europe's fight against international terrorism\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents Europe in a broad geographical conception, to give equal weighting to developments in the Eastern and Western European states\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaps xii–xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKlaus Larres\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Europe in Transition: From War to Cold War 5\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 From War to Cold War 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Gilbert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Federalism and the Beginnings of European Union 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Pinder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Europe and the Cold War World 45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Cold War: The Western European Perspective 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan Jackson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Soviet Bloc and the Cold War in Europe 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Kramer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Economic Developments in Western and Eastern Europe since 1945 95\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan Jackson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The End of Empires: Decolonization and Its Repercussions 113\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid R. Devereux\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 European Integration: From the Common Market to the Single Market 133\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDesmond Dinan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The United States and European Integration, 1945–1990 151\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKlaus Larres\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Churches and Christianity in Cold War Europe 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDianne Kirby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 The End of the Cold War and the Unifi cation of the European Continent 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarine Germond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Europe Since 1990: Political and Economic Developments 229\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Transatlantic Relations since the End of the Cold War: Permanent Alliance or Partnership in Peril? 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Hutchings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Europe and Economic Globalization since 1945 249\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlfred E. Eckes Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Economic Integration since Maastricht 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Flockton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Political Parties in Europe since 1945 302\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoger Eatwell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Genesis of a European Security and Defence Policy 323\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRalph Dietl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Europe’s Experience of Terrorism since 1945: A Brief Overview 355\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Wilkinson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Europe Since 1990: Social and Cultural Developments 367\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Quest for a European Identity: A Europe without Europeans? 369\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRuth Wittlinger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Europe and Post-Cold War Nationalism 387\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eClaire Sutherland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Participatory Revolution: New Social Movements and Civil Society 407\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIngolfur Blühdorn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Postwar Europe: A Continent Built on Migration 432\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePanikos Panayi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Changing Norms of Masculinity and Femininity: Development in Gender Relations and Family Structures in Europe 450\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura den Dulk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Europe and the Welfare State since 1945 472\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSteen P. 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Krasno Distinguished Professor of History and International Affairs at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill in the U.S. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA COMPANION TO EUROPE SINCE 1945\u003c\/b\u003e \t \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection of newly-commissioned essays by leading scholars provides a stimulating guide to some of the most important developments which have influenced the political, economic, social, and cultural character of Europe since the end of the Second World War. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Europe Since 1945\u003c\/i\u003e offers a reflective analysis of the developments which took place in Europe during the Cold War era and also considers present-day Europe, as it has taken shape since the end of the Cold War. 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