Alasdair Blair is Jean Monnet Professor of International Relations and Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor of Education at De Montfort University. He has written widely on British foreign policy, European integration, and the scholarship of teaching and learning in Political Science. He has written over 10 books and 50 journal articles. He is the lead editor of the Journal of Political Science Education and was previously a co-editor of European Political Science and review editor of European Foreign Affairs Review. He is a national teaching fellow, a principal fellow of Advance HE, and a senior certified member of the Association for Learning Technology.

Introduction to the series

Publisher's acknowledgements

Maps

Preface to the Third Edition

Abbreviations

The Enlargement of the EU

Chronology

Who's Who

Glossary

PART ONE: BACKGROUND

1. THE CONTEXT OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

An increasingly divided Europe

Theorising European integration

The issue of sovereignty

Challenges ahead

PART TWO: ANALYSIS

2. THE ROAD TO ROME: 1945-57

The Emergence of European Unity

The Hague Congress

The Coal and Steel Community

The Failure of the European Defence Community

The Treaties of Rome

3. CONSTRUCTING THE COMMUNITY: 1958-70

Institutional Design

Policies and Competencies

The Nationalist Backlash

The Spirit of the Hague

4. THE ENLARGED COMMUNITY: 1970-84

The First Enlargement

Britain's Indecision

Eurosclerosis

Transatlantic Difficulties

Britain's Budgetary Question

5. THE TRANSFORMATION OF EUROPE: 1985-1993

Creating the Single Market

The Single European Act

The Road to 1992

Europe's Changing Map

The Maastricht Treaty

6. BUILDING A NEW EUROPE: 1994-2010

Enlarging the EU

Treaty of Amsterdam

Treaty of Nice

The Fifth Enlargement and Constitutional Reform

Lisbon and Beyond

7. AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE EUROPE: 2010-2025

Eurozone Crisis

Migration Crisis

Brexit and its Implications

The Rise of Populism, Eurosceptics and Democratic Backsliding

The Changing Nature of European and World Politics

PART THREE: ASSESSMENT

8. THE FUTURE OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

European and Global Challenges

Polycrisis

Boundaries of Europe

Nature of Membership

The Future of European Integration

PART FOUR: DOCUMENTS

Further Reading

References

Index