The Netherlands and European Integration, 1950 to Present

Segers, Mathieu/ Brown, Andy (TRN)

Routledge（2025/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 334 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781041188568

Full Description

On 9 May 1950, France launched a revolutionary plan for supranational cooperation in Western Europe. The Netherlands was taken completely by surprise. In the decades that followed, European integration moved forward at an unprecedented pace, taking the Netherlands with it. Geography and the post-war world seemed to leave the country no other choice. European integration forced — and is still forcing — the Netherlands on a far-reaching 'journey to the continent'. For the Netherlands, European integration represents a difficult journey to a new old world that often seems far off. How has that journey progressed so far? Why did the Netherlands join the common European market and currency from the very beginning? Was this course inevitable? And where has it brought the country? Using new, international source material, The Netherlands and European Integration, 1950 to Present digs deeply into the history of the Netherlands in Europe — a subject that is today more topical than ever.

Contents

Prologue: Dinner in Laeken (1989), 1. American concepts: building Europe (1947-1949), 2. Magical realism (1949-1951), 3. The Beyen Plan (1951-1954), 4. Around Cologne cathedral (1954-1957), 5. A Europe of conspiracies (1957-1968), 6. At home in the Basel biotope (1968-1974), 7. Sturm und Drang (1974-1982), 8. The hand of French-German friendship (1982-1989), 9. After Strasbourg: a different party than expected (1989-1992), Epilogue: the call of Calypso, Notes, Sources and references, Abbreviations, Acknowledgements, Index of names, Subject index