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040 _beng
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041 _aeng
100 _aVogt, Roland,
_91659625
_eauthor
245 _aPersonal diplomacy in the EU :
_bpolitical leadership and critical junctures of European integration /
_cRoland Vogt.
260 _aOxon :
_bRoutledge,
_c2017.
490 1 _aRoutledge advances in European politics
520 _a"At a time when the economic troubles and bailouts of Greece and other European economies are casting significant doubt on the future viability of the Eurozone and the EU, it is crucial to examine the origins of the political will and leadership that is necessary to move the integration process forward. This book makes a significant conceptual and empirical contribution by elucidating the extent to which the integration process hinges not on institutions and norms, but on the relations among leaders. Vogt conducts a comparative diplomatic history of three critical junctures in the process of European integration: the creation of the Common Market (1955–1957), British accession (1969–1973), and the introduction of the Euro (1989–1993). He illustrates how personal diplomacy, leadership constellations, and the dynamics among leaders enable breakthroughs or inhibit accords. He also reveals how the EU’s system of top-level decision-making that privileges institutionalised summitry has operated in the past and suggests – in a separate chapter – why it has come to atrophy and prove more dysfunctional of late."--
650 _aEuropean federation--history
_91659747
650 _aEuropean Union--history
_9841902
830 _aRoutledge advances in European politics
999 _c3090373
_d3090373