Publisher's Synopsis
By giving an overview both of today's problems of European integration and of the historical background, going as far back as 1945, "The Organisation of Europe" argues that a new approach to European harmonisation must be developed. Using comprehensible terms, one of the most important economic and political developments in modern times is addressed. David Harrison puts forward a new hypothesis on European integration which suggests abandoning the idea of retaining or transferring 'sovereignty' as an absolutist concept not suited to market democracies, and thus challenges the old tug-of-war between the nation state and the European institutions. From an examination of the main policy problems (market building from the common market to the single market, economic and monetary union, financial integration, agriculture, world relations, the reaction to the collapse of communism and political union), to its conclusion of an analyses of the true meaning of European integration, this volume serves as an accessible attempt to clarify the position in which the new Europe finds itself. David Harrison is a former British diplomat who has also worked as a consultant on t
