The Binding of Nations From European Union to World Union

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ISBN: 9780230230866 | 0230230865
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 5/15/2010

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How should the EU understand its relation to the wider world? As a unique institution based on the limited sharing of sovereignty, how should it attempt to present that uniqueness to others? This book argues that the EU should support a Global Union, built up like itself from small beginnings and based on a limited sharing of sovereignty.

Preface	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
A proposal	p. 1
Patriotism is not enough	p. 2
The sharing of sovereignty	p. 4
The structure of the book	p. 6
A point about language	p. 10
Conclusion	p. 13
Towards European Union	p. 15
The Rise of the Nation-State	p. 17
The end of Christendom	p. 17
The nation becomes the nation-state	p. 21
The nation-state as a 'civilising force'	p. 27
Norbert Elias and the sociological perspective	p. 29
Conclusion	p. 31
From Nationalism to Supranationalism	p. 34
The idea of 'supranationalism'	p. 34
'Supranationalism' finds its moment in history	p. 36
British and French approaches to supranationalism	p. 40
The British approach	p. 40
The French approach	p. 42
British and French approaches to the treaties of Rome	p. 45
Conclusion	p. 52
Managing Supranationalism	p. 54
Introduction	p. 54
European law	p. 54
'Own resources'	p. 59
Supporting vulnerable economic sectors	p. 62
The later development of the European Union	p. 65
Conclusion	p. 72
Options for Global Governance	p. 75
The United Nations	p. 77
Introduction	p. 77
The Security Council	p. 78
Outside the Security Council - UN 'agencies'	p. 83
The legal framework of the UN	p. 88
Recent developments - The problem of intervention	p. 91
The financial framework of the UN	p. 94
Conclusion	p. 97
Other Potential Global Authorities	p. 101
Introduction	p. 101
Financial and economic bodies	p. 102
The International Monetary Fund	p. 102
The World Bank	p. 105
The World Trade Organisation	p. 106
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development	p. 109
G7, G8, G20 à G200?	p. 112
The Commonwealth and the International Francophone Organisation	p. 114
NATO and the OSCE	p. 116
New organisations	p. 122
Can the problem be bypassed?	p. 124
Conclusion	p. 128
Other Regional Unions	p. 130
Introduction	p. 130
The African Union	p. 131
ASEAN	p. 136
MERCOSUR and UNASUR	p. 141
Conclusion	p. 146
A Global Union	p. 149
Current EU Thinking	p. 151
Introduction	p. 151
'Effective multilateralism'	p. 151
'Effective inter-regionalism'	p. 155
Success and failure: Europe, and its 'near abroad'	p. 157
The EU and the Southern Mediterranean	p. 158
The EU and Eastern/South-Eastern Europe	p. 161
The Balkans	p. 161
Europe's 'Far East'	p. 165
Turkey	p. 169
Conclusion	p. 170
A Global Sharing of Sovereignty	p. 173
Moving beyond other organisations	p. 173
The McClintock system	p. 176
Food security	p. 181
Extending the sharing of sovereignty	p. 187
The EU as a member of a Global Union	p. 189
Conclusion	p. 193
The Copernican Revolution	p. 195
Introduction	p. 195
A Union to serve the nation-state	p. 199
The sharing of sovereignty and the domestic analogy	p. 201
The EU and its malaise	p. 205
Can the EU manage a Copernican revolution?	p. 207
European 'presumption'	p. 209
The need for a trigger	p. 211
Conclusion	p. 213
Notes	p. 215
References	p. 232
Index	p. 237
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