Rethinking the Future of Europe A Challenge of Governance

Rethinking the Future of Europe has brought together three contrasting collections of contributions: the incrementalist perspective concerning the step-by-step development of Europe, the more radical reform/restructuring approach to the future of Europe and a view of Europe from the outside. This book features a wide variety of contributions, both in content and focus, with some written as an almost after-dinner discussion while others are deeply academic, supported by an extensive list of references. What holds all together is the deep-seated concern for the citizen, drawing on governance in order to move forward. As Europeans, we are privileged to face such challenge.

Stefan Schepers is Hon. Director-General at the European Institute of Public Administration, Brussels; Visiting Professor, Northampton University Business School; Director of EPPA, Brussels; and AEAC, Johannesburg, adviser to business and government. He is also a member of the Senate of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. He is currently Secretary-General of the independent tripartite High Level Group on Innovation Policy Management in the EU. He has published articles on EU and business–government interactions.

Andrew Kakabadse is Professor of Governance and Leadership, Henley Business School, University of Reading, and Emeritus Professor at Cranfield School of Management, UK. Andrew has held and also holds visiting appointments at the Centre for Creative Leadership and Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management, USA; at the University of Ulster, UK; and at Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Australia. He has consulted and lectured in every region of the world. His bestselling books include Leading the Board, Rice Wine with the Minister, Bilderberg People and Leading Smart Transformation.

Introduction; Stefan Schepers and Andrew Kakabadse
1. Multi-stakeholder Deliberation for (Global) Justice: An Approach from Modern Civic Republicanism; Ganesh Nathan
2. Forging the iron or chasing the wind? New challenges to Europe's governance; Klaus Gretschmann
3. Shaping the European mind-set: A governance design and policy innovation agenda; Nadeem Khan and Nada Kakabadse
4. New Governance for New Challenges in the European Union; Stefan Schepers
5. The Transatlantic Regulatory Timing of Policy Innovations: The Case of Renewable Energy; Nadeem Khan, Elias Asproudis & Nada Kakabadse
6. From consensus to scepticism: the uncertain future of Europe; Romano Prodi
7. Renewing European Politics; Julian Priestley
8. An Integrated Europe: Undermined by Transactional Interests; Andrew Kakabadse & Nada Kakabadse
9. The Future of Europe – A Perspective from Asia; Chandran Nair
10. Russia Looking at EUrope; Tatiana Romanova
11. Europe Seen from Africa; Obadiah Mailafia
12. A View from the Margins of Europe, as the EU versus Russia Standoff Unfolds: Georgia's virtual 'choice'; Tedo Japaridze & Ilia Roubanis