Table of Contents
Notes on Contributors ix
Acknowledgments xi
Maps xii–xiii
Introduction 1Klaus Larres
Part I Europe in Transition: From War to Cold War 5
1 From War to Cold War 7Mark Gilbert
2 Federalism and the Beginnings of European Union 25John Pinder
Part II Europe and the Cold War World 45
3 The Cold War: The Western European Perspective 47Ian Jackson
4 The Soviet Bloc and the Cold War in Europe 67Mark Kramer
5 Economic Developments in Western and Eastern Europe since 1945 95Ian Jackson
6 The End of Empires: Decolonization and Its Repercussions 113David R. Devereux
7 European Integration: From the Common Market to the Single Market 133Desmond Dinan
8 The United States and European Integration, 1945–1990 151Klaus Larres
9 The Churches and Christianity in Cold War Europe 183Dianne Kirby
10 The End of the Cold War and the Unifi cation of the European Continent 208Carine Germond
Part III Europe Since 1990: Political and Economic Developments 229
11 Transatlantic Relations since the End of the Cold War: Permanent Alliance or Partnership in Peril? 231Robert Hutchings
12 Europe and Economic Globalization since 1945 249Alfred E. Eckes Jr.
13 Economic Integration since Maastricht 270Christopher Flockton
14 Political Parties in Europe since 1945 302Roger Eatwell
15 The Genesis of a European Security and Defence Policy 323Ralph Dietl
16 Europe’s Experience of Terrorism since 1945: A Brief Overview 355Paul Wilkinson
Part IV Europe Since 1990: Social and Cultural Developments 367
17 The Quest for a European Identity: A Europe without Europeans? 369Ruth Wittlinger
18 Europe and Post-Cold War Nationalism 387Claire Sutherland
19 The Participatory Revolution: New Social Movements and Civil Society 407Ingolfur Blühdorn
20 Postwar Europe: A Continent Built on Migration 432Panikos Panayi
21 Changing Norms of Masculinity and Femininity: Development in Gender Relations and Family Structures in Europe 450Laura den Dulk
22 Europe and the Welfare State since 1945 472Steen P. Mangen
Index 501