Design for a New Europe

John Gillingham is Professor of History at the University of Missouri, St Louis. His previous books include European Integration, 1950–2002 (Cambridge University Press, 2003) and Coal, Steel, and the Rebirth of Europe, 1945–1955 (Cambridge University Press, 1991), which was awarded the John Beer Prize of the American Historical Association for the best book on the history of foreign relations published that year.

• Introduction; 1. Governance; 2. Economics; 3. Innovation; 4. Democracy; Conclusion.

'This book is a remarkable account of the most recent developments in the European Union. Professor Gillingham rethinks the process of European integration and offers an original prescription on how to reconfigure it. His Design for a New Europe calls for a mandate from the citizens, the return of power to the states, further enlargement, substantial reform of the EU's institutions and policies, and abandonment of the EU's attempt to harmonize laws. This work should be considered in any serious debate about the further course of European integration.' Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic