End of European Integration

Paul Taylor is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics, UK. From 2001 to 2004 he was Director of the European Institute at the same institution.

• 1. The Waxings and Wanings of European Integration 2. The Case against Europe 3. The Anti-Europeans 4. The Challenges to EU Governance 5. Integration Theory in the Early Twenty-First Century: A Setting for Disintegration? 6. The EU in Foreign Policy: Capacity in the Economic and Social Organizations of the United Nations 7. European Values: Why Bother? 8. A New European Project: Defence, Social Policy and the Budget 9. Conclusions

'Paul Taylor’s The End of European Integration is one of the new millennium’s most thoughtful contributions to Europeanist scholarship. He skilfully situates Europeans and the European Union within the unpromising context of early 21st century world politics, where insecurities are manifold, political leaders are distrusted, failing institutions resist reform and expressions of idealism provoke sarcastic rejoinders. By challenging the popular and, for some, very inviting notion that "Europe will run the 21st century," Taylor’s persuasive analysis drives to the conclusion that this will not happen. Taylor’s scholarship is impeccable, but his findings are provocative and his conclusions will incite serious debate.' - Donald Puchala, Byrnes Professor of International Studies, University of South Carolina, USA‘Paul Taylor not only provides us with a novel and balanced account of the grounds for the present discontent with European Integration but even more unusually goes beyond this to suggest that the areas of defence and social policy provide a potential platform for further progress.’ - William E Paterson OBE, University of Birmingham, UK