Bo Stråth is Professor Emeritus at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He has written widely on conceptual history and the history of European integration. His recent publications include States and Citizens: History, Theory and Prospects (2003), The Political History of European Integration (2010) and A European Memory? Contested Histories and Politics of Remembrance (2013).

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Utopia, History and Teleology: The Bicentenary European Search for a Political Economy for Welfare and Warfare, and Struggle with Nationalism and Democracy 1. The Vienna Peace Utopia of 1815 and the World of Trade2. Welfare: The Dissolution of the Vienna Peace Utopia from Within3.Warfare: The Dissolution of the Vienna Peace Utopia from Without4. Versailles: the Utopia of Peace through Democracy5. The Great Depression and the Collapse of the World Order6. After World War II: From the Utopia of Peace for the Cold War to the Euro-Crisis and the Search for a New NarrativeEpilogue: The Bicentenary European Struggle with Nationalism and Democracy, and Search for a Global Political EconomyBibliographyIndex

The book impresses with an amazing literacy, a masterful overview of the current status of research and committed commentaries.

Bo Stråth is Professor Emeritus at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He has written widely on conceptual history and the history of European integration. His recent publications include States and Citizens: History, Theory and Prospects (2003), The Political History of European Integration (2010) and A European Memory? Contested Histories and Politics of Remembrance (2013).

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Utopia, History and Teleology: The Bicentenary European Search for a Political Economy for Welfare and Warfare, and Struggle with Nationalism and Democracy 1. The Vienna Peace Utopia of 1815 and the World of Trade2. Welfare: The Dissolution of the Vienna Peace Utopia from Within3.Warfare: The Dissolution of the Vienna Peace Utopia from Without4. Versailles: the Utopia of Peace through Democracy5. The Great Depression and the Collapse of the World Order6. After World War II: From the Utopia of Peace for the Cold War to the Euro-Crisis and the Search for a New NarrativeEpilogue: The Bicentenary European Struggle with Nationalism and Democracy, and Search for a Global Political EconomyBibliographyIndex

The book impresses with an amazing literacy, a masterful overview of the current status of research and committed commentaries.

Bo Stråth is Professor Emeritus at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He has written widely on conceptual history and the history of European integration. His recent publications include States and Citizens: History, Theory and Prospects (2003), The Political History of European Integration (2010) and A European Memory? Contested Histories and Politics of Remembrance (2013).

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: Utopia, History and Teleology: The Bicentenary European Search for a Political Economy for Welfare and Warfare, and Struggle with Nationalism and Democracy 1. The Vienna Peace Utopia of 1815 and the World of Trade2. Welfare: The Dissolution of the Vienna Peace Utopia from Within3.Warfare: The Dissolution of the Vienna Peace Utopia from Without4. Versailles: the Utopia of Peace through Democracy5. The Great Depression and the Collapse of the World Order6. After World War II: From the Utopia of Peace for the Cold War to the Euro-Crisis and the Search for a New NarrativeEpilogue: The Bicentenary European Struggle with Nationalism and Democracy, and Search for a Global Political EconomyBibliographyIndex

The book impresses with an amazing literacy, a masterful overview of the current status of research and committed commentaries.