History of European Integration

Ivan T. Berend is Distinguished Research Professor at the Department of History, University of California, Los Angeles, USA.

• Introduction Chapter 1. Made in USA? The Origins of the European Integration from the 1940s Chapter 2. Beginning of the European Integration and Enlargement Chapter 3. Change of Guard in the 1970s: European Corporations Step into America’s Role Chapter 4. Made by Corporate Europe? The ‘Second Coming’ of the European Integration, 1980s–2000s Chapter 5. Creating an Europeanized economy with corporate assistance: the Single Market and Common Currency Chapter 6. Towards a Europeanized economic Structure of Europe Epilogue: Quo Vadis European Union?

‘Berend’s work makes a large and much-needed contribution to our understanding of the history of modern European integration with a focus on actors external to European countries themselves. This book will be helpful to anyone interested in post-war reconstruction, dynamics of the EU Single Market, and the modern day emphasis on market integration.’ — Valerie D’Erman, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the Department of Political Science University of Victoria, Canada