Crises in European Integration ― Challenge and Response, 1945-2005

The series was initiated in 1987 as a forum for German historians and social scientists to report their findings to English speakers. Eight essays here describe how difficulties in the process of European integration are described as crises and their resolution, rather than from some other perspective. The topics include the meaning of failed inter-war politics and the role of World II, how crises have reinforced European integration, the unexpected dynamics of deepening and widening, surmounting integration crises in historical context, and frontiers and chances for the European Union. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Ludger Kuhnhardt has been Director at the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) and Professor of Political Science at Bonn University since 1997. He has been advisor to political leaders in Europe and Africa. As a Public Policy Scholar he has worked at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington D.C. As Visiting Professor he has taught and studied at renowned universities across the world, including St. Antony’s College Oxford, Stanford University, Dartmouth College, Seoul National University, Cape Town University, and the College of Europe in Bruges. He has conducted research in comparative region-building in all continents.