Christian Democracy and the Origins of European Union (New

Christian Democracy and the Origins of European Union (New Studies in European History)
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Major study of the role of European Christian democratic parties in the making of the European Union. It radically re-conceptualises European integration in long-term historical perspective as the outcome of partisan competition of political ideologies and parties and their guiding ideas for the future of Europe. Wolfram Kaiser takes a comparative approach to political Catholicism in the nineteenth century, Catholic parties in interwar Europe and Christian democratic parties in postwar Europe and studies these parties' cross-border contacts and co-ordination of policy-making. He shows how well networked party elites ensured that the origins of European Union were predominately Christian democratic, with considerable repercussions for the present-day EU. The elites succeeded by intensifying their cross-border communication and coordinating their political tactics and policy making in government. This is a major contribution to the new transnational history of Europe and the history of European integration.
Country USA
Brand Cambridge University Press
Manufacturer Cambridge University Press
Binding Paperback
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ReleaseDate 2011-02-28
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EANs 9780521173971

Christian Democracy and the Origins of European Union (New Studies in European History)