European Studies: Past, Present and Future(Understanding Europe: The Council for European Studies book series)

In 1969 a small group of US scholars began discussing the possibility of starting a consortium of Western European Studies programmes. Europe was increasingly becoming an object of study and it was felt that greater coordination of the intellectual effort would help avoid duplication and further the acceleration of research. So began the Council for European Studies. In commemoration of the founding of the Council fifty years ago, this volume brings together some of the most influential Europeanists writing today to take stock of the subject and to consider the most fruitful avenues for future research. With European democracy seemingly under threat from populism on the left and the right, the economies of countries still struggling to emerge from a decade of recession and stagnating growth, environmental concerns paramount and the quest for social cohesion a distant goal, the contributors to this volume bring their insight to bear on the fertile ground that the EU and the continent more broadly offer researchers. The contributors – drawn from 52 institutions across the globe – present a wide range of perspectives on Europe’s past and present, and the key challenges facing its future, such as immigration, multiculturalism, nationalism and integration. Although it remains to be seen whether Europeans will continue to promote the dream of union or whether they will retreat back into their nation states, these essays offer valuable insights into how Europe might respond and the changing nature of what it means to be a European.

Table of Contents:
Part I The study of Europe1. The Council for European Studies at 50: looking back and looking aheadErik Bleich2. European studies as an intellectual field: a perspective from sociologyMichèle Lamont3. From Western civilization to critical European studiesHélène B. Ducros and Louie Dean Valencia-García4. Beyond exceptionalism in European studiesCatherine Guisan5. Diversity or unity? The role of culture in European studiesSimon Fink and Lars Klein6. The horizons of European cultureRandall Halle7. Welcome to the “family”: integration, identity, and inclusivity in European studiesSarah Cooper and Koen Slootmaeckers8. Unexpected Europeanists: building a new cadre of European studiesWilliam Collins Donahue and Martin Kagel9. Europe past, present, and future: changing governance in higher educationBeverly Barrett10. The future of European studies and higher education reform in AfricaPatricia W. Cummins Part II Lessons from Europe11. Studying Europe as a path to understanding the state of democracy todaySheri Berman12. Economic challenges and electoral politics in EuropePeter A. Hall13. Lessons from Central Europe’s dissidentsLisa A. Baglione14. Federalism, borders, and citizenshipWillem Maas15. History’s lessons from the single market and the Maastricht years?George Ross16. The extraordinary, taken-for-granted achievement of Europe’s single marketCraig Parsons17. Economic and Monetary Union: a live issue after 50 yearsDermot Hodson and Alison Johnston18. Putting deprived neighborhoods back at the core of EU urban policySonia De Gregorio Hurtado19. The political integration of the middle classPaul Marx20. The leftovers: vulnerable populations in the global, post-industrial ageCathie Jo Martin Part III The changing face of Europe21. Nativism across the Atlantic: the end of exceptionalisms?Jan Willem Duyvendak22. Governing migration: political contestation and policy formationJennifer Elrick and Oliver Schmidtke23. Can Europe recover from its latest wave of us-versus-them politics?Karen Umansky, Alberto Spektorowski, and Joel Busher24. Fearing Muslims as the otherJohn R. Bowen25. The challenge of Europe’s nationsGregory Baldi26. Can European states be “countries of migration”?Justin Gest27. Battling over Europe’s identity: right-wing politics, religion, and an uncertain futureFabio Capano28. Bosnia and Herzegovina between EU accession, unhealed trauma, and migrant crisisAlma Jeftic29. Social movements as a solution to European aporia?Marcos Ancelovici and Guya Accornero30. Belonging to Berlin: a case of bureaucratic dystopia, minority agency, and solidarityAnlam Filiz Part IV Europe’s future31. Quo vadis Europa?Juan Díez Medrano32. Exit, voice, or loyalty? The collapse of national elite consensus on Europe’s futureMatthias Matthijs33. Differentiated integration through more integration, decentralization, and democracyVivien A. Schmidt34. Reflections on the direction of the European projectMare Ushkovska35. The EU’s rule-of-law crisis and the problem of diagonalityCsongor István Nagy36. More union, more statesJosep M. Colomer37. The EU’s challenge with size, sovereignty, and mutual benefitLudmila Bogdan and Twamanguluka N. Nambili38. Brexit: the golden chalice of European demos formation?Erin O’Leary39. Who wants to live forever? EuropeVeronica Anghel Part V Reflections on Europe’s world role40. The world as inventionBenjamin Bennett41. Defensive institution buildingShawn Donnelly42. The EU and South–South cooperationShengqing Zhang43. The enduring promise of the EUHarris Mylonas Part VI Final thoughts44. Richie Havens, Beethoven, and the music of revolutionsSteven Johnson45. The dream of Europe: Camelot in the time of MordredErik Jones

About the Author :
Erik Jones is Director of the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute. He is also Professor of European Studies and International Political Economy at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of the Johns Hopkins University (on leave). He is co-editor of Government and Opposition and contributing editor of Survival.