TY - BOOK ID - 310453 TI - How Unified Is the European Union? : European Integration Between Visions and Popular Legitimacy AU - Gustavsson, Sverker. AU - Oxelheim, Lars. AU - Pehrson, Lars. PY - 2009 SN - 1282331256 9786612331251 354095855X 3540958541 3642101062 PB - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - European cooperation. KW - European Union. KW - E.U. KW - International cooperation KW - European Economic Community lite. KW - Political science. KW - European Integration. KW - Political Science. KW - European Law. KW - Administration KW - Civil government KW - Commonwealth, The KW - Government KW - Political theory KW - Political thought KW - Politics KW - Science, Political KW - Social sciences KW - State, The KW - European Economic Community literature. KW - Law—Europe. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:310453 AB - The European project has come a long way in establishing peace, creating a common market, and expanding its borders. At the same time, diminishing popular legitimacy has spurred talk about a European Union in crisis. How far has the EU really come in fulfilling its grand visions? Is the project barely half-way? Or could we say with some confidence that European integration is solidified and will continue to get stronger? This book brings together contributors from economics, political science and law to offer different perspectives on this larger issue. The questions asked include: How far has the European Union come in its creation of a Common Foreign and Security Policy? What will happen to the state monopolies? Is there a common strategy at the European level for integrating immigrants? To what extent do national political parties cooperate with the Europarties? By investigating these and similar issues the book contributes to an assessment of how successful European integration has been to date. . ER -