Reforming Europe The Role of the Centre-Right /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Arvanitopoulos, Constantine. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: The Constantinos Karamanlis Institute for Democracy Series on European and International Affairs,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Europe > Economic policy.; Commercial law.; Political science.; Social Sciences.; Political Science.; European Integration.; Law and Economics.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00560-2

In the 2009 elections, the European centre-right emerged victorious, thus affirming its political domination in contemporary European politics. The aim of this book is not to provide an analysis of the factors that contributed to the EPPs political prevalence. Instead, it is to help this large poli...

Table of Contents:

• The History and Foundations of European Integration: The Debate on the Future of the Union
• The Centre-Right for a New Europe
• Knowledge: The Foundation for a Stronger Europe
• The EPP's Role during the European Electoral Campaigns in 2004 and 2009
• Society, Values, Politics: Reflections on the Basic Dilemmas of European Society and the Demand for Moral Choices
• Conservative Challenges
• Causes and Consequences of the Global Financial and Banking Crisis
• Pragmatism, Not the Market: On the Politico-Economic Division of Labour
• The EU Needs a Social Market Economy
• The 'Strong State' Paradigm: Good Government and the State in Central and Eastern Europe
• The European Centre-Right and European Integration: The Formative Years
• The Emergence of a New European Centre-Right, 1945-1962
• The Origins and Foundations of the New Democracy Party
• Sense and Sensibility: EU Eastern Englargement and the Future of Europe's Centre-Right
• 'Left' and 'Right" in Slovenian Political Life and Public Discourse.