A Second Chance for Europe
Economic, Political and Legal Perspectives of the European Union
Editors: Ritzen, Jo (Ed.)
- Dissects the EU’s many vulnerabilities and suggests workable solutions
- Innovative and creative in pursuing “out of the box” solutions
- Makes academic analysis directly applicable to major policy questions
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- About this book
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This book calls upon us to rethink and reboot the European Union. The authors dissect the EU’s many vulnerabilities: how some Member States are backsliding on the rule of law, freedom of the press, and control of corruption – and how globalization’s ‘discontents’ are threatening the liberal international order. It examines the need for a common immigration policy; the need to rethink the unsustainable debt overhang of some Eurozone countries; and the need to use education to foster a European identity.
Given the sum total of these vulnerabilities, the book argues, the EU may not survive beyond 2025 in its present form – that is, unless decisive action is taken. In turn, the book puts forward a number of workable solutions: a European economic model to secure full employment; a stronger European Court of Human Rights to counter systemic violations; a points-based immigration policy; clear exit options for the Eurozone; and an Open Education Area with a common second language. These solutions may reduce the number of EU countries, but would increase cohesion and overall survivability. - About the authors
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Jo Ritzen is a professorial fellow in the International Economics of Science, Technology and Higher Education at UNU-MERIT and the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance.
He is a former Minister of Education, Culture, and Science of the Netherlands, served in the Dutch Cabinet at the Maastricht Treaty, a former Vice President of the World Bank and former President of Maastricht University.
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- A Second Chance for Europe
- Book Subtitle
- Economic, Political and Legal Perspectives of the European Union
- Editors
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- Jo Ritzen
- Copyright
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-57723-4
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-57723-4
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-57722-7
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VII, 271
- Number of Illustrations and Tables
- 11 illustrations in colour
- Topics
