A Companion to Europe Since 1945

A Companion to Europe Since 1945 provides a stimulating guide to numerous important developments which have influenced the political, economic, social, and cultural character of Europe during and since the Cold War. Includes 22 original essays by an international team of expert scholars Examines the social, intellectual, economic, cultural, and political changes that took place throughout Europe in the Cold War and Post Cold War periods Discusses a wide range of topics including the Single Market, European-American relations, family life and employment, globalization, consumption, political parties, European decolonization, European identity, security and defence policies, and Europe's fight against international terrorism Presents Europe in a broad geographical conception, to give equal weighting to developments in the Eastern and Western European states

A Companion to Europe Since 1945 provides a stimulatingguide to numerous important developments which have influenced thepolitical, economic, social, and cultural character of Europeduring and since the Cold War.* Includes 22 original essays by an international team of expertscholars* Examines the social, intellectual, economic, cultural, andpolitical changes that took place throughout Europe in the Cold Warand Post Cold War periods* Discusses a wide range of topics including the Single MarketEuropean-American relations, family life and employmentglobalization, consumption, political parties, Europeandecolonization, European identity, security and defence policiesand Europe's fight against international terrorism* Presents Europe in a broad geographical conception, to giveequal weighting to developments in the Eastern and Western Europeanstates

Notes on Contributors ixAcknowledgments xiMaps xii-xiiiIntroduction 1Klaus LarresPart I Europe in Transition: From War to Cold War 51 From War to Cold War 7Mark Gilbert2 Federalism and the Beginnings of European Union 25John PinderPart II Europe and the Cold War World 453 The Cold War: The Western European Perspective 47Ian Jackson4 The Soviet Bloc and the Cold War in Europe 67Mark Kramer5 Economic Developments in Western and Eastern Europe since 1945 95Ian Jackson6 The End of Empires: Decolonization and Its Repercussions 113David R. Devereux7 European Integration: From the Common Market to the Single Market 133Desmond Dinan8 The United States and European Integration, 1945-1990 151Klaus Larres9 The Churches and Christianity in Cold War Europe 183Dianne Kirby10 The End of the Cold War and the Unifi cation of the European Continent 208Carine GermondPart III Europe Since 1990: Political and Economic Developments 22911 Transatlantic Relations since the End of the Cold War: Permanent Alliance or Partnership in Peril? 231Robert Hutchings12 Europe and Economic Globalization since 1945 249Alfred E. Eckes Jr.13 Economic Integration since Maastricht 270Christopher Flockton14 Political Parties in Europe since 1945 302Roger Eatwell15 The Genesis of a European Security and Defence Policy 323Ralph Dietl16 Europe's Experience of Terrorism since 1945: A Brief Overview 355Paul WilkinsonPart IV Europe Since 1990: Social and Cultural Developments 36717 The Quest for a European Identity: A Europe without Europeans? 369Ruth Wittlinger18 Europe and Post-Cold War Nationalism 387Claire Sutherland19 The Participatory Revolution: New Social Movements and Civil Society 407Ingolfur Blühdorn20 Postwar Europe: A Continent Built on Migration 432Panikos Panayi21 Changing Norms of Masculinity and Femininity: Development in Gender Relations and Family Structures in Europe 450Laura den Dulk22 Europe and the Welfare State since 1945 472Steen P. MangenIndex 501