Title After empires : European integration, decolonization, and the challenge from the global south, 1957-1986 / Giuliano Garavini ; translated by Richard R. Nybakken

Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps Series Oxford studies in modern European history Oxford studies in modern European history. Contents Introduction -- 1. The Third World and the creation of UNCTAD ; The spitit of Bandung ; Recipes for development ; Unionizing the Third World : The G77 and the origins of UNCTAD -- 2. The myopia of the European Community ; The passing of imperial illusions ; The wonder of modernity : in defense of the Common Market ; The Algiers Charter ; A Common Market without a common identity -- 3. 1968 : empires and shopping malls ; The limits of Americ;nization ; Thirdworldism and social rebellion ; Losing one's religion ; The closing circle -- 4. The developing countries' "most favored" partner ; The Atlantic widens ; Santiago, Chile : the radicalization of the Third World ; Sicco Mansholt ; Regionalists and globalists -- 5. The year of oil ; The oil weapon ; Tbe new international economic order ; Europe's identity ; The successes and failures of the Community's global policy -- 6. North-South dialogues ; G5, G6, G7 ; The North-South dialogue in Paris ; Willy Brandt and global social democracy -- Epilogue : managing globalization ; Third Worlds ; The European Single Market project Summary After Empires describes how the end of colonial empires and the changes in international politics and economies after decolonization affected the European integration process. Until now, studies on European integration have often focussed on the search for peaceful relations among the European nations, particularly between Germany and France, or examined it as an offspring of the Cold War, moving together with the ups and downs of transatlantic relations. But these twofactors alone are not enough to explain the rise of the European Community and its more recent transformation into the European Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Translated from the Italian Print version record Subject European Economic Community SUBJECT European Economic Community fast Subject Decolonization -- Economic aspects -- Europe POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Colonialism & Post-Colonialism. Diplomatic relations International economic integration SUBJECT Europe -- Economic integration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045678 Europe -- Foreign relations -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045684 Subject Europe Form Electronic book Author Nybakken, Richard R ISBN 9780191634086 0191634085

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