An American Perspective on the EU's Constitutional Treaty

Autor:	Alberta M. Sbragia
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	State (polity) Law media_common.quotation_subject Political science Political Science and International Relations Perspective (graphical) European integration media_common.cataloged_instance Treaty European union Law and economics media_common
Zdroj:	Politics. 27:2-7
ISSN:	1467-9256 0263-3957
DOI:	10.1111/j.1467-9256.2007.00272.x
Popis:	This article argues that the American experience can help illuminate some of the tensions surrounding the European Union's embattled Constitutional Treaty. I want to emphasise, however, that I am not trying to make any rigorous comparative statement here. I am not arguing that the United States and the EU are similar. They have developed in very different historical periods: the 13 colonies were certainly not equivalent to the old and well-established nation states which form the EU. Nonetheless, I am saying that some aspects of the American experience may be useful in thinking about the current state of tension which surrounds the process of European integration. In this article, therefore, I shall very schematically contrast the American and the European experience of integration and use that contrast to help illuminate the tensions which are now at work in the EU.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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