Publisher's Synopsis
The period since 1945 has seen political events and socio-economic developments of enormous significance for the human race. This series explores these developments.;The impact of the European Community upon governments and citizens, both in the EEC itself and in the world beyond, is growing. Moreover the concept of a wider Europe has become a significant political factor in the postwar world. Derek Urwin traces the movement towards political and economic integration in Western Europe from the calls for a federal Europe that were made by the European Resistance movements and their immediate postwar successors, through to the demands that are now heard for complete monetary and partial political union.;It reviews the postwar debates over the kind of integration desired and also examines the history of the European Community after 1957.
