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Federalistskoe Budutchee Evropli

Federalistskoe Budutchee Evropli:

Federalistskoe Budutchee Evropli

L'avenir fédéraliste de l'Europe. Des origines de la Communauté européenne à l'Union européenne

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Dusan Sidjanski

Introductory Note by Jacques Delors, former president of the European Commission "Dusan Sidjanski's particularly opportune analysis in the framework of European federalism casts a clear light on one of the deepest and most permanent mainsprings of European action. It is one of the most illuminating and enriching analysis for the future of Europe which will doubtless be both difficult and exciting. I wish English-speaking readers of this new edition the pleasure of discovering the major work in European integration". [>>next ]

Foreword by Professor Harold K. Jacobson, former director of the Institute for Social Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor "The English version of The Federal Future of Europe fills a major gap in the literature. It will stand with Haas's and Moravcsik's works as a seminal statement about Europe. American social scientists will be intrigued by The Federal Future of Europe. We are not used to reading books that are both profound works of scholarship and powerful statements of advocacy." [>>next ]

Ernst B. Haas, Robson Research Professor Emeritus of Government,
University of California, Berkeley

"Dusan Sidjanski's The Federal Future of Europe is remarkable for two reasons. It offers a comprehensive but eminently readable summary and analysis of the institutions of the European Union and of its main policies. This is no mean feat, considering the complexity and sweep of both. But in addition, the discussion is placed in the context of an unwavering commitment to federalism and to a federal future for Europe. Even if we do not agree with the desirability or certainty of that outcome, it is vital that this vision remain on everyone's agenda along with other possible options, and that it be intelligently defended. Sidjanski succeeds brilliantly in so doing."

Paul Taylor, Professor of International Relations,London School of Economics.

"This is an important contribution to the discussion about the future of Europe in the early twenty first century from one of the great men of the subject. But it is also a masterly account of the development of the European Union since its earliest years to the present. It is written from a Federalist perspective, but this is no polemic. Rather the argument is nuanced, and rich in detail and insight, and is a fitting antidote to doctrinaire Euroscepticism. I can strongly recommend it to all those who want to know about the Union, its origins, character and future."

Professor Jean Louis Quermonne, Institut d'études politiques, Paris et Grenoble. Honorary president of the French Association of Political Science

"Having been one of the first to consider European integration as an object of political science (Dimensions européennes de la science politique, Paris, LGDJ 1963), a short time after the signing of the Maastricht treaty, Dusan Sidjanski published: "L'Avenir fédéraliste de l'Europe" (Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1992) which constitutes the first synthesis of the European political union. The legitimate success of the book including the more recent developments in European construction called for an English translation. But more than an update, "The Federal Future of Europe" is both a major work and an essay, combining the history of the process of European federalization and the institutional and political diagnostic, as well as an evaluation of the present state of the euro-building. This study is enriched by an analysis of the impact on the economic and social forces, which make up civil society. Under the heading "Toward a New European Federal Model" (p.411), the author has the merit of underling the singularity of the process in relation to the Confederation of States and the traditional Federal State. He outlines the formation of a specific model, inspired by the federal method proper to certain member States. This method borrows a certain number of traits from cooperative federalism, but aims above all to operate the synthesis between two sources of legitimacy: those of the member States and those of citizens considered individually, susceptible of forming a united Europe in line with the wishes of Jacques Delors: A federation of nation States. In every respect, the English version of the work has come at the right time and we wish it the same success as the French, not only beyond the Channel, but also beyond the Atlantic!"