Pandemonium saving Europe / Luuk van Middelaar ; translated by Liz Waters.
| Author/creator | Middelaar, Luuk van, 1973- |
| Other author | Waters, Liz. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Newcastle upon Tyne : Agenda Publishing Ltd, [2021] |
| Description | 199 pages ; 23 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Uniform title | Europees Pandemonium. English |
| Abstract | In February 2020, Covid-19 began its inexorable spread across Europe. The long-feared global pandemic ran amok as the world's wealthiest, but woefully unprepared, medical system struggled to cope with the sheer scale of the emergency. EU member states chaotically shut their borders and scrambled for supplies instead of cooperating and helping each other. The European Union suddenly appeared irrelevant as it fell silent and public bitterness and despair took hold, while governments flailed and the death toll mounted. And yet, once shaken from its torpor, the EU did act with financial assistance and in coordinating a response to the chaos. The last decade has seen the EU beset by crisis: the eurozone storm, the refugee tragedy and the Brexit debacle. The pandemic presented yet another threat to its existence. Luuk Van Middelaar's incisive analysis of Europe's resilience demonstrates just how far the EU has come in its development from a regulatory body to a political entity and how it has been shaped by the politics of crisis. If the EU is to thrive and to protect its citizens, it must learn now to be a geopolitical actor and anticipate the action rather than simply react to it. -- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | ebook version : 9781788214254 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2021385726 |
| ISBN | 9781788214230 hardback |
| ISBN | 1788214234 hardback |
| ISBN | (ePub ebook) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |