Europe and the end of the age of innocence
Francesco Bongiovanni returns with a sequel to The Decline and the Fall of Europe, a book Guardian journalist Nils Pratley labelled 'a wake-up call for the twenty-first century'. Since 2012 Europe has been confronted with new, unexpected game-changing challenges such as the refugee crisis...
| Main Author: | Bongiovanni, Francesco M., |
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| Other Authors: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Cham :
Palgrave Macmillan,
[2018]
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xiv, 318 pages) |
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Table of Contents:
- Intro; About the Author; Contents; 1: Introduction; Part I: The Trilogy; 2: The Awakening; Jolted!; It's Not the Economy Anymore; The Things We Talk About; Beyond Political Correctness; The Debate That Wasn't; Crash Test Dummies; 3: The Tsunami; After the Euro, the Great Immigration Debacle; How Did We Get Here? How Did They Get Here?; Eyes Wide Shut; Realities on the Ground; When the Sultan Comes Calling; The 100 Billion Euro Gamble; 'Wir Schaffen es'! ... or Maybe We Can't; The Cost of Good Conscience; Welcome to the Ghetto; Bye Bye Schengen (and the Rest)?; Gaddafi Blues.
- 4: Barbarians in the CityThe Archipelago; The Bad and the Worse; And the Winner Is ... ; With a Little Help from My Friends; Allons enfants ... but Where?; The Price of Moderation; Wrong Question; Free Radicals; The Devil You Know; Asymmetric War; The Illusion of Accommodation; Mister Rogers' Neighbourhood; A Question of Choice; An Ounce of Prevention ... ; 5: The Rise of Alternative Politics; Angry Birds; The Changing Soul of Europe; Farewell Nation-State, Hello Nations' State; Vox Populi; A Conspiracy of Silence; The Future of the Past; Grapes of Wrath; Jumping Without a Parachute; Outcomes.
- The Show Is Not Over Yet ... King of the 'Anywheres'; 6: Ensuring the Survival of a 'Europe of Values'; Clarity of Purpose; UMI: Solutions Exist!; Fighting the War at Home; Keeping the Stork Busy; The Value of Values; Part II: A Brief History of How to Mess Things Up; 7: The Island That Couldn't Get Far Enough; After Tea Time, a Little Surprise; Disagreeing to Disagree; Waking Up with a Hangover; Finding Meaning in the Afterlife; Back to Basics; 8: Uber Alles? Not So Fast!; A Benign Hegemon; Annoying Details; It Isn't All that It Seems to Be; The Missing Goods; The Joys of Becoming More 'Normal'?
- 9: The More It Changes, the More It Stays the SameThe Wrong Stuff; Post-Mortem; The Missing Link; Bad Students and Good Students; Never Missing an Opportunity to Miss an Opportunity; The Mishandling of Greece; The Problem with Being on the Wrong Continent; The Show Is Not Over; Free Willy; 10: The Gas Wars; New Kid on the Block; Seizing the Opportunity; Do You Know When to Stop?; Being the Ball in the Ballgame; 11: The Trump Card; Reshuffling the Deck; The Joy of Working Against Yourself; Tweets and Fits; Pay or Pray; Messiah or Devil?; 12: Conclusion; Sources and Acknowledgements.