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"This authoritative yet accessible introduction to understanding Europe today moves beyond accounts of European integration to provide a wide-ranging and nuanced study of contemporary Europe and its historical development. This fully updated edition adds material on recent developments, such as Brexit and the migrant and Eurozone crises. The concept of Europe is instilled with a plethora of social, cultural, economic and political meanings. Throughout history, and still today, scholars writing on Europe and politicians involved in national or European politics, often disagree on the geographic limits of this space and the defining elements of Europe. Europe is therefore first and foremost a concept that takes different shapes and meanings depending on the realm of life on which it is applied and on the historical period under investigation. At a given point in time, depending on the perspective we adopt and the situation in which we find ourselves, Europe may represent very different things. Thus, we should better talk about 'Europes' in plural. What is Europe? explores these evolving conceptions of Europe from antiquity to the present. This book is all the more timely as Europe responds to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Britain's departure from the European Union whilst slowly recovering from financial slump, refugee crises and the COVID-19 pandemic. As this book shows, Europe is wracked by deepening cleavages but has also become more connected and integrated than ever before. This book offers a fully updated introduction to European studies from an interdisciplinary perspective. It is a crucial companion to any undergraduate or graduate course on Europe and the European Union"--

Responding to an invitation issued in May 1951, fourteen members of the Congress of the United States met in Strasbourg on November 20, 1951 in a special session with twenty members of the Council of Europe. The United States delegation included Senators Benton, Green, Henrickson, Hickenlooper, Humphrey, McMahon and Wiley and Representatives Cox, Ellsworth, Judd, Keating, O'Toole, Reams and Smith. Council representatives were Mssrs. Spaak (Belgium), Brentano (Germany), Boothby (United Kingdom), Crosbie (Ireland), Gerstenmaier (Germany), Glenvil-Hall (United Kingdom), Jacini (Italy), Kieft (Netherlands), Mercouris (Greece), de Menthon (France), Moe (Norway), Mollet (France), Ohlin (Sweden), Parri (Italy), Reynaud (France), Schmid (Germany), Treves (Italy), Urguplu (Turkey), de VallePoussin (Belgium), and Lord Layton (United Kingdom). The session was to discuss "the European Union, its problems, progress, prospects, and place in the Western world"; specifically the agenda included: 1) the economic aspects of rearmament; 2) the political aspects of European defense; 3) the dollar gap and trade between eastern and western Europe; and 4) the problem of refugees and emigration.

Following some contextual remarks about the nature of Europe and citizenship, there is consideration of the ways in which teachers and learners are developing the knowledge, skills and dispositions needed for effective citizenship in Europe. Some attention is given to the different levels of citizenship education which can occur and the choices that educators can make when developing relevant programmes.

The seventh session of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe was held in Paris on March 16 and 17; 1951. During a private meeting held before the session, the ministers agreed that Germany should become a full member of the Council. Final decision was deferred, however, pending consultation with the Standing Committee of the Assembly.

Intro -- Table des matières -- Tableau des sigles et abréviations -- Préface -- Introduction générale -- Première partie De la création à la crise grecque (1949-1969) -- Deuxième partie a la recherche d'une identité face à la CEE (1969-1989) -- Troisième partie La renaissance du Conseil de l'Europe en tant qu'organisation paneuropéenne (1989-2009) -- Conclusion générale -- Chronologie -- Liste des accords, conventions et chartes du Conseil de l'Europe -- Liste des personnalités -- Bibliographie sélective.

Finanziert aus dem Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der Universität Siegen für Monographien ; Citizens' Solidarity in Europe systematically dissects the manifestations of solidarity buried beneath the official policies and measures of public authority in Europe. In this exciting and innovative book, contributors offer comprehensive and original data and highlight the detrimental factors that tend to inhibit or annihilate solidarity, and those that are beneficial for the nurturing of solidarity.

The University Women of Europe (IWE) co‐ordinates the associations of Women Graduates in the various European countries and is part of the worldwide International Federation of University Women (IFUW). The British Federation of Women Graduates or British Federation of University Women as it was known until 1992 was founded in the 1900s and was a founder member of IFUW and the regional organisation University Women in Europe (UWE).