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"The scope and extent of Europeanization among the member states of the European Union is all too often exaggerated by scholars of European integration. It has long been assumed that the mere existence of mechanisms designed to promote commonality between countries in the EU and to encourage a collective European identity has given credence to the idea of Europeanization and how effectively it has infiltrated EU member states. In stark contrast to the assumed success of these mechanisms in promoting Europeanization, recent studies have shown that, in the main, both domestic socio-economic as well as normative structures have proved resilient to this process. Through a compelling exploration of the relationship between European integration and Europeanization, this collection provides important insights into the disconnect between efforts to promote commonality and collective European identity and the ambivalent results of Europeanization at the socio-economic and normative structures of member states. "--

The history of modern Europe is often presented with the hindsight of present-day European integration, which was a genuinely liberal project based on political and economic freedom. Many other visions for Europe developed in the 20th century, however, were based on an idea of community rooted in pre-modern religious ideas, cultural or ethnic homogeneity, or even in coercion and violence. They frequently rejected the idea of modernity or reinterpreted it in an antiliberal manner. Anti-liberal Europe examines these visions, including those of anti-modernist Catholics, conservatives, extreme rightists as well as communists, arguing that antiliberal concepts in 20th-century Europe were not the counterpart to, but instead part of the process of European integration.

There is much heated rhetoric about the widening gulf between Europe and America. According to the American right, Europeans are lazy, defeatist and irreligious, while Americans are entrepreneurial, optimistic, and pious. And according to Europeans, America is harsh, dominated by the market, crime-ridden, violent, and sharp-elbowed. But are the US and Europe so different? Peter Baldwin, one of the world's leading historians of comparative social policy, thinks not, and in this bracingly argued but remarkably informed polemic, he lays out how similar the two continents really are.

Le concept d'un environnementalisme chinois aux caractéristiques européennes trouve son origine dans la nécessité d'un savoir-faire européen en matière de politiques environnementales chinoises. Bien que la Chine soit très performante lors de transformations rapides, à l'instar de son passage de pays pauvre à l'économie la plus riche, sa finance verte reste sous-développée et de nombreux projets verts éprouvent des difficultés. De plus, même si elle tente de se maintenir isolée politiquement, elle cherche inévitablement à établir des partenariats économiques, l'obligeant ainsi à composer avec son autoritarisme. L'Union européenne pourrait offrir une solution à bon nombre de ses problèmes, en raison de sa grande expérience en matière de financement durable et des fonds dont elle pourrait disposer pour aider à la transformation de la Chine. Toutefois, un partenariat ne serait possible que dans certaines circonstances et sous certaines conditions. Étant donné que bon nombre des changements requis font déjà partie de l'accord global UE-Chine sur les investissements (AGI), une harmonisation pourrait être facilitée. Toutefois, c'est aux échelons politiques supérieurs du gouvernement chinois qu'appartient ce choix…