Contemporary Europe 2nd /
Richard Sakwa, Anne Stevens.
- Second edition.
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- xvii, 308 pages : illustrations, figures, maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and Index.
A key question for twenty -first century is what Europe is becoming and what it should be. A key factor in contemporary Europe is the nature and role of its nation. In the modern world the state sets the parameters of internal and external politics and assumes a certain measure of national solidarity. But the Coherence of the state is under challenge .