TY - BOOK AU - Sakwa,Richard AU - Stevens,Anne TI - Contemporary Europe 2nd SN - 140394567590101 U1 - 940 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - Palgrave Macmillan KW - Contemporary KW - Europe N1 - Includes bibliographical references and Index N2 - 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 ER -