Visions for Europe by João Labareda

Visions for Europe by João Labareda

This book offers a fresh look at some of the most challenging dilemmas of European integration and proposes innovative solutions to them by building on perspectives and insights from twelve classical authors in the history of political thought. The book simultaneously offers an original introduction to critical debates in EU studies and makes key political thinkers more accessible to contemporary readers by presenting present-day policy applications of their doctrines. While each chapter discusses a specific challenge for the EU, five key themes appear recurrently throughout the book: (i) the prospects for peace in Europe; (ii) the conditions for an inclusive EU democracy; (iii) socioeconomic inequalities in the EU; (iv) strategies to promote political change in Europe; and (v) the requisites for a fully-fledged EU citizenship. The authors discussed are Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseau, Kant, Wollstonecraft, Marx, Arendt, Rawls and hooks.

João Labareda is the coordinator of the European Innovation Ecosystems work programme at the European Commission

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ISBN 13	9781526193933
ISBN 10	1526193930
Title	Visions for Europe
Author	João Labareda
Series	European Politics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Manchester University Press
Year published	2026-04-28
Number of pages	248
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