Books in the Contemporary European Politics and Society series

Addresses the political, cultural, and historical debate that has ensued in Spain as a result of the discovery and exhumation of mass graves dating from the years during and after the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). This title includes essays that present an analysis of how Spain has sought to come to terms with the violence of Franco's regime.

Analyzes how the behavior of voters, parties, and the mass media in European Parliament elections affects domestic politics and how, in turn, domestic politics affects those behaviors. This book discusses election turnout and party choice, and the contract between the European Parliament and national elections.

After the Berlin Wall fell, scholars flocked to eastern Europe to conduct research on citizens' political attitudes. This work finds little evidence to suggest that the political attitudes of eastern parliamentarians have hindered their adaptation to united Germany's political system. It describes German politics.

Examining the Europe's single currency beyond its impact on financial markets and the economy itself, this book offers perspectives on currency change and European convergence. It offers assessments on European affairs as to whether the common currency will reshape the continent's cultures, societies, and political systems; if so, in what ways.

The University of Notre Dame Press is pleased to bring Ernst Haas's classic work on European integration, The Uniting of Europe, back into print. First published in 1958 and last printed in 1968, this seminal volume is the starting point for anyone interested in the pre-history of the European Union. Haas uses the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) as a case study of the community formation processes that occur across traditional national and state boundaries. Haas points to the ECSC as an example of an organization with the "e;power to redirect the loyalties and expectations of political actors."e;In this pathbreaking book Haas contends that, based on his observations of the actual integration process, the idea of a "e;united Europe"e; took root in the years immediately following World War II. His careful and rigorous analysis tracks the development of the ECSC, including, in his 1968 preface, a discussion of the eventual loss of the individual identity of the ECSC through its absorption into the new European Community. Featuring a new introduction by Haas analyzing the impact of his book over time, as well as an updated bibliography, The Uniting of Europe is a must-have for political scientists and historians of modern and contemporary Europe. This book is the inaugural volume of Notre Dame's new Contemporary European Politics and Society Series.