Bøger af Steven Van Hecke

The period since the end of the Cold War has been characterised by an acceleration in the European integration process, a changing pattern of political ideologies and the emergence of new political parties and issues. This book assesses the impact of these phenomena on Christian Democratic parties in the current and future member states of the European Union and highlights some of the particularities and universalities of European Christian Democracy from a comparative and transnational perspective. Political scientists and historians from various universities examine the way in which Christian Democratic parties have responded to these challenges (for instance by a rapprochement with non-Christian Democrats) and explain how those responses have resulted in failure in some cases and success in others.

Drawing from six questions that put main events, key figures as well as the defining moments of the past 70 years in the foreground, "Why Europe" lays out the essence of European integration.

This book tells the story of the European People's Party: why it was founded, how it is currently organised and what its guiding ideas, values and principles are. It offers the reader an up-to-date account of the Party's contribution to Europe.