Figures and Tables vi
Acknowledgements viii
Introduction 1
1 The EU as Community of Fate 18
2 Austerity and After 54
3 No More Social Model? 87
4 The Cosmopolitan Imperative 121
5 Climate Change and Energy 151
6 The Search for Relevance 182
Conclusion 209
Notes 221
Index 234
Anthony Giddens is former Director of the London School ofEconomics, Life Fellow of King s College, Cambridge, andMember of the House of Lords, UK.
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