Exploring a key aspect of European integration this clear and thoughtful bookconsiders the remarkable experiment with common rights and citizenship in theEU. Ex... » 

Exploring a key aspect of European integration this clear and thoughtful bookconsiders the remarkable experiment with common rights and citizenship in theEU. Explaining this innovationwhy states cede their sovereignty and eradicateor redefine the boundaries of the political community by including_foreigners_Willem Maas analyzes the development of European citizenshipwithin the larger context of the evolution of rights. More than simply a freetrade market the goal of building a community among peoples creating Europeancitizenshas informed European integration since its origins. The author arguesthat its success or failure will not only determine the future of Europe butprovide lessons for political integration elsewhere. «