Povijesni razvoj europskog federalizma: od Drugog svjetskog rata do Ugovora iz Maastrichta

master's thesis

• Title (english): Historical Development of the European Federalism: From the Second World War until the Maastricht Treaty
• Author: Antonio Čule
• Mentor: Hrvoje Špehar (mentor)
• Granter: University of Zagreb; The Faculty of Political Science; Zagreb
• Defense date and country: 2019-09-20, Croatia
• Scientific / art field, discipline and subdiscipline: SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political Science

Abstract

Ovim radom se ukazuje na kompleksnost europskog federalizma unutar političke stukture Europske unije s obzirom na kontekst političke situacije dvadesetog stoljeća i političkih međunarodnih odnosa europskih zemalja tog vremena. Kako je tema rada povijesni razvoj europskog federalizma, postupno se razgrađuje europska politička povijest od vremena završetka drugog svjetskog rata do ugovora iz Maastrichta te se kroz etape razvoja europskog federalizma unutar Europske unije rasčlanjuju razlozi stvaranja zajedničkih politika i same unije. Da bi se shvatili današnji politički odnosi između političkih tijela i institucija Europske unije s nacionalnim vlastima, opisuje se razvoj odnosa kroz vremenska razdoblja dvadesetog stoljeća. Činjenica je kako današnji izgled političkog sustava i političke strukture Europske unije duguje vremenskom kontekstu, to jest kako se snažan nadnacionalni politički sustav nije mogao razviti s obzirom na odnose između europskih zemalja i kako se unija prvenstveno razvijala prema potrebama prosječnog stanovnika i njihovih država članica. Stoga Europsku uniju ne možemo svrstati u federativni oblik političkog sustava, nego na nju moramo gledati kao poseban i moderan politički sustav koji je uspješno odgovorio na sve političke i ekonomske izazove na europskom kontinentu tokom dvadesetog stoljeća i kasnije.

Abstract (english)

This paper shows the complexity of European federalism within the political structure of the European Union, placed in the context of twentieth-century politics and the political international relations of European countries at that time. As the topic of the paper is the historical development of European federalism, European political history has gradually been described from the end of World War II up to Maastricht treaty, and through the stages of development of European federalism within the European Union, the reasons for creating common policies have been introduced. In order to understand the current political relations between the political bodies and the institutions of the European Union with national governments, the paper is describing the development of those relations over the course of the twentieth century. The fact is that the current outlook of the political system and political structure of the European Union is due to a long time context, and a strong transnational political system could not be developed with regard to relations between European countries and that the Union was primarily developed according to needs of the average citizen and member states. Therefore, the European Union cannot be described as a textbook federation but should be viewed as a separate and modern political system that has been successful in addressing all political and economic challenges in the European continent during the twentieth century and beyond.

• Keywords: Europska unija; Europska ekonomska zajednica; federalizam; politički sustav; politički odnosi; političke institucije; dvadeseto stoljeće.
• Keywords (english): European Union; European economic community; federalism; political system; political relations; political institutions; twentieth century.
• Language: croatian
• URN:NBN: urn:nbn:hr:114:903272
• Study programme: Title: Political Science; Study programme type: university; Study level: graduate; Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra politologije (magistar/magistra politologije)
• Type of resource: Text
• File origin: Born digital
• Access conditions: Closed access
• Created on: 2020-01-08 09:59:30