American Commonalities and Roots of European Integration

• Authors: David Reichardt

Title variants

PL

Geneza integracji europejskiej w perspektywie amerykańskich doświadczeń

Abstracts

PL

Artykuł prezentuje zagadnienia dotyczące historycznych podobieństw w procesie integracji państwa w ramach doświadczeń amerykańskich i europejskich. Ich konsekwencją jest powstanie Stanów Zjednoczonych Ameryki i Unii Europejskiej. W pierwszej kolejności zdefiniowano kluczowe pojęcia z zakresu stosunków międzynarodowych i integracji państw. Następnie dokonano porównania myśli amerykańskiej i europejskiej w tym obszarze oraz wskazano na najważniejsze momenty integracyjne obu podmiotów. W artykule założono, że istnieją znaczne podobieństwa historyczne w przedmiotowych procesach. Dlatego też przedstawiono ideę doświadczenia amerykańskiego jako jednej z głównych inspiracji i źródła integracji europejskiej. Wniosek końcowy jest oparty na tezie, że bez historycznego przykładu, a także znacznej powojennej pomocy Stanów Zjednoczonych dla Europy wysoce wątpliwy jest początek i sposób realizacji idei integracyjnych w Europie.

EN

This article looks deeply into the historical parallels between the American and European experiences of state integration, which have resulted in the United States of America and the European Union, respectively. It first defines the key international relations concept of state integration and compares American and European thought on the idea. It then turns to examine some of the highpoints in the history of integration in the American and European cases. Given the remarkable historical commonalties between the two processes, the article puts forward the idea of the American experience as a chief inspiration and source for European integration. It concludes by suggesting that without the historical example of the United States, as well as massive American post-war assistance to Europe, it is highly doubtful that European integration would have commenced when and as it did.

Keywords

PL

integracja; Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki; Unia Europejska

EN

integration; United States of America; European Union

• Publisher: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II. Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL
• Journal: Roczniki Nauk Społecznych
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 49
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 121-142

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

David Reichardt

• Comenius University, Bratislava

• https://orcid.org/0000000215791760

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18290/rns21493.9

Biblioteka Nauki

2040296