Muriam Haleh Davis and Thomas Serres, editors. North Africa and the Making of Europe: Governance, Institutions and Culture. New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018. Pp. vi, 293. Cloth $114.00.

Michael M. Laskier

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Muriam Haleh Davis and Thomas Serres’s edited collection North Africa and the Making of Europe: Governance, Institutions and Culture focuses on the relations between North Africa and the European Union (EU). It highlights their interdependence and their common destinies in the “Southern Mediterranean space” from the days of European colonialism to the present. The essays in this volume fit into three sections that examine the impact of European colonialism on the reshaping of post–World War II Europe; the degree and nature of European cooperation and ties with the Muslim-majority neighboring states in the Southern Mediterranean that were dominated by French, Spanish, and Italian colonialism; and the effects of the Arab Spring since 2011. These essays are interlinked through a transnational, interdisciplinary approach to include politics, sociology, cultural and religious issues, migrations, economics, and demography. Much attention is given to European reconstruction after 1945, including the organizational overhauling of its systems and their impact on the European Economic Community (EEC), founded in 1957, and the emergence nearly four decades later of the EU. Second, the main chapters on European-Maghrebi relations concentrate on EU policies since 1995, when these relations were reinforced following the inauguration of the Barcelona Process by the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (EMP), the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP) via its association agreements, and, since 2008, the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM).
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)752-754
Number of pages3
JournalAmerican Historical Review
Volume125
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Apr 2020

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