Books
Book shop and book club
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Book shop and book club
The reading list of the chapter. Every title links to a shop that stocks it.
The Ventotene Manifesto
Altiero Spinelli, Ernesto Rossi · 1941 · Language: EN
The founding text of European federalism, written in confinement on a prison island.
Discussed on
Get it at Rahva Raamat (opens in a new tab)The Federalist Papers
Hamilton, Madison, Jay · 1788 · Language: EN
How a confederation of states argued itself into a federation — still the sharpest source book.
Get it at Rahva Raamat (opens in a new tab)Euroopa Liidu poliitika ja institutsioonid
Various · 2021 · Language: ET
An Estonian-language primer on how EU institutions actually decide.
Get it at Apollo (opens in a new tab)Citizens of Europe
Étienne Balibar · 2004 · Language: EN
On European citizenship, borders and who the demos of a federation would be.
Get it at Rahva Raamat (opens in a new tab)The United States of Europe
T. R. Reid · 2004 · Language: EN
A journalist's account of the new superpower that Europe keeps almost becoming.
Get it at Apollo (opens in a new tab)
The book club
One book every six weeks, discussed in Tallinn and online. Read what you can; nobody checks your homework.
Book club
Book club: the Ventotene Manifesto and after
Tallinn, hybrid — link shared with members
First session of the reading group. We read the Manifesto together, then map its claims onto the Union of 2026.