| Edition |
4th ed. |
| Physical description |
xiii, 619 pages : map ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. History -- 1. Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Integration, 1945-1957 -- What Future for Europe? -- The Cold War, the Marshall Plan, and European Integration -- The Coal and Steel Community and European Defense -- The Economic and Atomic Energy Communities -- 2. Uncertain Terrain, 1958-1972 -- France, Germany, and European Integration -- Constructing the European Community -- The "Empty Chair" Crisis and the Luxembourg Compromise -- Keeping Britain Out -- De Gaulle's Departure and the Spirit of The Hague -- The First Enlargement -- Rhetoric vs. Reality -- 3. A Community in Flux, 1973-1984 -- Britain's Renegotiation and Referendum -- A General Malaise -- The European Monetary System -- The British Budgetary Question -- Reviving European Integration -- The External Environment -- An Assertive European Parliament -- 4. From European Community to European Union, 1985-1992 -- Mediterranean Enlargement -- Accelerating European Integration -- The Single European Act -- The Single Market Program and Cohesion -- Economic and Monetary Union -- German Unification -- The Maastricht Treaty -- 5. The Emergent European Union, 1993-1999 -- The 1995 Enlargement -- The Road to Monetary Union -- The Balkan Imbroglio -- The Amsterdam Treaty -- Resignation of the Santer Commission -- 6. The Unsettled European Union, 2000-2010 -- Enlargement Unlike Any Other: From Fifteen to Twenty-Seven -- Treaty Reform: From Nice to Lisbon -- The Financial Crisis and Recession -- Part 2. Institutions -- 7. The Commission -- The Once Powerful Presidency -- The Uncollegial Commission -- The Unloved Civil Service -- The Commission's Roles and Responsibilities -- 8. The European Council and the Council of Ministers -- Europe's Most Exclusive Club -- The Council of Ministers -- The Presidency -- 9. The European Parliament -- Size and Composition -- Elections -- Political Groups and Transnational Parties -- Parliament's Roles and Responsibilities -- Internal Organization -- More Power to Parliament? -- 10. Other Institutions and Bodies -- The Court of Justice -- The General Court -- The Court of Auditors -- Consultative Bodies -- The European Investment Bank -- Agencies -- National Parliaments -- 11. Interinstitutional Dynamics -- Legislative Decisionmaking -- Comitology -- The Budget -- Political Accountability -- Part 3. Policies -- 12. Agriculture and Cohesion -- The Common Agricultural Policy -- Cohesion Policy -- 13. The Internal Market and Monetary Union -- The Internal Market -- Competition Policy -- Economic and Monetary Union -- 14. Economic Performance: Growth and Jobs -- The Lisbon Strategy and Europe 2020 -- Social Policy and Employment -- Enterprise and Industry -- Research and Development -- Education and Training -- 15. The Environment, Energy, and Climate Change -- Environmental Policy -- Energy Policy -- Climate Change -- 16. Beyond the EU's Borders -- Enlargement -- Relations with Other Countries of the Wider Europe -- Trade Policy -- Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid -- 17. Internal and External Security -- Internal Security: The Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice -- External Security: Foreign and Defense Policy -- Prospects for CFSP and CSDP -- 18. EU-US Relations -- Underlying Difficulties -- The Course of EU-US Relations -- Bound to Be Close. |
| Subject |
European Economic Community.
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European federation.
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| ISBN |
9781588266071 (paperback: alkaline paper) |
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1588266079 (paperback: alkaline paper) |
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