| Edition |
3rd ed. |
| Physical description |
xxvii, 472 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: London: McGraw-Hill, 2009. |
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Formerly CIP. Uk. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1 An Introduction to European Integration: Definitions and Terminology 1 -- 1.1 Introduction 1 -- 1.2 Questions of terminology 2 -- 1.3 Common Foreign and Security Policy 3 -- 1.4 From 'Justice and Home Affairs' to 'Freedom, Security and Justice' 4 -- 1.5 Changing membership of the EU 5 -- 1.6 Definition of integration 5 -- 1.7 Stages of integration 5 -- 1.8 Early views of approaches to integration 7 -- 1.9 Acquis communautaire 8 -- 1.10 Subsidiarity 8 -- 1.11 Competences of the EU 9 -- 1.12 EU in the world 10 -- 2 A Brief History of European Integration 15 -- 2.1 Introduction 15 -- 2.2 Origins of European integration 16 -- 2.3 Background to the integration process: the 1940s 16 -- 2.4 Integration by sector 17 -- 2.5 European Coal and Steel Community 19 -- 2.6 Attempts at co-operation in defence 20 -- 2.7 Agriculture: towards the creation of the Common Agricultural Policy 21 -- 2.8 Proposed 'green pool' 21 -- 2.9 Towards the Treaties of Rome 22 -- 2.10 Treaties of Rome 23 -- 2.11 European Community in the 1960s 25 -- 2.12 1969 Hague Summit 26 -- 2.13 Community in the 1970s: the years of Eurosclerosis 26 -- 2.14 Relaunching of integration: the Internal Market Programme 29 -- 2.15 Maastricht Treaty, economic and monetary union and the economic crisis 30 -- 2.16 EU enlargement 30 -- 2.17 From the Mediterranean Policy to the European Neighbourhood Policy 32 -- 2.18 From the Luxembourg Process and the Lisbon Strategy to Europe 2020 33 -- 2.19 From the Amsterdam to the Lisbon Treaty 33 -- 3 Decision-Making Institutions of the European Union 41 -- 3.1 Introduction 41 -- 3.2 Towards the Lisbon Treaty 42 -- 3.3 Decision-making institutions of the EU 45 -- 3.4 European Commission 45 -- 3.5 Council 49 -- 3.6 European Council 50 -- 3.7 Voting rules in the Council of Ministers 52 -- 3.8 European Parliament 55 -- 3.9 Role of national parliaments 59 -- 3.10 European Economic and Social Committee 60 -- 3.11 Committee of the Regions 60 -- 3.12 Court of Justice 61 -- 3.13 Court of Auditors 62 -- 3.14 Decision-making procedures of the EU 62 -- 3.15 'Flexibility' or 'enhanced co-operation' 63 -- 3.16 Evaluation 65 -- 4 Theory of Trade and the EU 69 -- 4.1 Introduction 69 -- 4.2 Main arguments in favour of free trade 70 -- 4.3 Absolute advantage 70 -- 4.4 Comparative advantage 70 -- 4.5 Heckscher-Ohlin theorem 72 -- 4.6 Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson theorem 74 -- 4.7 New trade theories 75 -- 4.8 Intra-industry trade and product differentiation 75 -- 4.9 Static economies of scale 76 -- 4.10 Learning process 77 -- 4.11 Tariffs 78 -- 4.12 Economic effects of introducing a tariff in a 'small nation' 79 -- 4.13 Effect of introducing a production subsidy 82 -- 4.14 Effect of introducing a tariff in a 'large nation' 83 -- 4.15 Effects of introducing a tariff on the exporting country 84 -- 4.16 Non-tariff barriers and the 'new protectipnism' 86 -- 4.17 Main arguments presented in favour of protection 91 -- 4.18 Second best 91 -- 4.19 More recent arguments in favour of protection: strategic trade theory 92 -- 4.20 Political economy of protectionism 93 -- 5 Economics of Integration 102 -- 5.1 Introduction y 102 -- 5.2 Costs and benefits of integration 102 -- 5.3 Trade creation 103 -- 5.4 Trade diversion 104 -- 5.5 Effect of a customs union on the partner country 105 -- 5.6 Difference between non-discriminatory tariffs and preferential arrangements 107 -- 5.7 Conditions under which a customs union is likely to increase welfare 110 -- 5.8 Terms of trade effects 111 -- 5.9 Dynamic effects of integration 111 -- 5.10 Growth and integration 112 -- 5.11 Political economy arguments to explain why countries may prefer regional trade blocs to multilateral liberalization 113 -- 5.12 Empirical research on the effects of integration 114 -- 5.13 Regionalism versus multilateralism 117 Summary of key concepts 118 Questions for study and review 119 -- 6 Single Market 121 -- 6.1 Introduction 121 -- 6.2 Background to the Single Market Programme 122 -- 6.3 Expected advantages of the Single European Market 123 -- 6.4 Timetable for the introduction of the Single European Market 125 -- 6.5 Single European Act 125 -- 6.6 Implementation of the Single Market Programme 126 -- 6.7 Main elements of the Single Market Programme: the Schengen Agreement and other aspects of the removal of frontier controls 128 -- 6.8 Differences in national rules and regulations 130 -- 6.9 Fiscal harmonization 132 -- 6.10 Liberalization of public procurement 136 -- 6.11 Liberalization of the service industries 136 -- 6.12 Liberalization of individual service industries 139 -- 6.13 Assessments of the Single Market Programme 146 -- 6.14 Impact of the Single Market Programme Project on third countries 148 -- 6.15 'Completing' the Single Market: From the 10-point plan of 2003 to the initiative of 2007 to create a Single Market for the twenty-first century 148 -- 6.16 Monti Report of 2010 149 -- 6.17 Towards a Single Market Act 150 -- 6.18 Evaluation 150 Summary of key concepts 151 Questions for study and review 152 Research tasks 153 -- 7 From the Lisbon Agenda to Europe 2020 154 -- 7.1 Introduction 154 -- 7.2 Diagnosis: lagging growth and productivity 155 -- 7.3 Economic crisis and competitiveness 158 -- 7.4 Challenges of international trade and globalization 158 -- 7.5 Original Lisbon Agenda 160 -- 7.6 Sapir Report 161 -- 7.7 Kok Report 161 -- 7.8 2005 revision of the Lisbon Agenda 162 -- 7.9 Europe 2020 programme 162 -- 7.10 Smart growth: better policies for the information society and research and development 163 -- 7.11 Inclusive growth: the link to EU social policy 165 -- 7.12 Early years of EC social policy 166 -- 7.13 EU social policy since the Single Market Programme 166 -- 7.14 EU social policy in the Lisbon Treaty 168 -- 7.15 Employment in the treaties 169 -- 7.16 European Employment Strategy 169 -- 7.17 Assessment of the European Employment Strategy 170 -- 7.18 Inclusive growth: fighting poverty and social exclusion in the EU 173 -- 7.19 Evaluation 174 -- 8 Movement of Labour, Immigration and Asylum 178 -- 8.1 Introduction 178 -- 8.2 Effects of migration 179 -- 8.3 Causes of migration 181 -- 8.4 Restrictions on migration 181 -- 8.5 Impact of migration on wages and employment 182 -- 8.6 Types of immigration 183 -- 8.7 EU policies towards internal labour movement 184 -- 8.8 Pattern of labour movement within the EU 185 -- 8.9 Development of EU policies with regard to immigration and asylum from the rest of the world 188 -- 8.10 Immigration to the EU from the rest of the world 190 -- 8.11 Evaluation 192 -- 9 Theory of Economic and Monetary Union 195 -- 9.1 Introduction 195 -- 9.2 Theory of optimum currency areas 196 -- 9.3 Cost/benefit analyses of economic and monetary union 197 -- 9.4 Benefits of economic and monetary union 197 -- 9.5 Main costs of economic and monetary union 199 -- 9.6 How effective is the, exchange rate mechanism in correcting asymmetric shocks? 203 -- 9.7 Does the likelihood of asymmetric shocks increase or decrease as the level of integration rises? 204 -- 9.8 Alternative mechanisms to the exchange rate instrument 204 -- 9.9 A comparison of costs and benefits 205 -- 9.10 Is the EU an optimal currency area? 207 -- 9.11 Evaluation 209 -- 10 Long Road to Economic and Monetary Union 216 -- 10.1 Introduction 216 -- 10.2 International monetary system in the early years of the Community 216 -- 10.3 Hague Summit: 'EMU by 1980' 217 -- 10.4 Snake in the tunnel 218 -- 10.5 Launching of EMS 218 -- 10.6 EMS mechanisms 219 -- 10.7 Problem of asymmetry in the operation of the EMS 220 -- 10.8 Phases of operation of the EMS 221 -- 10.9 Impossible trinity 223 -- 10.10 1980s and 1990s: back to EMU 223 -- 10.11 Maastricht Treaty 224 -- 10.12 Convergence criteria 225 -- 10.13 Three stages in the introduction of EMU 225 -- 10.14 Countries outside the euro area 229 -- 10.15 Evaluation 230 Summary of key concepts 230 Questions for study and review 231 -- 11 Eurozone: Structure, Performance and Outlook 232 |
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-- 11.1 Introduction 232 -- 11.2 Eurosystem and the European System of Central Banks 233 -- 11.3 Tasks of the Eurosystem 234 -- 11.4 Independence of and accountability of the European Central Bank 236 -- 11.5 Fiscal policy in a monetary union 237 -- 11.6 Stability and Growth Pact 239 -- 11.7 First decade of the Eurosystem 241 -- 11.8 Euro in the international 'financial system 245 -- 11.9 Economic crisis from 2007 246 -- 11.10 Eurozone crisis 251 -- |
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11.11 Reform of EU economic governance 255 -- 11.12 Evaluation and outlook for the euro 258 -- 12 EU Budget 261 -- 12.1 Introduction 261 -- 12.2 Main features of the EU budget 262 -- 12.3 Basic principles of the / EU budget 265 -- 12.4 Financing of the Community up until 1980 266 -- 12.5 Continuing difficulties of the Community budget during the 1980s 268 -- 12.6 Evolution of the sources of revenue of the EU budget 269 -- 12.7 Financial perspectives and multi-annual financial frameworks 270 -- 12.8 Multi-annual financial framework for the 2007-13 period 272 -- 12.9 Post-2013 multi-annual financial framework 275 -- 12.10 Financial irregularities 276 -- 12.11 Evaluation and outlook 277 -- 13 Common Agricultural Policy 280 -- 13.1 Reasons for public intervention in agriculture 280 -- 13.2 Agriculture in the Treaty of Rome 281 -- 13.3 Agreement on the CAP mechanisms 282 -- 13.4 1964 agreement on common price levels 284 -- 13.5 Effects of EU price support policy 285 -- 13.6 1968 Mansholt Plan 288 -- 13.7 Agrimonetary system 289 -- 13.8 Ongoing need for reform of the CAP 289 -- 13.9 Attempts at reform in the 1970s and 1980s 293 -- 13.10 1992 MacSharry Reform 296 -- 13.11 1999 Berlin Agreement on Agenda 2000 297 -- 13.12 CAP and the enlargements of 2004 and 2007 299 -- 13.13 Mid-term Review or Fischler Reform 301 -- 13.14 Ongoing CAP reform process 302 -- 13.15 CAP Health Check 304 -- 13.16 CAP post-2013 305 -- 13.17 Evaluation and outlook 307 -- 14 Environmental and Energy Policies 311 -- 14.1 Introduction 311 -- 14.2 Economic basis of environmental policy 312 -- 14.3 Instruments of environmental policy 314 -- 14.4 Evolution of EU environmental policy 315 -- 14.5 Environmental policy in the treaties 317 -- 14.6 European Environment Agency 318 -- 14.7 International dimension 319 -- 14.8 EU policies: towards an integrated approach to energy and climate change 324 -- 14.9 Biofuels in the EU 325 -- 14.10 EU Emissions Trading System 326 -- 14.11 Evaluation of EU environmental policy 328 -- 14.12 Evolution of the EU energy market 329 -- 14.13 Evolution of EU energy policy 333 -- 14.14 Attempt at unbundling of the EU energy sector 334 -- 14.15 Evaluation of EU energy policy 335 -- 15 Regional Policy 338 -- 15.1 Introduction 338 -- 15.2 View that integration leads to less income disparity 339 -- 15.3 View that integration leads to greater regional disparity 340 -- 15.4 EU instruments for cohesion and regional policy 341 -- 15.5 Evolution of EU regional policy 344 -- 15.6 EU cohesion and regional policy over the 2007-13 period 347 -- 15.7 Has there been convergence in the EU? 351 -- 15.8 Studies of the effects of EU cohesion policy 355 -- 15.9 Cohesion policy after 2013 and the need to select an appropriate development strategy 356 -- 15.10 Evaluation and outlook 357 -- 16 Competition Policy 360 -- 16.1 Introduction 360 -- 16.2 Theoretical basis for competition policy 361 -- 16.3 Institutions responsible for EU competition policy 365 -- 16.4 Antitrust enforcement 365 -- 16.5 2004 reform 369 -- 16.6 Merger control 369 -- 16.7 Liberalization and state aid 371 -- 16.8 Evaluation 373 -- 17 Industrial Policy 375 -- 17.1 Introduction 375 -- 17.2 Theoretical basis of interventionist industrial policy 376 -- 17.3 Industrial policy in the treaties 379 -- 17.4 Early years: a market-orientated approach to industrial policy 379 -- 17.5 Towards a more active Community industrial policy 380 -- 17.6 Bangemann Memorandum and after 382 -- 17.7 Promoting competitiveness 382 -- 17.8 EU research and development policy 383 -- 17.9 Evaluation and outlook 384 -- 18 EU Trade and Aid Policies 386 -- 18.1 Introduction 386 -- 18.2 GATT/WTO 391 -- 18.3 Generalised System of Preferences 393 -- 18.4 EU and developing countries 394 -- 18.5 Evolution of EU policy towards the ACP countries 396 -- 18.6 Economic Partnership Agreements 398 -- 18.7 EPAs and the debate about the effectiveness of EU development policy 398 -- 18.8 EU-US trade and investment 399 -- 18.9 Institutional framework for transatlantic co-operation 400 -- 18.10 Trade disputes between the EU and the USA 402 -- 18.11 Wider Europe: the European Neighbourhood Policy 404 -- 18.12 Mediterranean region 405 -- 18.13 Russian Federation 406 -- 18.14 EU relations with Asia 407 -- 18.15 EU relations with China 408 -- 18.16 EU relations with Japan 408 -- 18.17 EU relations with India 409 -- 18.18 EU-Latin American relations 409 -- 18.19 Evaluation 410 -- 19 EU Enlargement 414 -- 19.1 Introduction 414 -- 19.2 Theory of clubs 415 -- 19.3 A brief chronology of the enlargement process 416 -- 19.4 Trade and aid arrangements between the EU and CEECs before enlargement 418 -- 19.5 'second-generation' Europe Agreements 420 -- 19.6 Copenhagen criteria 422 -- 19.7 Pre-accession strategy 423 -- 19.8 Accession negotiations 424 -- 19.9 Extending EU policies to the new/' member states 425 -- 19.10 EU policy towards the Western Balkans 427 -- 19.11 Candidate countries 430. |
| Subject |
European Union -- History.
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European Union countries -- Economic conditions.
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European Union countries -- Economic integration.
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| ISBN |
9780077129668 (paperback) £42.99 |
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0077129660 (paperback) £42.99 |
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