The European Union: Readings on the Theory and Practice of European Integration

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
The Tragedy of Europe....Pages 5-9
The Schuman Declaration....Pages 11-12
Preambles to the Treaties of Rome....Pages 13-15
A Ferment of Change....Pages 17-24
A Concert of European States....Pages 25-41
Preamble to the Single European Act....Pages 43-44
A Family of Nations....Pages 45-50
A Necessary Union....Pages 51-64
Preamble to the Treaty on European Union (The Maastricht Treaty)....Pages 65-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Altiero Spinelli and the Strategy for the United States of Europe....Pages 69-75
A Working Peace System....Pages 77-97
Political Integration: Definitions and Hypotheses....Pages 99-109
Neofunctionalism: A Case of Mistaken Identity....Pages 111-123
The Theory of Economic Integration: An Introduction....Pages 125-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Domestic Politics and European Community Policy Making....Pages 141-152
Political Elites, Popular Indifference and Community Building....Pages 153-168
Organized Interests and the Europe of 1992....Pages 169-187
1992: Recasting the European Bargain....Pages 189-209
Negotiating the Single European Act: National Interests and Conventional Statecraft in the European Community....Pages 211-233
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Institutional Change in Europe in the 1980s....Pages 237-255
Choosing Union: Monetary Politics and Maastricht....Pages 257-290
Back Matter....Pages 291-309