The history of the European Union: origins of a trans- and supranational polity 1950-72

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Notes on Contributors......Page 8
Preface......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 10
List of Abbreviations......Page 11
1 Origins of a European polity: A new research agenda for European Union history......Page 14
2 Transnational networks in European governance: The informal politics of integration......Page 25
3 Supranational governance in the making: Towards a European political system......Page 47
4 Transatlantic policy networks in the creation of the first European anti-trust law: Mediating between American anti-trust and German ordo-liberalism......Page 69
5 Transnational business networks propagating EC industrial policy: The role of the Committee of Common Market Automobile Constructors......Page 87
6 Socialist party networks in northern Europe: Moving towards the EEC applications of 1967......Page 106
7 Transnational communication in the European public sphere: The summit of The Hague 1969......Page 123
8 DG IV and the origins of a supranational competition policy: Establishing an economic constitution for Europe......Page 142
9 The origins of Community information policy: Educating Europeans......Page 161
10 Delegation as a political process: The case of the inter-institutional debate over the Budget Treaty......Page 180
11 The European Commission and the rise of Coreper: A controlled experiment......Page 202
12 Interdisciplinarity in research on the EU: Politics, history and prospects for collaboration......Page 219
Index......Page 234