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Ever Closer Union? : An Introduction to the European Community

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ISBN-10: 155587388X

ISBN-13: 9781555873882

Edition: 1st

Authors: Desmond Dinan

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List price: $22.00
Edition: 1st
Publisher: Rienner Publishers, Incorporated, Lynne
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 533
Size: 5.91" wide x 9.06" long
Weight: 0.704
Language: English

List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Integration, 1945-1957
Jean Monnet and the European Movement
The Marshall Plan and European Integration
The Schuman Plan
The ECSC and the EDC
The EEC and Euratom
Constructing the Community: The Gaullist Challenge, 1958-1969
The Domestic and Community Contexts
The 1963 Crisis
The 1965 Crisis
The Gaullist Illusion
A Community in Flux, 1969-1979
The Spirit of The Hague
Completion, Deepening, Enlargement
From Eurosummit to Euroslump
Into the Abyss
Turning the Corner, 1979-1984
Second Enlargement, Direct Elections, and the EMS
The British Budgetary Question
Ideology, High Technology, and the Single Market
External and Internal Pressures for Change
The Transformation of the European Community, 1985-1988
The Third Enlargement
Devising a Single Market Strategy
The Dooge Report and the Milan Summit
The Single European Act
Making a Success of the Single Act
A New Europe, A New Community? 1989-1993
The Acceleration of History
Toward the Intergovernmental Conferences
Negotiating the Maastricht Treaty
The Ratification Crisis
The European Commission
Toward an Imperial Presidency?
The Uncollegiate Commission
The Subdued Civil Service
The Commission's Changing Powers and Responsibilities
The European Council and the Council of Ministers
The Rotating Presidency
Europe's Most Exclusive Club
The Council of Ministers
Decisionmaking
The European Parliament
Direct Elections, Political Parties, and Political Groups
The EP in the Community System
Internal Organization
Closing the Democratic Deficit
The Court of Justice and Other Institutions and Bodies
The Court of Justice
The Court of First Instance
The Court of Auditors
The Economic and Social Committee
The Committee of the Regions
The European Investment Bank
The Common Agricultural Policy
The Single Market Program
Physical Barriers
Technical Barriers
Fiscal Barriers
Beyond the White Paper
The Sutherland Report
Is 1992 a Success?
A Level Playing Field
Industrial Policy
Competition Policy
Beyond the Marketplace
Environmental Policy
Social Policy
Structural Policy
Economic and Monetary Union
The New Impetus Toward EMU
What Maastricht Means
Prospects for EMU
External Economic Relations
The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
The European Economic Area and Enlargement
Asia
Latin America
The African, Caribbean, and Pacific Countries
The Mediterranean Countries
The European Community in the Post-Cold War World
From EPC to CFSP
Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Trans-Atlantic Relations
Bibliography
List of Abbreviations
Index
About the Book and Author