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Tables and Illustrations | |
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Preface and Acknowledgments | |
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About the Authors | |
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Acronyms and Abbreviations | |
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Introduction | |
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History | |
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What Is the European Union? | |
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Chapter Overview | |
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The Role of the State | |
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How Did the EU Evolve? | |
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What Has the EU Become? | |
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Questions to Consider | |
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Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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Origins: The Road from Paris | |
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Chapter Overview | |
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The Taming of Europe | |
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Economic Reconstruction and the Marshall Plan | |
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Security and the Cold War | |
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Opening Moves: Coal and Steel (1950-53) | |
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Questions to Consider | |
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Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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Emergence: To the Single Market and Beyond | |
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Chapter Overview | |
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From Paris to Rome (1955-58) | |
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Integration Takes Root (1958-68) | |
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The Role of the United States | |
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Enlargement: Looking North and South (1960-86) | |
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Toward Economic and Monetary Union (1969-93) | |
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Completing the Single Market (1983-93) | |
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Questions to Consider | |
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Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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Consolidation and Crisis: Maastricht, Lisbon, and the Eurozone | |
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Chapter Overview | |
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From Community to Union (1970-93) | |
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The Euro Arrives (1995-2002) | |
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Changes to the Treaties: Amsterdam and Nice (1997-2001) | |
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Shock Waves from Iraq (2003-05) | |
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More Enlargement: Looking East (1994-2013) | |
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From Lisbon to the Eurozone Crisis (2001-) | |
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Questions to Consider | |
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Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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Institutions | |
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The European Commission | |
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Chapter Overview | |
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Evolution | |
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Structure | |
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How the Commission Works | |
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Questions to Consider | |
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Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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The Council of the European Union | |
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Chapter Overview | |
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Evolution | |
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Structure | |
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How the Council Works | |
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Questions to Consider | |
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Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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The European Parliament | |
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Chapter Overview | |
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Evolution | |
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Structure | |
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How Parliament Works | |
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Questions to Consider | |
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Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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The European Court of Justice | |
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Chapter Overview | |
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Evolution | |
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Structure | |
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Sources of European Union Law | |
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How the Court Works | |
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Questions to Consider | |
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Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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The European Council and Other Institutions | |
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Chapter Overview | |
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Evolution | |
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Structure | |
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How the Council Works | |
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Specialized Agencies | |
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Questions to Consider | |
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Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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Representing Public Opinion | |
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Chapter Overview | |
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An Emerging European Identity | |
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Referendums | |
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European Elections | |
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Political Groups | |
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Interest Groups | |
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Questions to Consider | |
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Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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Policies | |
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Public Policy in the EU | |
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Chapter Overview | |
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The Policy Cycle | |
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Features of the Policy Process | |
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The Budget | |
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Questions to Consider | |
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Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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Economic and Monetary Policy | |
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Chapter Overview | |
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The Single Market and Europe 2020 | |
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Justice and Home Affairs | |
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The Euro | |
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Questions to Consider | |
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Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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Cohesion and Other Internal Policies | |
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Chapter Overview | |
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Building a Level Playing Field | |
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Social Policy | |
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Education and Languages | |
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Questions to Consider | |
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Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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Agricultural and Environmental Policy | |
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Chapter Overview | |
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Agricultural Policy | |
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Environmental Policy | |
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Questions to Consider | |
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Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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External Relations | |
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Chapter Overview | |
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Toward a Common Foreign Policy | |
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Toward a Common Security Policy | |
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Trade Policy | |
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Developments in the Neighborhood: Eastern Europe and Russia | |
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Relations with a Rising Power: EU-China Relations | |
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Development Cooperation | |
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Questions to Consider | |
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Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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The EU and the United States | |
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Chapter Overview | |
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The Changing International System | |
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The Transatlantic Relationship | |
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A Litany of Disputes | |
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Explaining the Differences | |
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Questions to Consider | |
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Further Reading | |
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Notes | |
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Conclusions | |
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Notes | |
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Glossary | |
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Chronology of European Integration | |
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Sources of Information | |
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Index | |