Table of Contents

Part I: Perspectives
1: Mark A. Pollack: Realist, Intergovernmentalist, and Institutionalist Approaches
2: Wayne Sandholtz and Alec Stone Sweet: Neo-functionalism and Supranational Governance
3: Frank Schimmelfennig: Constructivist Perspectives
4: Craig Parsons: Sociological Perspectives on European Integration
5: George Pagoulatos and Loukas Tsoukalis: Multilevel Governance
Part II: Treaties
6: Berthold Rittberger: Treaties of Paris
7: Mark Gilbert: The Treaties of Rome
8: Maria Green Cowles: The Single European Act
9: Finn Laursen: The Treaty of Maastricht
10: Sophie Vanhoonacker: The Treaty of Amsterdam
11: Alberta Sbragia: Treaty of Nice
12: Youri Devuyst: The Constitutional Treaty and Lisbon
Part III: Major Personalities
13: Richard T. Griffiths: The Founding Fathers
14: Carine Germond: Dynamic Franco-German Duos: Giscard-Schmidt and Mitterrand-Kohl
15: Piers Ludlow: Problematic Partners: de Gaulle, Thatcher and their Impact
16: Hussein Kassim: The Presidents and Presidency of the European Commission
17: Desmond Dinan: Famous Non-Performers: Franco Malfatti, Gaston Thorn, and Jacques Santer
Part IV: Member States (Cleavages)
18: Simone Bunse and Kalypso Nicolaïdis: Large versus Small States: Anti-Hegemony and the Politics of Shared Leadership
19: Christian Lequesne: Old vs. New
20: Waltraud Schelkle: Rich Versus Poor
21: Orfeo Fioretos: Coordinated versus Liberal Market Economies
22: Vincent Della Sala: Leaders and Followers: Leadership amongst Member States in a Differentiated Europe
Part V: Institutions
23: Jeffrey Lewis: Council of Ministers and European Council
24: Susanne K. Schmidt and Arndt Wonka: European Commission
25: Loïc Azoulai, Renaud Dehousse: The European Court of Justice and the Legal Dynamics of Integration
26: Tapio Raunio: The European Parliament
27: Ian Harden: Auditors, Ombudsmen
28: R. Daniel Kelemen: European Union Agencies
Part VI: Economic Competencies
29: Michelle Egan: Single Market
30: Alasdair R. Young: Trade Policy
31: Imelda Maher: Competition Policy
32: Kenneth Dyson: Economic and Monetary Union
33: Annette Bongardt and Francisco Torres: Lisbon strategy (chapter 33, section F: Economic Competencies)
34: Francis Snyder: CAP
35: Dermot Hodson: Regional and Structural Funds
Part VII: Substantive Policy Development
36: Charlotte Burns and Neil Carter: Environmental Policy
37: Hans-W. Micklitz: European Consumer Law
38: Catherine Barnard and Simon Deakin: Social Policy and Labour Market Regulation
39: Dieter Helm: European Energy Policy
40: Stephen Weatherill: The Constitutional Context of (Ever Wider) Policymaking
Part VIII: Competencies In Foreign Policy And Home Affairs
41: Anand Menon: Defence Policy
42: Jonathon W. Moses: The Shadow of Schengen
43: Jörg Monar: Justice and Home Affairs
44: Richard J. Aldrich: Intelligence and the European Union
45: David Allen: The Common Foreign and Security Policy
Part IX: Political Concerns
46: Vivien A. Schmidt: Democracy and Legitimacy in the European Union
47: Adrienne Héritier: Policy Effectiveness and Transparency in European Policy Making
48: Erik Jones: Identity and Solidarity
49: Klaus H. Goetz: Political Time in the EU
50: Sara B. Hobolt: Public Opinion and Integration
51: Joxerramon Bengoetxea: Rights (and Obligations) in EU Law
52: Charlie Jeffrey and Carolyn Rowe: Bringing the Territory Back in: Towards a New Understanding of the Regional Dimension of the European Union
53: Armin von Bogdandy: Neither an International Organization nor a Nation State: The European Union as a Supranational Federation
54: Walter Mattli: Comparative Regional Integration: Theoretical Developments
Part X: EU And The Member States
55: B. G. Peters: Coordination in the European Union
56: Eiko Thielemann: Burden-Sharing
57: Ulrich Sedelmeier: Europeanization
58: Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks: Politicization

About the Author

Erik Jones has written on European politics, political economy, and the transatlantic relationship. His most recent book is Economic Adjustment and Political Transformation in Small States (OUP, 2008). He is Professor and Director of European Studies at the SAIS Bologna Center of the Johns Hopkins University and Head of Europe at Oxford Analytica. Anand Menon has written widely on many aspects of European politics and public policy. His latest book is
Europe: The State of the Union (atlantic Books). He is currently working on a project explaining the development of EU security policies. He is Professor of West European Politics at the University of
Birmingham.
Stephen Weatherill has written books and a large number of articles examining European Union law, ranging across the wide sweep of constitutional, instiutional and substantive law. He is Jacques Delors Professor of European law in the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Somerville College.

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