Exploring the development of the European Union and the ways in which it has been studied over fifty years, this book draws on contributions by some of the worlds leading scholars in the field, it maps the past and present of both the EU and EU studies, before setting out a provocative agenda for future work in the area.
Author(s): David Phinnemore, Alex Warleigh-Lack
Series: Palgrave studies in European Union Politics
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 256
Contents......Page 6
List of Tables and Figures......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 9
Notes on Contributors......Page 10
List of Abbreviations......Page 12
1 Introduction......Page 14
Part I: European Integration from the EEC’s Founding to the Present......Page 22
2 Some Reflections on 50 Years of Experience since the Signature of the Treaties of Rome......Page 24
3 Bringing People and Ideas Back in: Historical Research on the European Union......Page 35
Part II: Institutional and Policy Developments......Page 54
4 The Heroic Age of European Integration is Over: Institutional and Policy Developments, 1957–2007......Page 56
5 The Role of the European Council in Institutional and Policy Developments in the European Union......Page 87
6 Fairy Tale of Luxembourg? Reflections on Law and Legal Scholarship in European Integration......Page 106
7 Institutional and Policy Analysis in the European Union: From the Treaty of Rome to the Present......Page 122
Part III: Tough and Challenging Journeys......Page 138
8 The International Impact of European Integration: Key Events, Players and Trends......Page 140
9 Fifty Years of Economic and Monetary Union: A Hard and Thorny Journey......Page 156
Part IV: European Integration and the Member States......Page 186
10 One Union, One Story? In Praise of Europe’s Narrative Diversity......Page 188
11 The EU and its Member States: From Bottom Up to Top Down......Page 207
12 Conclusion: Reflections on the Past and Future of European Union Studies......Page 225
Bibliography......Page 237
C......Page 261
E......Page 262
F......Page 263
L......Page 264
S......Page 265
T......Page 266
Y......Page 267
