Ever Closer Union : : An Introduction to European Integration / / Desmond Dinan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Dinan, Desmond,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©2005
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (665 p.)

Accessible, engaging, and completely up-to-date, Ever Closer Union clearly explains the complexities of European integration from the 1950s to the present.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Map of the European Union -- Introduction -- PART 1 HISTORY -- 1 Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Integration, 1945-1957 -- 2 Uncertain Terrain, 1958-1972 -- 3 A Community in Flux, 1973-1984 -- 4 From European Community to European Union, 1985-1993 -- 5 Enlargement, 1994-2005 -- 6 Constitutional Change, 1994-2005 -- PART 2 INSTITUTIONS -- 7 The Commission -- 8 The European Council and the Council of Ministers -- 9 The European Parliament -- 10 Other Institutions and Bodies -- 11 Decisionmaking and Interinstitutional Dynamics -- PART 3 POLICIES -- 12 Agriculture and Cohesion -- 13 Economic Integration: Growth and Competitiveness -- 14 Social Policy, Employment, and the Environment -- 15 Economic and Monetary Union -- 16 External Relations -- 17 Internal and External Security -- 18 U.S.-EU Relations -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Book