Part 1: History
chap 1 – Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Integration, 1945–1957
What Future for Europe?
The Cold War, the Marshall Plan, and European Integration
The Coal and Steel Community and European Defense
The Economic and Atomic Energy Communities
Notes
chap 2 – Uncertain Terrain, 1958–1972
France, Germany, and European Integration
Constructing the European Community
The “Empty Chair” Crisis and the Luxembourg Compromise
Keeping Britain Out
De Gaulle’s Departure and the Spirit of The Hague
The First Enlargement
Rhetoric vs. Reality
Notes
chap 3 – A Community in Flux, 1973–1984
Britain’s Renegotiation and Referendum
A General Malaise
The European Monetary System
The British Budgetary Question
Reviving European Integration
The External Environment
An Assertive European Parliament
Notes
chap 4 – From European Community to European Union, 1985–1992
Mediterranean Enlargement
Accelerating European Integration
The Single European Act
The Single Market Program and Cohesion
Economic and Monetary Union
German Unification
The Maastricht Treaty
Notes
chap 5 – The Emergent European Union, 1993–1999
The 1995 Enlargement
The Road to Monetary Union
The Balkan Imbroglio
The Amsterdam Treaty
Resignation of the Santer Commission
Notes
chap 6 – The Unsettled European Union, 2000–2010
Enlargement Unlike Any Other: From Fifteen to Twenty-Seven
Treaty Reform: From Nice to Lisbon
The Financial Crisis and Recession
Notes
Part 2: Institutions
chap 7 – The Commission
The Once Powerful Presidency
The Uncollegial Commission
The Unloved Civil Service
The Commission’s Roles and Responsibilities
Notes
chap 8 – The European Council and the Council of Ministers
Europe’s Most Exclusive Club
The Council of Ministers
The Presidency
Notes
chap 9 – The European Parliament
Size and Composition
Elections
Political Groups and Transnational Parties
Parliament’s Roles and Responsibilities
Internal Organization
More Power to Parliament?
Notes
chap 10 – Other Institutions and Bodies
The Court of Justice
The General Court
The Court of Auditors
Consultative Bodies
The European Investment Bank
Agencies
National Parliaments
Notes
chap 11 – Interinstitutional Dynamics
Legislative Decisionmaking
Comitology
The Budget
Political Accountability
Notes
Part 3: Policies
chap 12 – Agriculture and Cohesion
The Common Agricultural Policy
Cohesion Policy
Notes
chap 13 – The Internal Market and Monetary Union
The Internal Market
Competition Policy
Economic and Monetary Union
Notes
chap 14 – Economic Performance: Growth and Jobs
The Lisbon Strategy and Europe 2020
Social Policy and Employment
Enterprise and Industry
Research and Development
Education and Training
Notes
chap 15 – The Environment, Energy, and Climate Change
Environmental Policy
Energy Policy
Climate Change
Notes
chap 16 – Beyond the EU’s Borders
Enlargement
Relations with Other Countries of the Wider Europe
Trade Policy
Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid
Notes
chap 17 – Internal and External Security
Internal Security: The Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice
External Security: Foreign and Defense Policy
Prospects for CFSP and CSDP
Notes
chap 18 – EU-US Relations
Underlying Difficulties
The Course of EU-US Relations
Bound to Be Close
Notes
Acronyms
Bibliography
Index
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