The Dynamics of European Integration: Why and When EU Institutions Matter

Author:   Derek Beach
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:  

9781403936349


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   07 March 2005
Format:   Paperback
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A major new theoretical and empirical contribution to our understanding of the influence of EU institutions vis-á-vis governments in the major decisions about both widening and deepening the European Union. Engagingly written and based on significant new archival research and original interviews, Derek Beach offers both a new history of the major treaty negotiations of the EU and a new leadership model of European integration.

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Author:   Derek Beach
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Red Globe Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781403936349


ISBN 10:   140393634
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   07 March 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
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Table of Contents

Introduction Why and When EU Institutions Matter Negotiating the Single European Act Negotiating the Treaty of Maastricht Negotiating the Treaty of Amsterdam The Negotiation of the Treaty of NiceNegotiating the Constitutional Treaty Negotiating the Fifth Enlargement Conclusions.

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This stimulating study looks behind and beyond many of the conventional accounts of key negotiations within the EU on issues of treaty reforms. Its insights contribute to a deeper understanding of the complex bargains through which crucial decisions are taken on controversial issues. --Helen Wallace, Director, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Study, European University Institute<br>


'This stimulating study looks behind and beyond many of the conventional accounts of key negotiations within the EU on issues of treaty reforms. Its insights contribute to a deeper understanding of the complex bargains through which crucial decisions are taken on controversial issues.' - Helen Wallace, Director, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Study, European University Institute 'Looking beyond the controversy between intergovernmentalists and supranationalists, Derek Beach's well-written new book makes an important contribution to the study of European integration. The theoretical approach provides an interesting perspective on the leadership potential of the EU institutions and his in-depth comparative analysis of the negotiation of every major IGC since 1985 provides new, interesting and sometimes even surprising insights into their respective influence but also in relation to the democratic deficit in the EU.' - Wolfgang Wessels, Jean Monnet Professor of Politics and European Studies, University of Cologne, Germany '[S]ystematic in its treatment and original in its findings...an innovative study...based on extensive archival work and interviews...The book's great strength is to elucidate leadership opportunities offered to supranational institutions through their capacity to minimise transaction and bargaining costs.' - Alistair Cole, The Times Higher Education Supplement '...brings important new insights into the complexities of the functioning of the EU'. - Marek Rybar, Political Studies Review


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DEREK BEACH is Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus, Denmark.

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