The New European community decisionmaking and institutional chaos

Oxf.: Westview Press, 1991. - 208 p. The New European Community is the first systematic, book-length discussion of the major political institutions of the European Community (EC) after the transformation of the 1987 Single European Act, itself a surprise and a mystery whose effects are unraveled here.Professors Keohane and Hoffmann open the volume by placing the evolution of the new European Community into broad, theoretical perspective. Their expert contributors—including highly regarded international scholars, a judge of the European Court of Justice, and a long-term British politician—present engaging overviews of the process at work in major EC events and institutions. The centerpiece of the volume, Peter Ludlow’s chapter on the European Commission, lays out all of the systems and actors in the emerging EC and shows their direct connection with problems of Community development and integration.Filled with examples, illustrations, anecdotes, and valuable data, The New European Community will be indispensable for all students and scholars of international relations and European studies as well as for those in business and government who want to understand the European Community before and beyond 1992 The New European Community is the first systematic, book-length discussion of the major political institutions of the European Community (EC) after the transformation of the 1987 Single European Act, itself a surprise and a mystery whose effects are unraveled here.Professors Keohane and Hoffmann open the volume by placing the evolution of the new European Community into broad, theoretical perspective. Their expert contributors-including highly regarded international scholars, a judge of the European Court of Justice, and a long-term British politician-present engaging overviews of the process at work in major EC events and institutions. The centerpiece of the volume, Peter Ludlow’s chapter on the European Commission, lays out all of the systems and actors in the emerging EC and shows their direct connection with problems of Community development and integration.Filled with examples, illustrations, anecdotes, and valuable data, The New European Community will be indispensable for all students and scholars of international relations and European studies as well as for those in business and government who want to understand the European Community before and beyond 1992. Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Institutional Change in Europe in the 1980s -- 2 Negotiating the Single European Act -- 3 The European Commission -- 4 The EC Council: The Community's Decisionmaking Center -- 5 Sovereignty and Accountability in the European Community -- 6 The Making of a Constitution for Europe -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- About the Book -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Index This book describes the adoption and implementation of the Single European Act and the accompanying institutional changes that have taken place in the European Community during the 1980s. It emphasizes the decisions on European integration in the context of a political economy. Discusses the political institutions of the European Community following the Single European Act of 1987. The book places the development of the EC in a broad theoretical framework and presents overviews of the working processes of the EC