˜Theœ State of the European Union Building a European Polity?

Third in a biennial series on the EC/EU, this volume considers the implications of the Treaty of European Union--in the context of integration analysis--for both the member states and the EU itself. Contents Tables and Figures Preface 1 Introduction: Integration in Theoretical Perspective PART 1 REFLECTIONS ON EUROPEAN INTEGRATION 2 The European Union and Regional Integration Theory 3 The Justiciability of Subsidiarity 4 Common, Collective, or Combined? Theories of Defense Integration in the European Union 5 Economic Uncertainty and European Solidarity Revisited: Trends in Public Support for European Integration 6 Political Group Cohesion in the European Parliament, 1989-1994 7 European Monetary Diplomacy and the Rolling Crisis of 1992-1993 8 Integration Theory and the Enlargement of the European Union PART 2 EUROPEANIZATION OF NATIONAL POLITICS 9 Germany's Länder and the Federalization of the European Union 10 The Franco-German Relationship in the Post-Maastricht Era 11 Institutions and Leadership: Germany, Maastricht, and the ERM Crisis 12 The Importance of Being Independent: Central Bank Independence and the European System of Central Banks 13 National Interest and Convergence of Preferences: A Changing Role for Spain in the EU? 14 The European Union and the Nordic Countries: Impacts on the Integration Process PART 3 EUROPEAN PUBLIC-POLICY MAKING: INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL DIMENSIONS 15 Promiscuous Policymaking: The European Policy Style? 16 Regional Actors in an Intergovernmental Play: The Making and Implementation of EC Structural Policy 17 EU Research Policy: The Politics of Expertise 18 The European Commission as Corporate Actor? European Telecommunications Policy After Maastricht 19 Integrating the Environment into the European Union: The History of the Controversial Carbon Tax 20 The European Community and the Conclusion of the Uruguay Round 21 The Lomé Convention: An Aging Dinosaur in the European Union's Foreign Policy Enterprise? Acronyms Contributors Index About the Book