Theory and reform in the European Union / Dimitris N. Chryssochoou... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chryssochoou, Dimitris N., 1970-

Series:

Europe in change

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forecasting.

Politics and government.

European Union countries--Politics and government--1989-.

European Union countries.

European Union countries--Forecasting.

Physical Description:

xiv, 174 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Manchester [England] ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, 1999.

Summary:

This book examines the relationship between theory and reform in the European Union in the light of the new Amsterdam Treaty. It draws from a rich spectrum of regional integration theory offering an account of different approaches to the politics of European constitutional reform in the late 1990s. By establishing a link between the internal and external relations of the EU, the book develops a greater understanding of the new political and institutional dynamics of the emerging European polity and the questions that further treaty reform raise for the future evolution of the regional system. In this context, the authors assess the new European security architecture, the limits and possibilities of a genuine European foreign policy, and the role of the EU in the international system.

Contents:

1 The theoretical setting 1

2 New directions in theory-building 41

3 Towards the Treaty of Amsterdam: the 1996/97 IGC and beyond 55

4 Geopolitical imperatives of system change: order and security in post-Cold War Europe 83

5 Institutional imperatives of system change: the EU and the evolving European security architecture 110

6 Conclusion: the EU after Amsterdam

forward march or retreat? 147.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0719049911

OCLC:

41156860