The relationship between the European Union and its member states is complex and continually evolving. This book seeks to explore not only the nature of this relationship, but the broader implications of European integration for the ways in which politics in Europe is studied. It addresses three major questions. How has European integration affected national politics and public policies? To what extent has the existence of the EU challenged existing approaches to the study of national politics? How appropriate is it to attempt to study the EU using the analytical tools traditionally used to study nation states? The intention is to consider the impact of European integration both on the nature and the study of politics in western Europe. These questions are addressed by a group of distinguished academics from both Europe and North America. Their findings will be of great interest to all those interested in the European Union and in West European politics more generally.
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The book as a whole assembles an impressive set of contributors who deliver trenchant and cogent analyses. * Political Studies * Presents an impressive breadth of scholarly work, telling as much about the European integraton project and the future of the nation state as it does about different paths to understanding of these issues. * West European Politics * Offers a broad and comprehensive account of the analytical challenges which European integration poses to the social sciences. * West European Politics *
List of Tables vii List of Contributors viii Introduction 1(10) Anand Menon I. The EU and its Member States Monetary Sovereignty, Domestic Policies, and Intergovernmental Accord 11(18) Elie Cohen National Squares and European Circle: The Challenge of Adjustment 29(17) Yves Meny State, Europe, and Republic 46(14) Pierre Gremion Two French Changes 60(6) Stanley Hoffmann The Further Off From England: British Public Opinion and Europe 66(31) Hugh Berrington Rod Hague II. Social Science and the EU Policy-Making in the EU: Familiar Ambitions in Unfamiliar Settings 97(21) Jeremy Richardson Constitutional Reform and Treaty Reform in Europe 118(21) David Hine The European Union and the Bureaucratic Mode of Production 139(19) Edward C. Page Image and Illusion in the Design of the EMU 158(17) James Forder III. The EU and Social Science Interacting States 175(20) Bruno Jobert Breaking Open Black Boxes: The Implications for Sociological Theory of European Integration 195(19) Colin Crouch The Evolution of Economic Policy-Making in the European Union 214(32) Peter Hall In lieu of a Conclusion 246(7) Anand Menon Index 253
Anand Menon, University Lecturer in European Politics, Faculty Fellow, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford
Vincent Wright, Formerly Official Fellow of Nuffield College, University of Oxford
