Politics in the European Union

04From the contents:Part One: Theory;1: Theories of European Integration;2: Theories of EU Governance;3: Critical Perspectives;4: Theorizing Consequences;Part Two: History;5: Europe after the War;6: The Schuman Plan for Coal and Steel;7: The European Defence Community, the European Political Community and the Road to the Rome Treaties;8: The European Coal and Steel Community and European Atomic Energy Community;9: The European Economic Community 1958-67;10: After Luxembourg: The 'Dark Ages' of European Integration?;11: The European Community into the 1980s;12: The Single European Act;13: Maastricht: The Treaty of European Union;14: The Road to Amsterdam: a Flexible Europe?;15: From Amsterdam to Nice: Preparing for Enlargement;16: After Nice;Enlargement Overshadowed;17: The EU at a Crossroads;18: From a European Constitution to the Lisbon Treaty;Part Three: Institutions;19: The Institutional Architecture;20: The European Commission;21: The European Council a04nd the Council of Ministers;22: The European Parliament;23: The European Court of Justice;24: Organized Interests;Part Four: Policies;25: Policies and Policy-Making in the European Union;26: Agriculture;27: The Single Market;28: Economic and Monetary Union;29: Cohesion Policy;30: Environmental Policy;31: Freedom, Security, and Justice;32: Trade and Development Aid;33: Common Foreign and Security Policy;34: Enlargement02Ian Bache is Professor of Politics at the University of Sheffield.02STEPHEN GEORGE is an author and quality consultant whose clients have included Dell Computer Corporation, 3M, Honeywell, Cargill, Medtronic, and York International. He conducts seminars for business leaders throughout the world and has written three books that explore the Baldrige management model: Total Quality Management: Strategies and Techniques Proven at Today's Most Successful Companies, The Baldrige Quality System: The Do-It-Yourself Way to Transform Your Business, and Uncommon Sense: Creating Business Excellence in Your Organization, all from Wiley.