Surveying the European Union's evolution from the Rome Treaty to the present, The Emerging European Union captures the full story of Europe's ongoing integration, its changing identity, and its increasing importance as a global actor in the 21st Century.This text's concise but comprehensive overview of the history, institutions, and policies of the European Union lays out the major elements of the European integration and explain how the European Union functions. Emphasizing competing intergovernmental and supranational forces, The Emerging European Union explains the origins and future of the European Union as well as its political uniqueness.
Birol A. Yesilada is Professor of Political Science and International Studies at Portland State University. David M. Wood is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of Missouri, Columbia.
Chapter 1. IntroductionChapter 2. Theories of European IntegrationChapter 3. The Rome Treaty and Its Original Agenda: 1957-1975Chapter 4. The Single European Act and the Maastricht Treaty (1975-1993)Chapter 5. Efforts to Reach the Next Level (1994-2008)Chapter 6. Enlargement of the European UnionChapter 7. Institutional Dynamics in the European UnionChapter 8. Electoral Politics and Public OpinionChapter 9. Economic and Monetary UnionChapter 10. The EU Budget, Common Agricultural Policy, and Cohesion PoliciesChapter 11. External Economic Relations of the European UnionChapter 12. Pillar II: Common Foreign and Security PolicyChapter 13. Justice and Home AffairsChapter 14. Conclusion