The European Union is on the brink of fundamental change. Just as the EU is about to enlarge radically, the Convention on the Future of Europe may transform it into a political entity governed by a constitution. This timely volume brings together a world-class group of scholars and practitioners to examine the fundamentals of integration in an expanding EU. The contributors are a mix of leading theorists and practitioners, spanning the principal disciplines with an interest in European integration. They explore key questions about the nature of the EU, its structure and procedures, but also take a more profound look at the social, political and economic dimensions of integration and their relevance for a revitalised European Union.

Joseph H.H. Weiler is Joseph Strauss Professor of Law at New York University’s School of Law. He is also a European Union Jean Monnet Chaired Professor and Director of the Jean Monnet Center for International and Regional Economic Law and Justice.

Iain Begg is a Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science and Editor of the Journal of Common Market Studies.

John Peterson is Jean Monnet Professor of European Politics at the University of Glasgow and Editor of the Journal of Common Market Studies.

About the Editors and Contributors

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Preface

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PART I: THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND NORMATIVE FOUNDATIONS

Reassessing the Fundamentals

3

IAIN BEGG, JOHN PETERSON AND J.H.H. WEILER

1. A Constitution for Europe? Some Hard Choices

17

(28)

J.H.H. WEILER

Is There Europe for a Constitution?

35

(1)

MIGUEL POIARES MADURO

Tolerance and Process

41

(1)

JO SHAW

2. Reforming European Institutions of Governance

45

(32)

JOHAN P. OLSEN

Institutionalism and Constitutional Reform

67

(1)

SIMON BULMER

Reform, Institutions and Governance

73

(1)

ALBERTA SBRAGIA

3. Reassessing Legitimacy in the European Union

77

(32)

ANDREW MORAVCSIK

Analysing the Democratic Deficit - Methodological Priors

99

(1)

ANDREW SCOTT

Reassessing the Legitimacy Debate

103

(1)

WOLFGANG WESSELS

4. The European Social Model

109

(34)

FRITZ W. SCHARPF

Strengths and Deficits of the Open Method

135

(1)

MARIO TELO

PART II: NEW DIMENSIONS OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION

5. Social Inclusion and the European Union

143

(26)

TONY ATKINSON

A View from the Periphery

161

(1)

ANA GUILLEN

'Squaring the Circle' in European Social Policy?

165

(1)

MARTIN RHODES

6. European Integration and Industrial Relations

169

(34)

PAUL MARGINSON AND KEITH SISSON

Convergent Divergence or Divergent Convergence?

191

(1)

JELLE VISSER

Evolving Nestedness but Still National Traditions

197

(1)

ROBERT BOYER

7. Challenges for Monetary Policy in Euroland

203

(34)

PAUL DE GRAUWE

Conservatism and Inaction at the ECB

229

(1)

ANDREW HUGHES-HALLETT

8. Maastricht's Fiscal Rules at Ten: An Assessment

237

(38)

MARCO BUTI AND GABRIELE GIUDICE

The Evolution of EMU's 'Fiscal Constitution'

263

(1)

MIKE ARTIS

Constitutional Challenges of EMU

267

(1)

FRANCIS SNYDER

PART III: EUROPEAN INTEGRATION AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

9. The European Security and Defence Policy

275

(32)

ANNE DEIGHTON

New World, New ESDP

297

(1)

NICOLE GNESOTTO

Rhetoric and Reality

301

(1)

KORI SCHAKE

10. Ironies of Sovereignty: The EU and the US

307

(34)

ROBERT O. KEOHANE

Sovereignty, Responsibility and World Order

331

(1)

MICHAEL SMITH

Sovereignty Puzzles

335

(1)

THOMAS RISSE

11. 'This is my EUtopia ...': Narrative as Power

341

(40)

CALYPSO NICOLAIDIS AND ROBERT H0W5E

Meanwhile Back on Earth, Miles Away from SS Enterprise

367

(1)

PETROS C. MAVROIDIS

The EU: Exportable Model or 'Jagged Little Pill'?

373

(1)

JOHN PETERSON

PART IV: VISIONS OF TOMORROW'S EU

12. Filling the Democratic Gap

381

(12)

PAT COX

3. De la democratie en Europe: Old Concepts and New Challenges

393

(14)

YVES MENY

14. Poland's Membership of the EU

407

(6)

PAWEL SAMECKI

Index

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