Societal Actors in European Integration Polity-Building and Policy-making 1958-1992

by Kaiser, Wolfram; Meyer, Jan-henrik

• ISBN13: 9781137017642
• ISBN10: 1137017643
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2013-02-22
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

In this volume an illustrious cast of contributors analyze and discuss the role of societal actors in European integration from the creation of the present-day European Union in 1958 to the Maastricht Treaty in 1992. Based throughout on newly accessible sources the authors discuss a variety of societal actors from political parties to business groups and civil society organizations demonstrating the scope and limits of their role in European polity-building and policy-making before the Maastricht Treaty, with an outlook on the period since then. This is an important text for students and Scholars of European Studies, European Union Politics and Political History.

Author Biography

Wolfram Kaiser is Professor of European Studies, University of Portsmouth, UK, and Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium.

Jan-Henrik Meyer is Assistant Professor, Aarhus University, Denmark.

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