Uniting Europe : European Integration and the Post-Cold War World

by Van Oudenaren, John

• ISBN13: 9780847690336
• ISBN10: 0847690334
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

As the European Union (EU) introduces its new currency, the euro, it has embarked on an equally ambitious new venture: enlarging to include ten or more of the former communist countries of central and eastern Europe along with Cyprus and Malta. If enlargement proceeds as envisioned, the EU of the twenty-first century could have as many as thirty countries and a population nearly double that of the United States. In this timely and accessible text, John Van Oudenaren explores whether a political and economic union this large and diverse can hold together and whether it can accomplish the policy tasks that matter to its citizens: sustaining economic growth and reducing unemployment, raising living standards in poorer regions, preserving the environment, and coping with the problems of immigration and political instability on Europe's borders.

Author Biography

John Van Oudenaren is chief of the European Division of the Library of Congress and professorial lecturer at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of the Johns Hopkins University

Table of Contents

List of Tables	xi
List of Boxes	xiii
List of Abbreviations	xv
Chronology	xvii
Introduction: Peace, Prosperity, and the Challenges of European Integration	1	(26)
Beginnings: 1945-1949	1	(7)
The Community and the Union	8	(4)
Deepening and Widening	12	(7)
Key Challenges	19	(3)
Theoretical Frameworks	22	(2)
Notes	24	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	25	(2)
Stages of Development: From Common Market to Political Union	27	(38)
The European Coal and Steel Community	27	(6)
The EEC and Euratom	33	(10)
Relaunch in the 1980s	43	(7)
The European Union	50	(10)
The Treaty of Amsterdam	60	(2)
Notes	62	(2)
Suggestions for Further Reading	64	(1)
The Institutions and Laws of the European Union	65	(36)
Major Institutions	65	(19)
Other EU Bodies	84	(5)
The Ongoing Role of the Member States	89	(1)
EU Law	90	(3)
The Budget	93	(4)
Enlargement, Institutional Reform, and IGC 2000	97	(2)
Notes	99	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	99	(2)
The Single Market: From Customs Union to 1992 and Beyond	101	(28)
The Customs Union	101	(2)
The Single Market Program	103	(4)
Implementing 1992	107	(8)
The Single Market Since 1992	115	(7)
Future Challenges	122	(3)
Conclusion	125	(1)
Notes	125	(2)
Suggestions for Further Reading	127	(2)
Common Policies: A Mixed Picture	129	(40)
The Common Agricultural Policy	130	(9)
The Common Transport Policy	139	(2)
Trans-European Networks	141	(2)
Competition Policy	143	(3)
Social Policy	146	(4)
Regional Policy	150	(5)
Environmental Policy	155	(4)
Research and Development	159	(1)
Employment Policy	160	(2)
Other Policy Areas	162	(1)
Conclusions	163	(2)
Notes	165	(2)
Suggestions for Further Reading	167	(2)
Economic and Monetary Union: The Euro and the Eurosystem	169	(36)
Background	170	(3)
The European Monetary System	173	(5)
Toward EMU	178	(7)
Stage 2 and Convergence	185	(8)
EMU in Operation	193	(7)
Implications	200	(3)
Notes	203	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	204	(1)
The Citizen's Europe: A New Area of Freedom, Justice, and Security	205	(24)
The 1970s	206	(1)
The 1980s and the Single European Act	207	(6)
The Maastricht Treaty	213	(4)
The Amsterdam Reforms	217	(3)
Implementation and the Tampere Summit	220	(2)
Enlargement	222	(2)
Jorg Haider and the Future of the Union	224	(2)
Notes	226	(2)
Suggestions for Further Reading	228	(1)
Europe as a Global Actor: Trade and Finance	229	(44)
GATT and the Uruguay Round	232	(5)
Key Trade Partners	237	(16)
Future Trade Issues	253	(11)
The International Implications of the Euro	264	(5)
Notes	269	(2)
Suggestions for Further Reading	271	(2)
Europe as a Global Actor: Foreign Policy and Defense	273	(40)
The Cold War Legacy	273	(3)
The Quest for a European Pillar	276	(7)
Defense in Europe	283	(12)
CFSP in Action	295	(1)
The Balkans	296	(7)
The Newly Independent States	303	(3)
The Mediterranean	306	(1)
U.S.-EU Relations	307	(2)
Other Regions and Global Issues	309	(1)
Notes	310	(2)
Suggestions for Further Reading	312	(1)
The Next Enlargement	313	(24)
The Collapse of Communism	313	(2)
Europe's Initial Response	315	(2)
The Copenhagen Decisions	317	(2)
Meeting the Criteria	319	(2)
The Accession Process	321	(4)
Negotiations	325	(3)
Cyprus and Malta	328	(2)
Turkey	330	(4)
Prospects	334	(1)
Notes	335	(1)
Suggestions for Further Reading	335	(2)
Conclusion: Europe and the Citizen---A United Europe?	337	(22)
A New Economic Strategy	337	(5)
Institutional Reform and IGC 2000	342	(6)
Enlargement and Its Implications	348	(6)
Europe and the Citizen	354	(2)
Notes	356	(3)
Index	359	(10)
About the Author	369