Designing the European Union [electronic resource] : from Paris to Lisbon /
Laursen, F.editor.
This book outlines the content of the main treaties that form the 'constitutional' basis of the European Union and analyses changes in these over time. The EU has expanded its policy scope and taken in many more members transferring powers to common supranational institutions in a way seen nowhere else in the world.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Boxes; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction: On the Study of EU Treaties and Treaty Reforms; 2 The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and European Defence Community (EDC) Treaties; 3 All Roads Lead to Rome: Background, Content and Legacy of the Treaties on the European Economic and European Atomic Energy Communities; 4 The 1965 Merger Treaty: The First Reform of the Founding European Community Treaties; 5 The 1970 and 1975 Budget Treaties: Enhancing the Democratic Architecture of the Community
6 The Single European Act: Revitalising European Integration7 The Treaty of Maastricht: Designing the European Union; 8 The Amsterdam Treaty: Modest Reforms; 9 The Treaty of Nice: The Inadequate Preparation of Enlargement; 10 The Constitutional Treaty: The Failed Formal Constitutionalisation; 11 The Treaty of Lisbon: Constitutional Treaty, Episode II; 12 Conclusions: So What do we Know about EU Treaties and their Reforms? And Where May we be Going?; References; Index
Includes bibliographical references.
This book outlines the content of the main treaties that form the 'constitutional' basis of the European Union and analyses changes in these over time. The EU has expanded its policy scope and taken in many more members transferring powers to common supranational institutions in a way seen nowhere else in the world.
European Union
International relations.
World politics.
International organization.
Political sociology.
European Union.
Political science.
International Relations.
Political History.
International Organization.
Political Sociology.
European Union Politics.
Political Science.