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Origins and Evolution of the EU

by: Dinan, Desmond

Origins and Evolution of the EU

by: Dinan, Desmond

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Copyright: 05/04/2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

European integration is now in its sixth decade and the EU is growing in importance as a subject of historical research. This timely book brings together specially commissioned chapters in order to provide a coherent and comprehensive analysis of the origins and evolution of the EU. Written by leading scholars, The Origins and Evolution of the EU presents current scholarship on the history and historiography of the EU in an easily accessible way. The first part provides a chronological framework for the rest of the book and the next three parts explore particular events,issues and themes in the history of European integration. The final section covers the historiography of European integration.

Preface

xiv

List of Figures

List of Tables

xvi

Abbreviations and Acronyms

xvii

List of Contributors

xix

Introduction: Desmond Dinan

(6)

Part I Continuity and Change

(22)

Integration and Disintegration before 1945

(20)

Summary

(1)

Introduction

(2)

Integration and disintegration before World War I

(4)

The Zollverein

(1)

Nationalism and unification

(1)

Economic integration and international law

(1)

Visions of empire and integration

(1)

World War I and postwar reconstruction

(6)

Mitteleuropa

(1)

Peace-making and reconstruction

(3)

Disintegration of Europe

(2)

The challenge of fascism and National Socialism

(1)

The challenge of the National Socialist new order

(4)

German plans

(1)

Western responses

(2)

Resistance visions

(1)

Conclusion

(3)

Part II The Postwar Context

(54)

Dividing Europe: The Cold War and European Integration

(24)

Summary

(1)

Introduction

(1)

The origins of the cold war in Europe

(4)

The Big Three

(1)

Changing threat perceptions

(2)

Germany and European integration

(1)

Marshall planning and beyond

(4)

France, the United States and the institutions of Western Europe

(2)

The Schuman Plan

(1)

The Western Alliance and German rearmament

(4)

Strategic movements and American foreign policy

(1)

The European Defence Community

(1)

Global pressures and opportunities

(2)

The Soviet Union and European integration

(3)

Alternatives to integration

(3)

The WEU and Nato

(1)

Britain

(1)

Spain

(1)

Conclusion

(4)

The German Problem and European Integration

(28)

Summary

(1)

Introduction

(1)

The postwar framework

(5)

The Marshall Plan

(1)

The German boom

(2)

Jean Monnet

(1)

The centrality of the Ruhr

(5)

Anglo-American policy

(3)

The evolution of French Ruhrpolitik

(2)

The Schuman Plan negotiations

(7)

French and German positions

(1)

Arduous negotiations

(2)

Ruhr-bashing

(2)

The Treaty of Paris

(1)

The eclipse of Monnetism and the founding of the EEC

(5)

Back to the future

(2)

From Monnet to Messina and Rome

(2)

Conclusion

(5)

Part III Shaping the European Community

(84)

Liberalization, Convertibility, and the Common Market

(22)

Summary

(1)

Introduction

(1)

Trade and payments before and immediately after World War II

(2)

Postwar approaches to convertibility and liberalization

(6)

Regional routes

(2)

The European Payments Union

(1)

Quota restrictions

(2)

Modifying the OEEC and the EPU

(4)

Creating the common market

(4)

Negotiating the Treaty of Rome

101

(2)

Britain and the wider free trade area

103

(1)

Conclusion

104

(3)

The Triumph of Community Europe

107

(19)

Summary

107

(1)

Introduction

108

(1)

The battle begins: competing models of Europe

109

(2)

Streams of thought

110

(1)

The parting of the ways: the ECSC

111

(3)

Concerns and criticisms

112

(1)

The pursuit of consensus

113

(1)

The battle widens: the EDC

114

(2)

Assessment of viability

115

(1)

The fate of the EDC

116

(1)

Choosing the community model: the EEC

116

(6)

Bilateral ties and supranationality

117

(2)

Political cleavages

119

(2)

Movement towards ratification

121

(1)

Conclusion

122

(4)

Building on Coal and Steel: European Integration in the 1950s and the 1960s

126

(15)

Summary

126

(1)

Introduction

127

(1)

The experience of the ECSC

127

(9)

The unsuitability of coal and steel for economic integration

128

(5)

Limited sectoral integration

133

(2)

Lessons from the ECSC

135

(1)

The development of European integration

136

(3)

Conclusion

139

(2)

Charles de Gaulle's Uncertain Idea of Europe

141

(26)

Summary

141

(1)

Introduction

142

(2)

World war and cold war

144

(4)

Looking to the future

144

(2)

Ambivalence about Germany

146

(2)

Accepting the EEC

148

(4)

Mixed motives

148

(2)

The common agricultural policy

150

(2)

European Union

152

(3)

The global context

152

(1)

The Fouchet Plan

153

(2)

The Elysee Treaty

155

(1)

The British Question

155

(2)

The Empty Chair Crisis

157

(2)

The EEC between Britain and Germany

159

(2)

Conclusion

161

(6)

Part IV From European Community to European Union

167

(128)

A Dismal Decade? European Integration in the 1970s

169

(22)

Summary

169

(1)

Introduction

170

(1)

The European Court of Justice and integration

170

(2)

The Hague summit

172

(2)

British membership

174

(7)

The budget

176

(3)

Regional policy

179

(2)

The break-up of the monetary system

181

(4)

Slower growth

185

(2)

Conclusion

187

(4)

European Integration in the Image and the Shadow of Agriculture

191

(27)

Summary

191

(1)

Introduction

192

(1)

The European agricultural welfare state

193

(5)

Agriculture as a special sector

193

(1)

The farm income gap

194

(2)

The original CAP framework

196

(2)

The not-so-common CAP

198

(6)

Green money

199

(2)

Towards a more holistic approach

201

(3)

The global context

204

(2)

Agriculture in the GATT and the WTO

204

(2)

Achievements and unintended consequences

206

(5)

Achievements

206

(1)

Unintended consequences

207

(4)

The new CAP

211

(4)

The MacSharry reform

212

(1)

Mad cows, food safety, and farming as a common good

213

(2)

Conclusion

215

(3)

From Deadlock to Dynamism: The European Community in the 1980s

218

(15)

Summary

218

(1)

Introduction

219

(1)

Deadlock

219

(3)

Dynamism

222

(6)

The single market programme

222

(2)

Pressure from big business

224

(1)

The primacy of national governments and the European Council

225

(3)

Impact

228

(2)

Conclusion

230

(3)

From the Single Market to the Single Currency

233

(20)

Summary

233

(1)

Introduction

234

(1)

From the EMS to Maastricht, 1987-91

235

(7)

French and German preferences

236

(1)

The Delors Plan

237

(2)

German unification

239

(1)

Negotiating EMU

240

(2)

The EMS crises and the road to EMU, 1992-8

242

(4)

The EMS crises

242

(1)

Getting to Stage 3

243

(2)

Final steps

245

(1)

The experience of EMU

246

(4)

Implementing the Stability and Growth Pact

248

(2)

Conclusion

250

(3)

The European Union, the Soviet Union, and the End of the Cold War

253

(18)

Summary

253

(1)

Introduction

254

(1)

East-West relations in Europe, 1945-85

255

(5)

View from the East

256

(2)

The EC's response

258

(2)

East and West, 1985-90

260

(4)

Perestroika

261

(1)

German unification

262

(2)

East and West since 1990

264

(4)

The Yugoslav debacle

264

(2)

Post-cold war enlargement

266

(2)

Conclusion

268

(3)

The Enlarging European Union

271

(24)

Summary

271

(1)

Introduction

272

(1)

Principles, conditions, and instruments of enlargement

273

(7)

The treaties

273

(1)

The acquis communautaire

273

(2)

The Copenhagen criteria

275

(1)

Instruments of enlargement

276

(1)

Conduct of accession negotiations

277

(2)

Roles and responsibilities

279

(1)

The experience of enlargement

280

(10)

The first enlargement: Britain, Denmark, and Ireland

280

(3)

Southern enlargement: Greece, Spain, and Portugal

283

(2)

The EFTA enlargement

285

(2)

The Central and Eastern European countries, Cyprus, and Malta

287

(3)

The challenge of diversity

290

(2)

Conclusion

292

(3)

Part V Historiography

295

(30)

The Historiography of European Integration

297

(28)

Summary

297

(1)

Introduction

298

(1)

The federalist narrative

299

(8)

The evil of intergovernmentalism

300

(2)

From Spinelli to Monnet, Schuman, Spaak and Delors

302

(3)

Walter Lipgens

305

(2)

Analysts and observers

307

(3)

The Milwardian onslaught

310

(7)

Origins and significance of the ECSC

312

(1)

Impact and follow-on

313

(2)

Rescuing the nation state

315

(2)

Subsequent scholarship

317

(5)

Andrew Moravcsik's Choice for Europe

317

(2)

John Gillingham's European Integration

319

(1)

Other contributions

320

(2)

Conclusion

322

(3)

Appendix: Chronology of European Integration, 1945-2005

325

(12)

References

337

(20)

Index

357

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