European Integration After Amsterdam

Institutional Dynamics and Prospects for Democracy

Antje Wiener editor Karlheinz Neunreither editor

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Publisher:Oxford University Press

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European integration is at a turning point with implications for all member states and their citizens. The Amsterdam treaty marks a shift towards constitutional issues. Integration has involved a continually evolving process of constitution making. A group of leading scholars argue that the shift towards constitutional issues is rooted not only in the issues on the European level, but also in shifting models of political and economic organisation in the member states. Paradoxically, however, this push towards integration is accompanied by a number of institutional changes and political decisions, which challenge the picture of on-going integration, and indicate a shift towards a new pluralism in the Euro-polity. The contributors address questions such as; what are the likely effects of the Amsterdam treaty changes in comparison with Maastricht?; how will these changes effect the complex balance among the governing institutions of the EU?; and what will be the implications for the lingering quest for democracy?

contains a great number of excellent chapters that repay careful reading ... many of the individual chapters make an important contribution to the current scholarly debate on EU governance. * Brigid Laffan, West European Politics, Vol.24, No.1, Jan 2001 *

ISBN: 9780198296409

Dimensions: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm

Weight: 578g

398 pages