Research Catalog

Title

Europe united? : the European Union and the retreat from federalism / Michael Welsh ; foreword by Sir Leon Brittan.

Author

Welsh, Michael.

Publication

Basingstoke : Macmillan, 1996.

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Details

Description

xii, 196 pages; 23 cm

Summary

This text is written for students and general readers who need basic information about the structure and competences of the European Union. It sets out to de-mystify the subject by explaining treaty provisions in plain language.

Subject

• European Union
• European Union > History
• Communautés européennes > 1990- ..
• Union européenne
• European federation
• UE/CE Politique
• UE/CE Fédéralisme
• UE/CE Etats membres
• UE/CE Compétences institutionnelles
• UE/CE Traité de Maastricht
• Föderalismus
• Instellingen
• Europese Unie
• Europese integratie
• Institutions européennes > Manuels d'enseignement supérieur
• Europäische Union

Genre/Form

History.

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

'Ever Closer Union': Origins and structure of the European Union -- The European Commission: Government by bureaucrat? -- The council of Ministers: 'Willing co-operation between independent sovereign states' -- The European Parliament: the democratic deficit -- The European Court of Justice: Legislation by judges? -- The Road to Maastricht: Turning point of turning back? -- The competences of the Union: Centralism or subsidiarity? -- The common foreign and Security Policy: 'The mouse that roared' -- Defence and Security: A new world order? -- Economic and Monetary Union: The uncertain dynamic -- After Maastricht: The uncertain future.

ISBN

• 0333653939
• 9780333653937
• 0333653947
• 9780333653944

LCCN

• 95051174
• BIST1358968
• ZBWT00715085

OCLC

• ocm35910877
• 35910877
• SCSB-2090108

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library