ABSTRACT

First published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

part 1|58 pages

Theoretical and historical perspectives

chapter 1|21 pages

Policy-making in the EU

Interests, ideas and garbage cans of primeval soup

chapter 2|16 pages

The development of the European idea

From sectoral integration to political union

part 2|126 pages

Agenda-setting and institutional processing

chapter 4|16 pages

Agenda-setting in the European Union

chapter 5|19 pages

A maturing bureaucracy?

The role of the Commission in the policy process

chapter 6|31 pages

From co-operation to co-decision

The European Parliament's path to legislative power

chapter 7|21 pages

National sovereignty vs integration?

The Council of Ministers

chapter 8|22 pages

The national co-ordination of European policy-making

Negotiating the quagmire

part 3|46 pages

Channels of representation

part 4|64 pages

A supranational state?

chapter 13|14 pages

Enlarging the European Union

chapter 14|16 pages

The EU as an international actor

chapter 15|15 pages

A European regulatory state?

chapter 16|17 pages

Eroding EU policies

Implementation gaps, cheating and re-steering