ABSTRACT

This text presents the work of scholars from all over Europe who examine processes of integration and disintegration at the level of nation states, federations, regions and Europe overall.

chapter |11 pages

Introduction

part I|83 pages

Trends, Forces, and Patterns of Integration in Western Europe

chapter |28 pages

The Rise of the European Community

Grasping Toward Hegemony? Or Therapy Against National Decline?

chapter |13 pages

Technocratic Regime Building

Bureaucratic Integration in the European Community

part II|58 pages

The Difficult Transition to Democracy, Market, and Civil Society in Eastern Europe

chapter |9 pages

Integration and Disintegration Models

A Comment on the Postcommunist Experience

chapter |18 pages

Postcommunist Transition to Democracy

Conflicting Principles of Political Action and Change

part III|71 pages

Toward a United Europe—Prerequisites, Prospects, and Threats

chapter |38 pages

Epilogue

Europe as a New Nation or a Community of Nations?