Overview
Ever since its legal foundation in 1993 the European Union has been challenged by three concurring developments. Its decision making bodies were groaning under an increasing amount of legislative activity and pending Eastern enlargement was expected to further decrease law making efficiency. At the same time, European citizens grew increasingly wary towards EU politics and further integration. This book explains how European governments handled these challenges and, step-by-step, agreed on significant treaty reforms which eventually led to the signing of the Lisbon Treaty in December 2007. Drawing on unique survey data the book provides a solid empirical analysis of the three most important Intergovernmental Conferences. It shows in how far voters and political parties have been able to influence European treaty reforms and it scrutinises the mechanisms underlying intergovernmental treaty negotiations in an ever growing Union. The book discusses the domestic position formation process as well as the dynamics of intergovernmental bargaining. Ultimately, it explains European integration from Maastricht to Lisbon."" European Integration and Its Limits is an exemplary work of scholarship. It combines sound theory building and rigorous empirical testing. It is one of the most sophisticated efforts to uncover the fundamental dynamics of European integration. It demonstrates convincingly not only the domestic origins of governmental treaty reform positions, but also the interdependence between governmental preferences and EU institutional reforms. This book makes a major contribution more broadly to the study of international institutions both as equilibrium and as rules of the game."" - Xinyuan Dai, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign ""What Andrew Moravcsik's book on the treaties from Messina to Maastricht did with historical detail, Daniel Finke does with analytical rigor for the treaties from Maastricht to Lisbon. He provides an impressively solid and innovative account of how the member states of the European Union addressed their 'constitutional quandary' in a series of reforms. A must read for all students of the European Union interested in the latter's 'constitutional' development."" - Simon Hug, Universite de Geneve
Full Product Details
Author: Daniel Finke ,
Professor Dina Iordanova ,
Professor Leshu Torchin ,
Jan Olsson
Publisher: ECPR Press
Imprint: ECPR Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.60cm
, Height: 1.30cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.177kg
ISBN: 9780955820373
ISBN 10: 0955820375
Pages: 252
Publication Date: 01 July 2010
Audience:
College/higher education
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
European Integration and Its Limits is an exemplary work of scholarship. It combines sound theory building and rigorous empirical testing. It is one of the most sophisticated efforts to uncover the fundamental dynamics of European integration. It demonstrates convincingly not only the domestic origins of governmental treaty reform positions, but also the interdependence between governmental preferences and EU institutional reforms. This book makes a major contribution more broadly to the study of international institutions both as equilibrium and as rules of the game Xinyuan Dai, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign What Andrew Moravcsik's book on the treaties from Messina to Maastricht did with historical detail, Daniel Finke does with analytical rigor for the treaties from Maastricht to Lisbon. He provides an impressively solid and innovative account of how the member states of the European Union addressed their 'constitutional quandary' in a series of reforms. A must read for all students of the European Union interested in the latter's 'constitutional' development. Simon Hug, Universite de Geneve
Author Information
DANIEL FINKE is an junior professor for political science at the University of Heidelberg. He received his doctorate at the University of Mannheim and his dissertation is a politico-economic analysis of the ""Constitutional Politics in the European Union."" His research on constitutional and comparative politics has been published in European Union Politics, the Journal of Common Market Studies, the Journal of European Public Policy, Political Studies, the Review of International Organizations and the Journal of Theoretical Politics. Currently, he is conducting a research project on ""European Legislative Responses to International Terrorism"" as well as project on legislative behavior inside the European Parliament.
