Fifty Years of European Integration: Foundations and Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9789067042543 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 480 str.

Andrea Ott; Ellen Vos

Opis

On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the European Economic Community and the fifteenth anniversary of the establishment of the European Union, this collection of essays reflects on the foundations of these entities, their present state and their future, focussing on three important issues that have gained particular importance throughout the years: 1) the architecture of the Treaties and the role of the institutions and other bodies within the institutional setting; 2) the need for further integration and the possible limits to a more differentiated approach to integration; 3) the EU's borders and identity, including the issues of enlargement, neighbourhood policy and citizenship. In conclusion, the book raises the question whether the European integration process can serve as a model for other regional integration processes, comparing the South American, African and Asian integration processes and detecting commonalities and differences in relation to the EU integration process.

Spis treści

Fifty Years of European Integration: Constitutional Architecture and Institutions.- The Question of The Treaty Architecture: 1957-2007.- Voting in The Council of Ministers: The Impact of Enlargement.- Fifty Years of European Integration, Forty-Five Years of Comitology.- The Court of Justice In The Renewed European Treaties.- The Politics of European Reason and New Reasons For European Politics: The European Union Fundamental Rights Agency.- An Introduction to The Lisbon Treaty: Another Dan Brown Mystery Solved.- Integration, Differentiation and Flexibility.- Eu Constitutional Boundaries to Differentiation: How to Reconcile Differentiation with Integration?.- Accession Treaties: Differentiation Versus Conditionality?.- The Unfinished Business of Enhanced Cooperation: Some Institutional Questions and Their Constitutional Implications.- Towards A More Flexible Approach To Enhanced Cooperation.- Borders in Flux? Geography and Identity of the European Union.- Raising The Threshold For Further Eu Enlargement: Process, Problems and Prospects.- The European Neighbourhood Policy.- With But Without You ... The Europeanisation Of Legal Orders Of The Neighbouring Countries.- European Union Citizenship: The Journey Goes On.- Accession, Transitional Arrangements and Eu Social Citizenship In The Uk — A Failure of Legal Protection?.- Learning Lessons From Romani National Claims: Taking European Citizenship From an Imaginary Community to an Imagined One?.- The EU and the World.- The European Integration Process: An Example For Other Regions?.- The History and Development Of The Andean Community.- Mercosur As Part Of South American Integration Processes.- The Ordeal Of African Unity: Past, Present and Future Of The African Union.- Asean To Afta: From Peace and Security Zone To Free Trade Area and Beyond?.- The Eu In The World: Institutional Independence and Commitment.