1st Edition

The History of the European Union Origins of a Trans- and Supranational Polity 1950-72

Edited By Wolfram Kaiser, Brigitte Leucht, Morten Rasmussen Copyright 2009
240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

240 Pages
by Routledge

This book radically re-conceptualises the origins of the European Union as a trans- and supranational polity as it emerged between the Schuman Plan of May 1950 and the first enlargement of the European Communities at the start of 1973. Drawing upon social science theories and debates as well as recent historical research, Wolfram Kaiser and Morten Rasmussen in their introductory chapters... Read more

1. Origins of a European Polity  2. Transnational Networks in European Governance  3. Supranational Governance in the Making  4. Transatlantic Policy Networks in the Creation of the First European Anti-Trust Law  5. Transnational Business Networks Propagating EC Industrial Policy  6. Socialist Party Networks in Northern Europe  7. Transnational Communication in the European Public Sphere  8. DG IV and the Origins of a Supranational Competition Policy  9. The Origins of Community Information Policy  10. Delegation as a Political Process  11. The European Commission and the Rise of Coreper  12. Interdisciplinarity in Research on the EU

Biography

Wolfram Kaiser is Professor of European Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK and Visiting Professor at the College of Europe, Belgium.

Brigitte Leucht lectures in European Studies at the University of Portsmouth, UK and is a Visiting Lecturer at the Graduate Institute of International and Developmental Studies in Geneva, Switzerland.

Morten Rasmussen is Assistant Professor of Contemporary European History at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark.