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Is there a justification for European integration? The Idea of a European Superstate examines this--the most basic--question raised by the European Union. In doing so, Glyn Morgan assesses the arguments put forward by eurosceptics and their critics. In a challenge to both sides of the debate, Morgan argues in support of a European superstate. Unless Europe forms a unitary sovereign state, Europe will remain, so he maintains, weak and dependent for its security on the United States. The Idea of a European Superstate reshapes the debate on European political integration. It throws down a gauntlet to eurosceptics and euro-enthusiasts alike. While employing the arguments of contemporary political philosophy and international relations, this book is written in an accessible fashion that anyone interested in European integration can understand.

European Union --- 341.2422 --- E-books --- European Union. --- Government - Europe --- Government - Non-U.S. --- Law, Politics & Government --- E.U. --- European federation --- Construction européenne --- POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory.

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Each wave of expansion of the European Union has led to political tensions and conflict. Existing members fear their membership privileges will diminish and candidates are loath to concede the expected benefits of membership. Despite these conflicts, enlargement has always succeeded - so why does the EU continue to admit new states even though current members might lose from their accession? Combining political economy logic with statistical and case study analyses, Christina J. Schneider argues that the dominant theories of EU enlargement ignore how EU members and applicant states negotiate the distribution of enlargement benefits and costs. She explains that EU enlargement happens despite distributional conflicts if the overall gains of enlargement are redistributed from the relative winners among existing members and applicants to the relative losers. If the overall gains from enlargement are sufficiently great, a redistribution of these gains will compensate losers, making enlargement attractive for all states.

European Union --- Membership --- Membership. --- 341.2422 --- Conflict management --- Conflict control --- Conflict resolution --- Dispute settlement --- Management of conflict --- Managing conflict --- Management --- Negotiation --- Problem solving --- Social conflict --- Crisis management --- E.U. --- Social Sciences --- Political Science

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There is much confusion over the 'Constitution', and this book provides an in-depth legal analysis of the institutional aspects of the Constitutional Treaty which, if ratified by the 25 EU Member States, would govern the European Union. Piris argues that, despite its ratification being rejected by the French and the Netherlands referenda in 2005, the Treaty should not be discarded, as it will inevitably be the point of departure for the future of European integration. He places this analysis in an historical and political context and explains the origin, meanings and legal and political effects of all proposed changes to the present treaties.

Public law. Constitutional law --- European law --- European Union --- Constitutions --- Constitutional law --- Droit constitutionnel --- Treaty Establishing a Constitution for Europe --- European Union. --- -341.2422 --- Ud3 --- Constitutional limitations --- Constitutionalism --- Limitations, Constitutional --- Public law --- Administrative law --- Interpretation and construction --- 341.2422 --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Law --- EU Constitutional Treaty --- TECE --- Traité de Rome de 2004 --- Traité établissant une constitution pour l'Europe --- Tratado por el que se establece una constitución para Europa --- Trattato che adotta una costituzione per l'Europa --- Vertrag über eine Verfassung für Europa --- General and Others --- Constitutions - European Union countries --- Constitutional law - European Union countries --- Acqui 2006

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Giving an analysis of the making of the Treaty of Nice, the treaty of the European Union, adopted in 2000. This book analyses the interests and strategies of the various actors, including the 15 Member States, during the negotiations and tries to explain the main institutional changes, such as the re-weighting of votes in the Council of Ministers.

International relations. Foreign policy --- European law --- Pouvoir exécutif --- Pouvoir législatif --- Union européenne. Conseil européen --- Union européenne. Commission européenne --- Histoire --- Executive power --- -Legislative power --- -341.2422 --- Uc1.2.3.f --- Power, Legislative --- Constitutional law --- Implied powers (Constitutional law) --- Judicial review --- Legislation --- Legislative bodies --- Separation of powers --- State governments --- Emergency powers --- Power, Executive --- Presidents --- Political science --- History --- Powers --- European Council --- European Communities. Commission --- Commission of the European Communities --- Europese Gemeenschappen. Commissie --- European Economic Community. --- Conseil européen --- Council of the European Union --- History. --- Treaty on European Union --- Traité de Nice --- Traktat Nicejski --- Tratado de Nice --- Tratado de Niza --- Tratatul de la Nisa --- Treaty of Nice --- Vertrag von Nizza --- Legislative power --- European Commission --- 341.2422 --- EC --- Europese Commissie --- Commission européenne

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Why did Western European states agree to the enlargement of the EU and NATO? Frank Schimmelfennig analyzes the history of the enlargement process and develops a theoretical approach of 'rhetorical action' to explain why it occurred. While rationalist theory explains the willingness of East European states to join the NATO and EU, it does not explain why member states decided to admit them. Using original data, Schimmelfennig shows that expansion to the East can be understood in terms of liberal democratic community building. Drawing on the works of Jon Elster and Erving Goffman, he demonstrates that the decision to expand was the result of rhetorical action. Candidates and their supporters used arguments based on collective identity, norms and values of the Western community to shame opponents into acquiescing to enlargement. This landmark book makes an enormous contribution to theory in international relations and to the study of European politics.

National security --- North Atlantic Treaty Organization --- Membership. --- Europe --- Economic integration. --- North Atlantic treaty organisation --- NAVO --- OTAN --- 341.2422 --- #SBIB:327.7H21 --- #SBIB:327.7H32 --- Ontwikkeling van de Europese Unie (historische en toekomstige evolutie) --- Bondgenootschappen: NAVO / NATO --- NATO --- Sécurité nationale --- Intégration économique --- International relations. Foreign policy --- Polemology --- European Union --- Economic integration --- Social Sciences --- Political Science --- National security - Europe --- Europe - Economic integration --- UNION EUROPEENNE --- VIE INTERNATIONALE --- RELATIONS EXTERIEURES --- PESC --- PESD --- POLITIQUE DE SECURITE --- ELARGISSEMENT --- ORGANISATIONS INTERGOUVERNEMENTALES