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050	1	4	_aJN 30 _bD457 2012
082	0	0	_a341.242/2
245	0	0	_aDesigning the European Union : _bfrom Paris to Lisbon / _cedited by Finn Laursen, Professor of Political Science and Canada Research Chair in European Union Studies, Director of the EU Centre of Excellence (EUCE), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada.
260			_aHoundmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; _aNew York : _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c[2012]
300			_axv, 317 p. ; _c23 cm.
490	0		_aPalgrave studies in European Union politics
504			_aIncludes bibliographical (pages 283-307) references and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction : on the study of EU treaties and treaty reforms -- The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and European Defence Community (EDC) -- All roads lead to Rome : background, content and legacy of the treaties on the European Economic and European Atomic Energy communities -- The 1965 Merger treaty : the first reform of the founding European Community Treaties -- The 1970 and 1975 Budget treaties : enhancing the democratic architecture of the community -- The Single European Act : revitalising european integration -- The treaty of Maastricht : designing the European Union -- The Amsterdam treaty : modest reforms -- The treaty of Nice : the inadequate preparation -- The Constitutional treaty : the failed formal constitutionalisation -- The treaty of Lisbon : constitutional treaty, episode II -- Conclusions : so what do we know about EU treaties and their reforms? And where may we be going?
520			_aThis book has chapters on all the treaties establishing the European Communities in the 1950s as well as subsequent treaties reforming these community treaties (Merger Treaty, Budget Treaties, and the Single European Act) followed by chapters on the Maastricht Treaty establishing the European Union in 1993 and subsequent amendments thereof through the Amsterdam, Nice and Lisbon treaties. The authors are all established and well-known scholars of European integration. The book thus traces the 'constitutional' foundation of the European Union (EU) over time and analyses these development from a comparative perspective: who were the main actors, what were their preferences and which institutions did they design to deal with common problems and challenges? Despite the rejection of the proposed Constitutional Treaty in referendums in France and the Netherlands in 2005 the 'constitutionalization' of the EU has continued. The book tries to answer both the 'how' and 'why' questions of this fascinating process.
610	1	0	_aEuropean Union _xHistory.
651		0	_aEurope _xEconomic integration _xHistory.
610	2	4	_aUnión Europea _xHistoria.
650		4	_aIntegración regional _zEuropa.
700	1		_aLaursen, Finn.
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