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• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Abbreviations
• Foreword
• Notes on Contributors
• Introduction: Key Controversies in European Integration
• 1 The European Union: Success or Failure?
• 1.1 Why Europe works
• 1.2 The rise and fall of the EU
• 2 The Political Efficiency of the EU
• 2.1 The EU as efficient polity
• 2.2 The EU: quick to regulate, slow to adapt
• 3 More Powers for Brussels or Renationalization?
• 3.1 A stronger, more supranational Union
• 3.2 The new intergovernmentalism – the next phase in European integration
• 4 How Democratic is the EU?
• 4.1 The inevitability of a democratic deficit
• 4.2 A democratic achievement, not just a democratic deficit
• 5 Too Much Power for the Judges
• 5.1 Understanding the European Court’s political power
• 5.2 A strange institution
• 6 Can There Be a Common European Identity?
• 6.1 European identity formation in (the) crisis
• 6.2 A common European identity is an illusion
• 7 Lobbying in the EU: How much Power for Big Business?
• 7.1 Business as usual – the EU is (still) driven by corporate interests
• 7.2 The diminishing power of big business
• 8 The Future of the Euro: Union or Disintegration?
• 8.1 Why the euro is a functional necessity in the process of European integration
• 8.2 For a plurality of economic and social models! Against a monolithic euro state!
• 9 The Euro: Economic Success or Disaster?
• 9.1 Exit or differentiated monetary integration – saving the euro by making it more flexible
• 9.2 Unity in diversity: the unfulfilled promise of the euro
• 10 Can the EU Tame Big Finance?
• 10.1 The merits of adaptive governance: the regulation of financial services in the European Union
• 10.2 The pitfalls of EU governance in financial markets
• 11 The Big Waste? The Common Agricultural Policy
• 11.1 Europe’s common values and agricultural policy: a defence of the CAP
• 11.2 The European agricultural fortress under attack
• 12 Does the EU Act as Normative Power?
• 12.1 The EU is a normative power in world politics
• 12.2 Living in a material world: a critique of ‘normative power Europe’
• 13 Is EU Enlargement a Success Story or Has It Gone Too Far?
• 13.1 The benefits of EU enlargement: defending security, democracy and prosperity
• 13.2 EU enlargement: a critique
• 14 Towards a Common European Army?
• 14.1 Still flattering to deceive: the Common Security and Defence Policy
• 14.2 Defence integration in the EU: from vision to business as usual
• 15 A New German Hegemony: Does It Exist? Would It be Dangerous?
• 15.1 The failure of German leadership
• 15.2 A benign hegemon: Germany’s European vocation
• 16 Should It Stay or Should It Go? Britain, EU Membership and the Merits of Selective Integration
• 16.1 Brexit – a disaster for Britain and for the European Union
• 16.2 The case for Brexit: why Britain should leave the EU
• Bibliography
• Index