European integration after Amsterdam : institutional dynamics and prospects for democracy / / edited by Karlheinz Neunreither and Antje Wiener

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910819556903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford [England] ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2000
• ISBN: 0-19-159998-0; 1-281-94430-0; 9786611944308; 0-19-152265-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (399 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): NeunreitherKarlheinz; WienerAntje
• Disciplina: 341.242/2
• Soggetti: Democracy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [343]-378) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""List of Contributors""; ""1. Introduction: Amsterdam and Beyond""; ""PART I: CHANGING INSTITUTIONS""; ""2. The Amsterdam Treaty: The Blueprint for the Future Institutional Balance?""; ""3. The European Commission: A Balancing Act between Autonomy and Dependence""; ""4. The Slow March of European Legislation: The Implementation of Directives""; ""5. Beyond Amsterdam: Regional Integration as Social Process""; ""PART II: PROSPECTS FOR DEMOCRACY""; ""6. Executive Selection in the European Union: Does the Commission President Investiture Procedure Reduce the Democratic Deficit?""""7. Justifying Comitology: The Promise of Deliberation""; ""8. Political Representation in the European Union: A Common Whole, Various Wholes, or Just a Hole?""; ""PART III: FLEXIBILITY AND THE CHALLENGE OF ENLARGEMENT""; ""9. Negotiating Flexible Integration in the Amsterdam Treaty""; ""10. Flexibility: A Tool of Integration or a Restraint on Disintegration?""; ""11. Abuses of Asymmetry: Privilege and Exclusion""; ""12. East of Amsterdam: The Implications of the Amsterdam Treaty for ; Eastern Enlargement""""PART IV: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE""; ""13. Precedents and Present Events in the European Union: An Institutional Perspective on Treaty Reform""; ""14. A Blairite Treaty: Neo-Liberalism and Regulated Capitalism in the Treaty of Amsterdam""; ""15. Constitutional Settlements and the Citizen after the Treaty of Amsterdam""; ""16. The Embedded Acquis Communautaire: Transmission Belt and Prism of New Governance""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""
• Sommario/riassunto: With contributions from leading political scientists, this text examines the key issues facing the EU in light of the revision of the Amsterdam Treaty. It also highlights a range of key institutional and political questions in relation to the EU.