The enlargement of Europe
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The enlargement of Europe
（Political analyses）
Manchester University Press, 1999
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Includes index
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ISBN 9780719049705
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This is an examination of the debates surrounding the expansion of the five main European institutions since the end of the Cold War. These institutions - the European Union, NATO, the Western European Union, the Council of Europe, and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe - have all had to adjust to the changes that have accompanied the collapse of communism. All of these institutions were founded during the Cold War and now they face demands to enlarge their membership to admit states from Eastern Europe. The extent and speed with which the process enlargement will take place will be the most important factor in determining the way in which the continent develops. The book, employing a political science approach, focuses on three main questions. These questions provide sources of continuity throughout the different chapters and will provide the unifying themes for the conclusion. These questions are: (i) Is there an accepted unitary vision as to how Europe should develop and is the vision guiding the process of enlargement? Or are there competing visions between the different institutions which is resulting in a fragmentary approach?
(ii) To what extent have there been separate motives for enlargement within each institution? Have these debates and policies, going on within each institution, been related to any overall policy framework? (iii) Has there been a deliberate policy by Western governments to indulge in "cost free" expansion, enlarging political areas first and leaving more difficult issues of security and economics to a later stage?
Table of Contents
- Organizations, Europe and enlargement
- the enlargement of NATO
- the enlargement of the European Union
- the enlargement of the Western European Union
- the enlargement of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
- the enlargement of the Council of Europe.
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: pbk ISBN 9780719049712
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What will happen to the EU in the wake of enlargement? What are the institutional and policy-making changes in light of enlargement? This book, newly available in paperback, deals with the theoretical, conceptual and historical processes that led to European Union enlargement. It discusses the effects of enlargement on selected European Union policies (agriculture, single market, foreign, security and defence policy, immigration), and looks at the effect of the institutional reforms that were made at Amsterdam and Nice, as well as considering the significance of the debates on the Constitution.
It contains chapters by leading European scholars from both sides of the Atlantic. The chapters report current research and employ a variety of methodological and theoretical perspectives. This book is unique in looking at the issues that the EU faces in the aftermath of Eastern enlargement. -- .
Table of Contents
- Organizations, Europe and enlargement
- the enlargement of NATO
- the enlargement of the European Union
- the enlargement of the Western European Union
- the enlargement of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
- the enlargement of the Council of Europe.
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