Synopses & Reviews
What kind of institutions matter in the context of the European Union? This book assesses the relevance of the competing institutionalist approaches to the European Union? Scholars from three different approaches--history, sociology, and rational choice--clarify the distinctions between the new institutionalist approaches and open up a dialogue between them.
About the Author
Mark Aspinwall is Lecturer in Politics and European Studies at the University of Durham. Gerald Schneider is Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Public Policy and Management at the University of Konstanz, and Executive Editor of European Union Politics.
Table of Contents
Institutional Research on the European Union: Mapping the Field--Mark Aspinwall & Gerald Schneider * Constructing European Institutions--Jeffrey T. Checkel * Comment--Bernard Steunenberg * The Dynamics of European Integration: A Constitutional Analysis of the Amsterdam Treaty--Thomas Brauninger, Tanja Cornelius, Thomas Konig & Thomas Schuster * Comment--Mark Aspinwall * Th "Europeanization" of Central Government: The UK and Germany in Historical Institutionalist Perspective--Simon Bulmer & Martin Burch * Comment--Phillip Genschel * The Treaty of Amsterdam and the Co-decision Procedure--Christophe Crombez * Comment--Adrienne Heritier * A Constrained Commission: Informal Practices of Agenda Setting in the Council--Susanne K. Schmidt * Comment--Simon Hug * Top Commission Officials on Capitalism: An Institutionalist Understanding of Preferences--Liesbet Hooghe * Comment--Gerald Schneider * Conclusions--Gerald Scneider & Mark Aspinwall Institutional Research on the European Union: Mapping the Field--Mark Aspinwall & Gerald Schneider * Constructing European Institutions--Jeffrey T. Checkel * Comment--Bernard Steunenberg * The Dynamics of European Integration: A Constitutional Analysis of the Amsterdam Treaty--Thomas Brauninger, Tanja Cornelius, Thomas Konig & Thomas Schuster * Comment--Mark Aspinwall * Th "Europeanization" of Central Government: The UK and Germany in Historical Institutionalist Perspective--Simon Bulmer & Martin Burch * Comment--Phillip Genschel * The Treaty of Amsterdam and the Co-decision Procedure--Christophe Crombez * Comment--Adrienne Heritier * A Constrained Commission: Informal Practices of Agenda Setting in the Council--Susanne K. Schmidt * Comment--Simon Hug * Top Commission Officials on Capitalism: An Institutionalist Understanding of Preferences--Liesbet Hooghe * Comment--Gerald Schneider * Conclusions--Gerald Scneider & Mark Aspinwall