Key Controversies in European Integration

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Introduction 1. The European Union: Success or Failure? Why Europe Works - John McCormick The End of the European Dream - John Gillingham 2. The Political Efficiency of the EU The EU as Efficient Polity - Desmond Dinan The EU: Quick to Regulate, Slow to Adapt - Mats Persson 3. More Powers for Brussels or Renationalization? A Stronger, More Supranational Union - Derek Beach The New Intergovernmentalism in EU Governance - Uwe Puetter 4. How Democratic Is The EU? The Inevitability of a Democratic Deficit - Richard Bellamy A Democratic Achievement, not just a Democratic Deficit - Christopher Lord 5. Too Much Power for the Judges? Understanding the European Court's Political Power - Karen Alter The European Court of Justice: A Strange Institution - Jeremy Radkin 6. Can There Be A Common European Identity? The Emergence of a European Identity - Ulrike Liebert A Common European Identity is an Illusion - Jonathan White 7. The Uncertain Future of the Euro The Euro has a Future! - Amy Verdun The End of the Euro Mark I: A Sceptical View of European Monetary Union - Tal Sadeh 8. Can The EU Tame Big Finance? Regulating Financial Services in the EU: A Case of Successful Institutional Learning - Jorn Carsten Gottwald The Pitfalls of EU Governance in Financial Markets - Daniel Mugge 9. The EU's Cohesion Policy: Reducing Disparities? Cohesion Policy: Fostering European Integration through Development - Dirk Ahner A Good Idea that Lost its Way: Cohesion Policy in the EU - Marco Brunazzo and Vincent Della Sala 10. The Big Waste? The Common Agricultural Policy Europe's Common Values and Agricultural Policy: A Defence of the CAP - Ann-Christin Knudsen EU Agricultural and Fisheries Policies: An Economic and Environmental Disaster - Eugenia da Conceicao-Heldt 11. Foreign Economic Policies: How Much Power for the Lobbyists? Why Interest Groups dominate EU Foreign Economic Policies - Andreas Dur EU Foreign Economic Policies: The Autonomy of EU Institutions - Cornelia Woll 12. Does The EU Act as a Normative Power? The European Union's Normative Power in Global Politics - Ian Manners Living in a Material World: A Critique of 'Normative Power Europe' - Mark Pollack 13. Turkey and Beyond: Is EU Enlargement A Success Story or Has It Gone Too Far? The Benefits of EU Enlargement: Stability, Prosperity, and Democracy - Rachel Epstein EU Enlargement: A Critique - Christopher J. Bickerton 14. Towards A Common European Army? Defence Integration in the EU: A Successful Vision! - Hanna Ojanen Flattering to Deceive The Common Security and Defence Policy - Anand Menon Conclusion