European Integration: Methods And Economic Analysis 2nd Ed.

Description: Written by one of Europe's leading analysts of the EU, European Integration uniquely combines economic analysis with a detailed knowledge of the integration methods employed in the European Union. Application of the economic analysis is demonstrated through numerous practical examples and specially written case studies which help to bridge the gap between theory and policy practice. The new edition of this highly respected text has been thoroughly updated to include all recent developments in the field of European integration, including the Amsterdam Treaty, the arrival of the euro and issues surrounding enlargement. European Integration has been carefully designed to appeal to a wide range of students studying economic integration as part of an economics, business, law or public administration degree.


Contents: PART 1: FOUNDATION. Chapter 1. What is Economic Integration? Chapter 2. Developing Economic Integration in the Union. Chapter 3. Economic Constitution of the EU. Chapter 4. Subsidiarity and Economic Functions of the Union. PART 2: INTERNAL MARKET. Chapter 5. Product Market Integration: The Method. Chapter 6. Product Market Integration: Economic Analysis. Chapter 7. Services Market Integration: The Method and Economic Analysis. Chapter 8. The internal market for network industries. Chapter 9. Factor Market Integration: The Method. Chapter 10. Factor Market Integration: Economic Analysis. PART 3: COMMON POLICIES. Chapter 11. Common Agricultural Policy. Chapter 12. EC Competition Policy. Chapter 13. Common Trade Policy. Chapter 14. EC Industrial Policy. PART 4: EQUITY, STABILISATION AND EXTENSION. Chapter 15. Equity for the Union? Chapter 16. European Macro Economic Cooperation. Chapter 17. Economic and Monetary Union. Chapter 18. Pan-European Economic Integration.


Author Biography: Jacques Pelkmans is Jan Tinbergen Chair in European Economic Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges and Director of the Economics department. He is also Council Member of the WRR in The Hague, a think-tank attached to the Prime Minister (yet, with its independence protected by a special law) and Associate Fellow of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels.