The history of the European Union : origins of a trans- and supranational polity 1950-72 / edited by Wolfram Kaiser, Brigitte Leucht and Morten Rasmussen.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Origins of a European polity : a new research agenda for European Union history / Wolfram Kaiser, Brigitte Leucht and Morten Rasmussen -- Transnational networks in European governance : the informal politics of integration / Wolfram Kaiser -- Supranational governance in the making : towards a European political system / Morten Rasmussen -- Transatlantic policy networks in the creation of the first European anti-trust law : mediating between American anti-trust and German ordo-liberalism / Brigitte Leucht -- Transnational business networks propagating EC industrial policy : the role of the Committee of Common Market Automobiles Constructors / Sigfrido M. Ramírez Pérez -- Socialist party networks in northern Europe : moving towards the EEC applications of 1967 / Kristian Steinnes -- Transnational communication in the European public sphere : the summit of The Hague 1969 / Jan-Henrik Meyer -- DG IV and the origins of a supranational competition policy : establishing an economic constitution for Europe / Katja Seidel -- The origins of community information policy : educating Europeans / Lise Rye -- Delegation as a political process : the case of the inter-institutional debate over the Budget Treaty / Ann-Christina L. Knudsen -- The European Commission and the rise of Coreper : a controlled experiment / N. Piers Ludlow -- Interdisciplinarity in research on the EU : politics, history and prospects for collaboration / Alex Warleigh-Lack.

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This book radically re-conceptualises the origins of the European Union as a trans- and supranational polity as it emerged between the Schuman Plan of May 1950 and the first enlargement of the European Communities at the start of 1973.

English.

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