European Integration and its Limits

European Integration and Its Limitsreveals the role of government in solving Europe's constitutional quandary in regards to legitimacy, efficiency, and integration, and explains the reasons why various governments agreed to reform projects they had previously rejected. Daniel Finke analyzes extensive data on the reform positions that governments unveiled at three of the most important Intergovernmental Conferences held since the establishment of the Union in 1993. Through a coherent theoretical framework, Finke identifies the domestic origins of European treaty reforms and clarifies the role of procedural constraints at both the domestic and the European level.

Daniel Finke is an assistant professor for political science at the University of Heidelberg. His research has been published in European Union Politics, the Journal of Common Market Studies, the Journal of European Public Policy, Political Studies, the Review of International Organizations and the Journal of Theoretical Politics.

List of Figures and Tables	p. vii
Perspectives on European Integration	p. 5
The Question	p. 5
The Arguments	p. 11
Agenda and Conflicts	p. 12
Actors and Process	p. 13
Positions	p. 17
The Method	p. 18
The Conceptual Framework	p. 23
The Calculus of European Treaty Reforms	p. 23
Europe's Constitutional Quandary	p. 23
Why Efficiency is Difficult to Attain	p. 29
Legitimacy and Political Integration	p. 42
A Cross-sectional Perspective	p. 44
Patterns of Intergovernmental Conflict	p. 47
Preferences	p. 47
How Preferences Transform into Positions	p. 50
The Origins of Governmental Reform Positions	p. 55
The Process and Set of Relevant Actors	p. 63
Relevant Actors	p. 63
Procedural Constraints	p. 67
Summary	p. 70
Patterns of Intergovernmental Conflict	p. 73
Empirical Methodology	p. 73
Spatial Models	p. 73
Data	p. 75
Model	p. 78
Results	p. 80
Governmental Positions	p. 81
Substantial Interpretation	p. 84
Summary	p. 96
A Short History of EU Treaty Negotiations	p. 97
Amsterdam	p. 97
Nice	p. 106
Rome II	p. 115
The Convention	p. 126
Summary	p. 131
What Explains Governments' Positions on European Integration?	p. 133
The Unitary Actor Assumption	p. 134
The Economy	p. 138
The Voters	p. 143
Parties and Parliament	p. 149
Discussion of Results	p. 160
The Effect of Nonseparable Preferences in EU Treaty Negotiations	p. 167
Theoretical Relevance	p. 167
Estimating the Nonseparability of Governmental Preferences	p. 171
Simulation of Endogenous Change	p. 183
Discussion of the Results	p. 201
Solving Europe's Constitutional Quandary	p. 205
Steering the Fleet Through Heavy Waters	p. 205
European Integration and its Limits	p. 213
References	p. 219
Appendix	p. 231
Index	p. 233
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