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This book includes up-to-date studies of regional integration efforts in all major parts of the world, especially North America, South America and East Asia. In many cases these efforts are compared with the EU, where integration has progressed much further. Some important questions are asked: What explains the variation in achievements? What kind of agreements and institutions are needed to produce regional integration? Is 'pooling and delegation' of sovereignty necessary to overcome 'collective action problems'? How important is regional leadership? Various schools of thought are represented.

Preliminary Material /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 1. Introduction: Overview of the Intergovernmental Conference 2000 and the Treaty of Nice /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 2. Austria: between Size and Sanctions /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 3. Belgium: More Catholic than the Pope? /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 4. Denmark: the Battle to Avoid a Referendum /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 5. Germany: a Story of Saving Face /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 6. Finland: We Have to Live with This Result /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 7. France: Presidency Roles and National Interests /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 8. Greece: Continuity and Change /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 9. Ireland: a Tale of Two Referenda /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 10. Italy: When Individual Actors Make the Difference /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 11. Luxembourg: Balancing Eu and National Interests /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 12. The Netherlands: from Principles to Pragmatism /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 13. Portugal: the Fight against the Big Ones /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 14. Spain: the Need to Sell a Victory /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 15. Sweden: in the Shadow of Enlargement? /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 16. The United Kingdom: New Approach and New Influence? /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 17. Poland and the Other Candidate Countries: Influencing the Treaty from the Sidelines /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 18. The European Parliament and the European Commission: You Cant Always Get What You Want /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 19the. Commission and the Council Secretariat:how They Gained Some Influence /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 20. Re-weighting of Votes in the Council and Composition of the Commission: When Size Matters /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 21. Qualified Majority Voting: a Joint but Failed Search for Efficiency Building /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 22. Enhanced Cooperation: Lowering the Restrictions and Creating the Basis of a Hard Core? /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 23. The European Security and Defence Policy: Coming of Age? /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 24. The Charter of Fundamental Rights: Novel Method on the Way to the Nice Treaty /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 25. Explaining the Treaty of Nice: beyond Liberal Intergovernmentalism? /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Chapter 26. The Post-nice Agenda: towards a Constitutional Treaty? /Finn Laursen Martinus -- Index /Finn Laursen Martinus.

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- SECTION 1: THEORETICAL APPROACHES -- CHAPTER ONE: On Studying European Integration: Integration Theory and Political Economy -- CHAPTER TWO: Agenda-Setting in European Integration: The Conflict Between Voters, Governments and Supranational Institutions -- CHAPTER THREE: The Political Economy of Subsidiarity -- SECTION 2: POLICY CASES -- CHAPTER FOUR: The Effect of Regional Integration on Trade Policy: Lessons from the European Community -- CHAPTER FIVE: The Political Economy of CAP Reform -- CHAPTER SIX: Economic and Monetary Union -- SECTION 3: EXTERNAL RELATIONS -- CHAPTER SEVEN: EC-EFTA Relations: A Game-Theory Perspective -- CHAPTER EIGHT: The Political Economy of Association with Eastern Europe -- CHAPTER NINE: Accession to the European Union: The Ultimate Bargain.