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The "Economic and Social History of the World War," sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and edited by Professor J. T. Shotwell, of Columbia University, is planned to contain several volumes which will be of interest to students of foreign and comparative government. A. B. Keith's War Government of the British Dominions has already appeared and was reviewed in this journal last November. Among other volumes having a direct political bearing may be mentioned: W. G. S. Adams, The War Government of Great Britain; E. M. H. Lloyd, The Mechanism of Certain State Controls [in Great Britain]; G. D. H. Cole, The British Labor Unions; A. Shadwell, Liquor Control in War Time; R. Picard, Syndicalism in France during the War; M. Hauser, Problems of Regionalism [in France]; A. Bernard, Economic and Social History of French Northern Africa; M. Delahache, Alsace-Lorraine; A. Girault, Economic and Social History of the French Colonies; J. Redlich, War Government in Austria-Hungary; Count A. Apponyi, The Effects of the War upon Government Administration and Public Opinion in Hungary; and H. Pirenne, Belgium and the World War. Numerous monographs remain to be arranged for, notably on Germany, Russia, and the Balkan states.

European Union Enlargement offers an intense and detailed analysis of the almost ten-year process of preparing and negotiating the accession of Eastern, Southeastern, and Central European countries, as well as Mediterranean countries to the European Union. European Union Enlargement was written by two diplomats who were directly involved in that process. Sajdik and Schwarzinger relate their firsthand experience of proceedings that occurred behind closed doors. In addition to providing key information about the process, this volume is also a case study of European policies and diplomatic practi

Roland Erne's view of transnational trade union networks challenges the assertion that no realistic prospect exists for remedying the European Union's democratic deficit--that is, its domination by corporate interests and lack of a cohesive European...

Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - The Member-State Resistance Paradox: American Union (1790-1860) versus European Community (1958-1994) -- Chapter 2 - State Resistance in the United States and the European Community: Unraveling the Puzzle -- Chapter 3 - The Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic and the European Union -- Chapter 4 - The First Half-Century of the Modern Swiss Federation -- Chapter 5 - Conclusions: State Behavior in Suprastate Unions -- Appendix A - State Resistance to Federal Authority in the United States -- Appendix B - European States' Resistance to European Community Authority -- Abbreviations of Public Documents -- Notes -- Cases Cited -- Works Cited -- Index.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION -- 1 CORRUPTION DYNAMICS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION -- 2 DOES COMPETITION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION CORRUPT? -- 3 "CORRUPTION IS OUR FRIEND" -- 4 THE MYTH OF THE MARKET -- 5 DECENTRALIZATION, DEMOCRACY, AND GRAFT -- 6 THE CORRUPTION OF CAMPAIGN AND PARTY FINANCING -- 7 THE PATHOLOGIES OF AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION -- 8 THE EUROPEAN UNION, THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY, AND CORRUPTION -- Appendix 1 KEY DEAD MEN -- Appendix 2 BRIEF SURVEY OF THE EUROPEAN UNION -- Appendix 3 THE MAJOR INSTITUTIONS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION -- Notes -- Index.