History -- West european economic integration since 1950 (Nicholas Crafts) -- The history of European Economic and Monetary Union (Harold James) -- History of economic thought and policy-making at the European Commission (Ivo Maes) -- The single market and the euro -- The economics of the single...

In September 1992 French voters approved the Maastrict Treaty. This paper analyzes political and economic forces that affected French voters, and the links between the progress of European integration and changes in the pattern of redistribution. A model of referendum choice is tested against a...

Die politische und die wirtschaftliche Integration Europas sind eng verwoben. Betrachtet man das Zusammenwirken beider Bereiche, wird deutlich, dass Europa aus einer Vielzahl historisch gewachsener Wirtschafts- und Sozialmodelle besteht. Welche wirtschaftlichen und politischen Veränderungen die...

A quiet revolution -- The conundrum of market reforms -- The politics of market ideas -- Strange bedfellows -- The market as a constraint -- The market as a norm -- The market as a space -- The market as a talisman -- The Janus-faced European Union