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

The European Union began with efforts in the Cold War era to foster economic integration among a few Western European countries. Today’s EU constitutes an upper tier of government that affects almost every level of policymaking in each of its twenty-seven member states. The recent financial...