Key Controversies in European Integration

Introduction.- 1. The European Union: Success or Failure?.- Why Europe Works John McCormick.- The Rise and Fall of the EU Jan Zielonka.- 2. The Political Efficiency of the EU.- The EU as Efficient Polity Desmond Dinan.- The EU: Quick to Regulate, Slow to Adapt Mats Persson.- 3. More Powers for Brussels or Renationalization?.- A Stronger, More Supranational Union Derek Beach.- The New Intergovernmentalism - The Next Phase in European Integration Uwe Puetter.- 4. How Democratic Is The EU?.- The Inevitability of a Democratic Deficit Richard Bellamy.- A Democratic Achievement, not just a Democratic Deficit Christopher Lord.- 5. Too Much Power for the Judges?.- Understanding the European Court's Political Power Karen Alter and Daniel Kelemen.- A Strange Institution Jeremy Rabkin.- 6. Can There Be A Common European Identity?.- The Emergence of a European Identity Ulrike Liebert.- A Common European Identity is an Illusion Jonathan White.- 7. Lobbying in the EU: How Much Power for Big Business?.- Big Business Dominates the EU Laura Horn and Angela Wigger.- The Power of Big Business is Constrained in the EU David Marshall.- 8. The Uncertain Future of the Euro.- Why the Euro is a Functional Necessity in the Process of European Integration Henrik Enderlein.- For a Plurality of Economic and Social Models! Against the Uniform Euro State! Andreas Nölke.- 9. The Euro: Economic Success or Disaster?.- Exit or Differentiated Monetary Integration - Saving the Euro by Making It More Flexible Tal Sadeh.- Unity in Diversity: The Unfulfilled Promise of the Euro Waltraud Schelkle.- 10. Can the EU Tame Big Finance?.- The Merits of Adaptive Governance: The Regulation of Financial Services in the EU Jörn Carsten Gottwald.- The Pitfalls of EU Governance in Financial Markets Daniel Mügge.- 11. The Big Waste? The Common Agricultural Policy.- Europe's Common Values and Agricultural Policy: A Defence of the CAP Ann-Christin Knudsen.- The European Agricultural Fortress Under Attack Eugénia da

Hubert Zimmermann is Professor of International Relations, University of Marburg, Germany, and was previously DAAD Visiting Associate Professor, Cornell University, USA. 

Andreas Dür is Professor of International Politics, University of Salzburg, Austria.