This new edition of the leading reader on European Integration makes conveniently available to students the key texts of politicians and scholars. The first section, presents the visions of the primary shapers of the union now including the reflections of current European leaders on a constitution for Europe. The second section brings together the classics of EU studies as scholars struggled to apply the contending approaches of federalism, functionalism, neofunctionalism and intergovernmentalism to understand postwar European integration. The third - comprehensively revised and updated - section explores recent theoretical developments in scholarship.

Reviews of previous editions:

'This is, undoubtedly, the reader of choice for undergraduate and graduate courses on the European Union, and regional or global governance.' - Osvaldo Croci, Journal of European Integration

'Highly accessible to students; each reading is clearly prefaced, set in context, and carefully and honestly abridged.' - Talking Politics

Preface
PART I: VISIONS OF A UNITED EUROPE
Ventotene Manifesto; A.Spinelli & E.Rossi
The Tragedy of Europe; W.S.Churchill
The Schuman Declaration; R.Schuman
Preambles to the Treaties Establishing the European Communities (Treaties of Paris and Rome)
A Ferment of Change; J.Monnet
A Concert of European States; C.de Gaulle
Preamble to the Single European Act
A Family of Nations; M.Thatcher
A Necessary Union; J.Delors
Preamble to the Treaty on European Union (The Maastricht Treaty)
Preamble to the Treaty of Nice Amending the Treaty on European Union
Reflections on a Constitution for Europe - J.Fischer, J.Chirac, T.Blair, P.Lipponen & J.Rau
PART II: EARLY CURRENTS IN INTEGRATION THEORY
Altiero Spinelli and the Strategy for the United States of Europe; S.Pistone
A Working Peace System; D.Mitrany
Political Community and the North Atlantic Area; K.W.Deutsch et al
The Uniting of Europe; E.B.Haas
Political Integration: Definitions and Hypotheses; L.N.Lindberg
Obstinate or Obsolete? The Fate of the Nation; State and the Case of Western Europe; S.Hoffmann
The Theory of Economic Integration: An Introduction; B. Balassa
PART III: CURRENT DEBATES IN INTEGRATION THEORY
The Political Theory of Federalism: THe Relevance of Classical Approaches; M.Forsyth
Integration, Supranational Governance, and the Institutionalization of the European Polity; A.Stone Sweet & W.Sandholtz
The Choice for Europe; A.Moravcsik
Delegation and Agency in the European Community; M.Pollack
Multi-level Governance in the European Union; L.Hooghe & G.Marks
Making Sense of EU Decision; Making; J.Peterson & E.Bomberg
The Governance Approach to European Integration; M.Jachtenfuchs
Social Construction and Integration; J.T.Checkel

BRENT F. NELSEN is Associate Professor of Political Science at Furman University.

Alexander Stubb is adviser to the president of the European Commission and visiting professor at the College of Europe, Bruges.