This work examines the European Union as mandated by the Maastricht Treaty. Using both empirical and theoretical perspectives, the author reviews such timely issues as the environment and the new regionalism, the politics of policy-making in the European Union, cross-border employment issues, as well as social and cultural considerations. These are issues that take on increasing importance in an integrating Europe--for the new Euro-citizens, for the national governments, and of course, for the European Union itself. How the Community handles these issues, and the processes and politics that will develop around them, will determine the Europolity of the future and are elucidated here by a European expert.
This work examines the European Union as mandated by the Maastricht Treaty.
IntroductionEurope in the 1990s: The Crisis of UncertaintiesConceptualizing European IntegrationUnderstanding the Treaty on European UnionThe Cultural Basis of European UnionEmployees and European UnionEnvironmental Concerns and European UnionRegional Policy and European UnionCitizenship and European UnionConclusionReferencesIndex