"The surprise decision expressed by the British people in the referendum held in June 2016 to leave the European Union was remarkable. It also presents a "natural experiment" where the exposure of a society to an extraordinary event allows scholars to observe, in real time in th…
"The creation of the European Union in 1992 reflected new economic, political, and cultural realities on the continent. The dissolution of national borders and the easing of transit restrictions on people and goods with Europe, have contributed to a radical rethinking of such ba…
"The creation of the European Union in 1992 reflected new economic, political, and cultural realities on the continent. The dissolution of national borders and the easing of transit restrictions on people and goods with Europe, have contributed to a radical rethinking of such ba…
"Since its formation the European Union has expanded beyond all expectations. This expansion seems set to continue as more countries seek accession and the scope of EU law expands, touching more and more aspects of its citizens' lives. The EU has never been stronger and yet it n…
European economic integration
European economic integration
Research into the European Union (EU) increasingly focuses on the policy-making processes which take place within the EU, as distinct from trying to explain or predict the broad phenomenon of European integration. This thesis adopts a similar focus on EU policy-making. Policy-ma…
This thesis looks at justice and home affairs (JHA) policy-making in the European Union(EU). JHA refers to those areas which have traditionally been the domain of interior andjustice ministries on the national level and which are now dealt with on the EU level on thebasis of the…
This thesis seeks to show that the origins of the 1961 British application to join theEuropean Community lay primarily in the long standing personal commitment of PrimeMinister Harold Macmillan both to the idea of supranational European aaangemeats,and to full British participat…
"European integration confuses citizens and scholars alike. It appears to transfer power away from national capitals towards Brussels yet a close study of the EU reveals the absence of any real leap towards supranationalism. The EU is dominated by cooperation between national re…
The introduction of the single currency (Euro) in Europe has been referred to as the ‘world’s largest economic experiment’ and has led to major research on the effects of the adoption of a common currency on economic activity with considerable emphasis on its effect on trade flo…
Subsidiarity and Economic Reform in Europe
by Grilo, Isabel, Gelauff, George, Lejour, Arjan