This is a major new reader that brings together and assesses the most influential scholarly contributions that have fashioned the debate on European integration over the past 50 years. It includes an original contribution reflecting on key issues in integration theory by Ben Rosamond.

METTE SANGIOVANNI is Lecturer in International Studies, University of Cambridge, UK.

PART I: INTERWAR AND POSTWAR IDEAS OF EUROPE
Pre-Theories of International Integration; M.Eilstrup-angiovanni
For a Free United Europe: A Draft Manifesto; A.Spinelli & E.Rossi
A Working Peace System; D.Murray
Political Community and the North Atlantic Area: International Organization in the Light of Historical Experience; K.Deutsch et al
PART II: THEORISING THE COMMON MARKET: NEO-FUNCTIONALISM AND ITS CRITICS
Neo-functionalism and Its Critics; M.Eilstrup-Sangiovanni
The Uniting of Europe: Political, Social and Economic Forces 1950-1957; E.Haas
The Political Dynamics of European Economic Integration; L.Lindberg
Obstinate or Obsolete?: The Fate of the Nation-State; S.Hoffman
Regional Integration: Reflections on a Decade of Theoretical Efforts; R.Hansen
PART III: THE 1992 PROJECT: SUPRANATIONALISM VS. INTERGOVERNMENTALIST BARGAINING
Introduction: The 1992 Project: The Revival of Neofunctionalism and the Liberal Intergovernmentalist Challenge; M.Eilstrup-Sangiovanni
1992: Recasting the European Bargain; W.Sandholtz & J.Zysman
Europe Before the Court: A Political Theory of Legal Integration; A.M.Burley & W.Mattli
The Politics of Legal Integration in the European Union; G.Garrett
Preferences and Power in the European Community: A Liberal Intergovernmentalist Approach; A.Moravcsik
The Path to European Integration: A Historical Institutionalist Analysis; P.Pierson
PART IV: THE EUROPEAN POLITY: ACTORS, MULTILEVEL GOVERNANCE AND THE 'LOW POLITICS' OF REGULATION
Introduction: Europe as a Political System: Comparative Politics and Governance Approaches to Integration; M.Eilstrup-Sangiovanni
The Study of the European Union II: The 'New Governance' Agenda and its Rival'; S.Hix
European Integration from the 1980s: State-Centric vs Multi-Level Governance; G.Marks, L.Hooghe & K.Blank
The Rise of the Regulatory State in Europe; G.Majone
PART V: NON-RATIONALIST INTEGRATION THEORY
Introduction: The Constructivist Turn in European Integration Studies; M.Eilstrup-Sangiovanni
Social Constructivism and Integration; J.Checkel
'Speaking Europe': The Politics of Integration Discourse; T.Diez
Does Constructivism Subsume Neofunctionalism?'; E.Haas
PART VI: THE FUTURE OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION STUDIES
The Future of European Studies: Integration Theory, EU Studies and Social Science; B.Rosamond
The Future of European Integration Studies: The Road Ahead; M.Eilstrup-Sangiovanni.