The New Europe: Interdisciplinary Perspectives -- Preface -- Introduction -- The European Community Before 1989 -- After the Wall: The Road to Rome -- Negotiating Maastricht: Economic and Monetary Union -- Negotiating Maastricht: Political Union -- The Ratification Crisis -- Consolidating the Union -- Conclusion: The End of the Cold War and the Future of European Integration -- About the Book and Author

Exploring the Maastricht Treaty process and the politics of European integration, the author argues that the end of the cold war and German unification have created a new set of geopolitical realities in Europe that have affected the nature and dynamics of European union.