The Road To Maastricht

Kenneth Dyson is Professor of European Studies, University of BradfordKevin Featherstone is Professor of European Politics and Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration Studies, University of Bradford

Named Outstanding Academic Book by Choice

• MAKING SENSE OF THE EMU NEGOTIATIONS ; EMU, THE MITTERRAND PRESIDENCY AND FRENCH POLITICAL TRADITION ; THE POLITICAL PROBLEM OF RECONCILING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN THE EMU: THE LEGACY OF BARRE, GISCARD D'ESTAING AND POMPIDOU ; 4. CHALLENGING THE 'D-MARK ZONE': AGENDA-SETTING ON EMU AND THE STRATEGY OF INDIRECTION UNDER MITTERRAND 1981-89 ; FRENCH STRATEGY FOR THE IGC: MAKING EMU IRREVERSIBLE ; 6. EMU, THE KOHL CHANCELLORSHIP AND GERMAN POLITICAL TRADITION: THE LEGACY OF ADENAUER AND ERHARD ; 7. THE POLITICAL PROBLEM OF RECONCILING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL INTERESTS IN EMU: THE LEGACY OF SCHILLER AND SCHMIDT ; 8. NEGOTIATING EMU AROUND THE GERMAN MODEL: AGENDA-SETTING UNDER THE KOHL CHANCELLORSHIP 1982-89 ; 9. GERMANY STRATEGY FOR THE IGC ; 10. ITALIAN POLICY BELIEFS ABOUT EMU: EXTERNAL DISCIPLINE VERSUS INTERNAL PROTECTION ; 11. FRAMING EMU AS A NEW VINCOLO ESTERNO: POLICY ENTREPRENEURS, COORDINATION AND REFLECTION IN ITALY 1988-90 ; ITALY AND THE IGC: NEGOTIATING EXTERNAL DISCIPLINE, AVOIDING EXCLUSION. ; 13 THE BRITISH POLITICAL TRADITION AND EMU: POLICY LEGACIES, BELIEFS AND COORDINATION ; 14. RESISTING EMU: POLITICAL STRATEGY, POLICY ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND POLICY REFLECTION BEFORE THE IGC ; 15. JOHN MAJOR: BETWEEN PARTY AND THE IGC ; 16. JACQUES DELOS AS POLICY ENTREPRENEUR AND INGENIEUR OF THE EMU NEGOTIATIONS: AGENDA SETTING AND OILING THE WHEELS ; 17. CONCLUSIONS AND REFLECTIONS ; 1. Making Sense of the EMU Negotiations ; 2. EMU, The Mitterrand Presidency and French Political Tradition ; 3. The Political Problem of Reconciling Domestic and International Interests in The EMU: The Legacy of Barre, Giscard D'Estaing and Pompidou ; 4. Challenging the 'D-Mark Zone': Agenda-Setting on EMU and the Strategy of Indirection Under Mitterrand 1981-89 ; 5. French Strategy for the IGC: Making EMU Irreversible ; 6. EMU, The Kohl Chancellorship and German Political Tradition: The Legacy of Adenauer and Erhard ; 7. The Political Problem of Reconciling Domestic and International Interests in EMU: The Legacy of Schiller and Schmidt ; 8. Negotiating EMU Around the German Model: Agenda-Setting Under the Kohl Chancellorship 1982-89 ; 9. Germany Strategy for the IGC ; 10. Italian Policy Beliefs About EMU: External Discipline Versus Internal Protection ; 11. Framing EMU as a New Vincolo Esterno: Policy Entrepreneurs, Coordination and Reflection in Italy 1988-90 ; 12. Italy and the IGC: Negotiating External Discipline, Avoiding Exclusion ; 13. The British Political Tradition and EMU: Policy Legacies, Beliefs and Coordination ; 14. Resisting EMU: Political Strategy, Policy Entrepreneurship and Policy Reflection Before the IGC ; 15. John Major: Between Party and the IGC ; 16. Jacques Delors as Policy Entrepreneur and Ingenieur of the EMU Negotiations: Agenda Setting and Oiling the Wheels ; 17. Conclusions and Reflections