GERALD SCHNEIDER holds the Chair in International Relations on the Faculty of Public Administration at the University of Konstanz, Germany. Director and Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Bern in Switzerland.PATRICIA WEITSMAN is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University. Her research and publications are in the areas of regional integration, international security, and American foreign policy making.THOMAS BERNAUER is Senior Lecturer and Research Associate at the Center for Political Science at the University of Zurich in Switzerland.

• Preface Explaining the Stops and Starts in Regional Integration by Gerald Schneider and Patricia Weitsman Towards a Political Economy of Scale: European Integration and Disintegration by Michael D. Ward and Corey L. Lofdahl Expansion or Unity? Placing the European Union in a Historical Perspective by Lars-Erik Cederman Switzerland--Still a Paradigmatic Case? by Simon Hug and Pascal Sciarini Power of the European Parliament as a Conditional Agenda Setter by George Tsebelis Wider and Deeper: The Links between Expansion and Integration in the European Union by Robert Pahre Regional Integration and the Enlargement Issue: A Macroanalysis by Walter Mattli Choosing Central Bankers in Europe by Philippe Martin Full Membership or Full Club? Expansion of NATO and the Future Security Organization of Europe by Thomas Bernauer Towards a United States of Europe: Future Challenges and Potential Solutions by Gerald Schneider, Patricia Weitsman, and Thomas Bernauer References Index

GERALD SCHNEIDER holds the Chair in International Relations on the Faculty of Public Administration at the University of Konstanz, Germany. Director and Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Bern in Switzerland.PATRICIA WEITSMAN is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ohio University. Her research and publications are in the areas of regional integration, international security, and American foreign policy making.THOMAS BERNAUER is Senior Lecturer and Research Associate at the Center for Political Science at the University of Zurich in Switzerland.

• Preface Explaining the Stops and Starts in Regional Integration by Gerald Schneider and Patricia Weitsman Towards a Political Economy of Scale: European Integration and Disintegration by Michael D. Ward and Corey L. Lofdahl Expansion or Unity? Placing the European Union in a Historical Perspective by Lars-Erik Cederman Switzerland--Still a Paradigmatic Case? by Simon Hug and Pascal Sciarini Power of the European Parliament as a Conditional Agenda Setter by George Tsebelis Wider and Deeper: The Links between Expansion and Integration in the European Union by Robert Pahre Regional Integration and the Enlargement Issue: A Macroanalysis by Walter Mattli Choosing Central Bankers in Europe by Philippe Martin Full Membership or Full Club? Expansion of NATO and the Future Security Organization of Europe by Thomas Bernauer Towards a United States of Europe: Future Challenges and Potential Solutions by Gerald Schneider, Patricia Weitsman, and Thomas Bernauer References Index