Harmonizing Europe

Francesco G. Duina is Lecturer in the Committee on Degrees in Social Studies at Harvard University, and a management consultant at The Monitor Company, an international management consulting firm.

"The book takes on an important question in EU politics. Many, if not most, studies on the EU 'end' with the adoption of a particular agreement at the level of the Community, and fail to trace the legislative record of implementation to the level of member states. This book looks in detail at two specific directives and chronicles the difficult path to implementation. It thus gives a greater feel for just how hard it is to create a single market in Europe, given all the vested interests that are threatened by that project." — Steven Weber, University of California, Berkeley"The straightforward empirical testing of these hypotheses and the conclusions are important achievements of empirical analytic work in the realm of implementation of EU directives. This is a stimulating example of very good normal science." — Michael Zuern, University of Bremen

• List of Tables Foreword John A. Hall Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction: Harmonizing Europe with Directives Part I. The Equal Pay Directive Prologue: The Directive 2. The French Case: The Importance of the Policy Legacy 3. The Italian Case: Strong Union Representation 4. The British Case: The Weak Organization of Working Women Part II. The Sulphur Dioxide and Suspended Particulates Directive Prologue: The Directive 5. The Italian Case: An Unfavorable Policy Legacy 6. The British Case: Attempted Distortion of a Legacy 7. The Spanish Case: A Favorable, but Statist, Policy Legacy 8. Conclusion: The Future of a United Europe and Theoretical Considerations Appendix Notes References Index