Theory and Reform in the Eu

Examining the relationship between theory and reform in the European Union in the light of the Amsterdam Treaty, this text draws on regional integration theory and offers an account of different approaches to the politics of European constitutional reform in the late 1990s.

By establishing a link between the internal and external relations of the EU, the text develops an understanding of the new political and institutional dynamics of the emerging European polity and the questions that further treaty reform raise for the future evolution of the regional system.

The authors assess the European security architecture, the limits and possibilities of a genuine European foreign policy, and the role of the EU in the international system.