Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the Amsterdam Treatv and reform of the European Union / Philip Lynch, Nanette A. Neuwahl and G. Wyn Rees -- Part I. Institutional reform. The Council / Martin Westlake -- The European Commission / David Spence -- The European Parliament / Francis Jacobs -- The European Court of Justice / Takis Tridimas -- Part II. Policy developments. European monetary union : one money, one Europe? / Nigel M. Healey -- The paradox of the social dimension / Jeff Kenner -- The regions and Amsterdam : whatever happened to the third level? / Charlie Jeffery -- An 'area of freedom, justice and security'? Progress and deficits in justice and home affairs / Jèorg Monar -- Common Foreign and Security Policy and defence : a lost opportunity? / G. Wyn Rees -- Part III. The Union and its citizens. The place of the citizen in the European construction / Nanette A. Neuwahl -- Flexibility and closer cooperation : evolution or entropy? / Philip Lynch -- Defining a constitution for the European Union / Robin C. A. White -- Conclusions : Maastricht, Amsterdam and beyond / Philip Lynch, Nanette A. Neuwahl and C. Wyn Rees.

All Ages.