State-building in Europe

The relaunch of European integration in the 1980s and 1990s will affect profoundly the continent''s course in the twenty-first century. The European Commission bureaucratic cabinets national diplomats transnational companies pressure groups and representatives of the regions have set in motion a process that is changing statehood in Europe dramatically. Based on more than thirty interviews with EU commissioners managers of European transnational companies and national diplomats this volume is a valuable contribution to the debate on the future of Europe in the world system.