Preferences and Power in the European Community: A Liberal Intergovernmentalist Approach

1993/12/01 by ANDREW MORAVCSIK, Andrew Moravcsik · 2,648 citations
Social Sciences · #European Union Policy and Governance #Physics #Political science #Power (physics) #Social Policy and Reform Studies #Sociology

paper · doi:10.1111/j.1468-5965.1993.tb00477.x

published in JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies 31(4), 473-524 (Wiley)

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Abstract

The European Community (EC) is the most successful example of institution-alized international policy co-ordination in the modem world, yet there is little agreement about the proper explanation for its evolution. From the signing of the Treaty of Rome to the making of Maastricht, the EC has developed through

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