This book is the first to systematically introduce and apply a social constructivist perspective to the study of European integration. Social constructivism is

Stephen Martin* The fourteen essays that constitute this work provide a coherent review of the past and present of the European Community, and consider some of

Informal dimensions of European integration have received limited academic attention to date, despite their historical and contemporary importance. Particularly

Freedom, today perceived simply as a human right, was a continually contested idea in the early modern period. In Freedom and the Construction of Europe an inte

The law and politics of European integration have been inseparable since the 1960s, when the European Court of Justice rendered a set of foundational decisions