The Road to Maastricht: Negotiating Economic and Monetary Union

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• Title Page iii
• Preface vii
• Contents xv
• List of Abbreviations xxi
• Introduction: An Historical Overview 1
• Conclusion 10
• 1 - Making Sense of the Emu Negotiations 12
• Conclusions 60
• 2 - Emu, the Mitterrand Presidency, and French Political Tradition 62
• Conclusions 97
• 3 - The Political Problem of Reconciling Domestic and International Interests in Emu: The Legacy of Barre, Giscard D'Estaing, and Pompidou 99
• Conclusions 119
• 4 - Challenging the 'D-Mark Zone': Agenda-Setting on Emu and the Strategy of Indirection Under Mitterrand, 1981-1989 124
• Conclusions 199
• 5 - French Strategy for the Igc: Making Emu Irreversible 202
• Conclusions 252

• Title Page iii
• Preface vii
• Contents xv
• List of Abbreviations xxi
• Introduction: An Historical Overview 1
• Conclusion 10
• 1 - Making Sense of the Emu Negotiations 12
• Conclusions 60
• 2 - Emu, the Mitterrand Presidency, and French Political Tradition 62
• Conclusions 97
• 3 - The Political Problem of Reconciling Domestic and International Interests in Emu: The Legacy of Barre, Giscard D'Estaing, and Pompidou 99
• Conclusions 119
• 4 - Challenging the 'D-Mark Zone': Agenda-Setting on Emu and the Strategy of Indirection Under Mitterrand, 1981-1989 124
• Conclusions 199
• 5 - French Strategy for the Igc: Making Emu Irreversible 202
• Conclusions 252
• 6 - Emu, the Kohl Chancellorship, and German Political Tradition: The Legacy of Adenauer and Erhard 256
• Conclusion 283
• 7 - The Political Problem of Reconciling Domestic and International Interests in Emu: The Legacy of Schiller and Schmidt 286
• Conclusion 304
• 8 - Negotiating Emu Around the German Model: Agenda-Setting Under the Kohl Chancellorship, 1982-1989 306
• Conclusion 368
• 9 - German Strategy for the Igc 370
• Conclusion: 'D-Mark Patriotism', 'Coronation' Theory, and Trusting the French 448
• 10 - Italian Policy Beliefs About Emu: External Discipline Versus Internal Protection 452
• 11 - Framing Emu as a New Vincolo Esterno: Policy Entrepreneurs, Co-Ordination, and Reflection in Italy, 1988-1990 485
• Conclusion 506
• 12 - Italy and the Igc: Negotiating External Discipline, Avoiding Exclusion, 1990-1991 508
• Conclusions 531
• 13 - The British Political Tradition and Emu: Policy Legacies, Beliefs, and Co-Ordination 534
• Conclusions 599
• 14 - Resisting Emu: Political Strategy, Policy Entrepreneurship, and Policy Reflection Before the Igc 601
• Conclusions 641
• 15 - John Major: Between the Party and the Igc 644
• Conclusion: Inevitable Heartache or Avoidable Failure? 686
• 16 - Jacques Delors as Policy Entrepreneur and Ingénieur of the Emu Negotiations: Agenda-Setting and Oiling the Wheels 691
• 17 - Conclusions and Reflections 746
• Appendix: List of Interviewees 802
• References 809
• Name Index 827
• Index 839