Part I. A German Solution to Europe's Problems? The Early History of European Communities, 1950-1965: Introduction to part one: a new global setting

1. The liberal project for an integrated Europe

2. The rise and decline of monetarism

3. More or less liberal Europe: the institutional origins of integration

4. All or nothing? The founding of the EEC and the ending of an era, 1958-1966

Conclusion of part one: Needed: a new integration scenario

Part II. From Embedded Liberalism to Liberalism - A Step Forward: European Integration and Regime Change in the 1970s: Introduction to part two: a new European situation

5. Realm of theory to sphere of action

6. Better than muddling through

Conclusion of part two: needed: a new integration theory

Part III. Seeking the New Horizon: European Integration from the Single European Act to the Maastricht Treaty: Introduction to part three: a new realm of possibility

7. Forces of change, forces of resistance

8. Thatcherism, and the reform of Britain

9. The crisis of the welfare state and the challenge of modernization in Europe in the 1980s

10. Maastricht ho! by air, land, or SEA?

11. The Delorean agenda

Conclusion of part three: Needed: a new integration direction

Part IV: A False Dawn? Challenge and Promise in Europe of the 1990s: Introduction to part four: a new global framework

12. Almost a road to nowhere

13. No open and shut cases: member-states and the European community in the 1990s

14. Shrinking enlargement: betrayal of a pledge or new opportunity?

15. The new market economy and Europe's future

Conclusion to part four: Needed: a new European Union?