Beschreibung:
Living in two different worlds? the increasing split between elites and citizens about European integration -- European integration as an elite process : theoretical approach -- The political elites : how integration has opened up a wide field of new political careers -- The economic elites : between global capitalism and European (neo-) corporatism -- The eurocracy : the irresistible growth of a new and powerful supranational bureaucratic elite -- One union or many? public views of integration in the different EU member states -- The dream of Europe : intellectual ideas of integration and their "realization" -- The European Union as a "social community of law" : proposals for strengthening its social and democratic character