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| Larger institutions and groupings such as the EU to which state authority or national identity is subordinated |
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| The process by which supranational institutions come to replace national ones. The gradual shifting upward of some sovereignty form the state to regional or global structures. Pinnacle is merging into a single state |
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| A theory that holds that economic integration (functionalism) generates a "spillover" effect, resulting in increased political integration |
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| A situation in which low expectations of interstate violence permit a high degree of political cooperation-as for example among NATO members |
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| Official term for European COmmunity and associated treaty organizations. 25 member states. Created after WWII. 1952 European Coal and Steel community (6 states, France, Germany, Italy, Benelux) |
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| 1957. The 6 original EU states created Euratom and the European Economic Community (EEC) |
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| 1957 created at Treaty of Rome. European Atomic Energy Community . Pooled research, investment, and management |
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| Lifting tariffs and restrictions on the movement of goods across intl borders. Was done shortly after Treaty of Rome (EEC) |
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| Unified set of tariffs with regard to goods coming in from outside a free trade area. Treaty of Rome committed the 6 original states to create a customs union by 1969 |
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| Member states allow labor and capital (in addition to goods) to flow freely across borders |
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| Common Agricultural Policy 1960s. All farmers should have the same subsidies across the entire EU |
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| An EU body whose members, while appointed by states, are supposed to represent EU interests. Identify problems and propose solutions and propose solutions to the Council of Ministers (now Council of the EU). Lacks formal autonomous power |
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| (formerly the Council of Ministers) Where relevant Ministers of each momber state meet to enact legislation and reconcile national interests. When this meeting is made of EU leaders, it's the European Council |
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| A quasi-legislative body of the EU that operates as a watch dog over the European Commission and has limited legislative power |
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| European COurt of Justice |
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| Judicial arm of the EU based in Luxembourg. Established its jurisdiction and has he right to overrule national law when it conflicts with EU law |
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| 1985. Set a target date of 1992 for the creation of a common market in the EC |
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| Dutch city. Ratified in 1992, commits EU to monetary union and to a common foreign policy. This is when the EC became the EU |
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| in 16-17 member states. Came into full circulation in 2002. Also called European Currency Unit (ECU) |
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| 2007. EU agreement that replaces a failed attempt at an EU constitution with similar set of reforms strengthening central EU authority and modifying voting procedures among the EU's expanded membership |
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| The gap in access to information technologies between rich and poor and between N and S |
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| A term critical of US dominance of the emerging global culture |
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