Constituting Federal Sovereignty: The European Union in Comparative Context

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Contents List of Tables ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1 The Member-State Resistance Paradox: American Union (1790– 1860) versus European Community (1958–1994) 14 2 State Resistance in the United States and the European Community: Unraveling the Puzzle 43 3 The Seventeenth-Century Dutch Republic and the European Union 67 4 The First Half-Century of the Modern Swiss Federation 99 5 Conclusions: State Behavior in Suprastate Unions 141 appendix a State Resistance to Federal Authority in the United States 161 appendix b European States’ Resistance to European Community Authority 172 Abbreviations of Public Documents 177 Notes 179 Cases Cited 207 Works Cited 211 Index 227 This page intentionally left blank ...