TY - BOOK AU - Haller,Max TI - European integration as an elite process: the failure of a dream? SN - 9780415403900 U1 - 341.2422 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Elite (Social sciences) KW - European Union countries KW - Supranationalism KW - Politics and government KW - Economic integration N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [375]-407) and indexes; 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 ER -