This book describes the adoption and implementation of the Single European Act and the accompanying institutional changes that have taken place in the European Community during the 1980s. It emphasizes the decisions on European integration in the context of a political economy.

Robert O. Keohane is Stanfield Professor of International Peace at Harvard University. Stanley Hoffmann is Douglas Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France at Harvard University. Robert O. Keohane is Stanfield Professor of International Peace at Harvard University. Stanley Hoffmann is Douglas Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France at Harvard University.

Preface -- Institutional Change in Europe in the 1980s -- Negotiating the Single European Act -- The European Commission -- The EC Council: The Community's Decisionmaking Center -- Sovereignty and Accountability in the European Community -- The Making of a Constitution for Europe