Single Markets Economic Integration in Europe and the United States

This timely book provides in-depth analytical comparison of the nineteenth century evolution of the American single market with corresponding political, economic, and social developments in post-WWII European efforts to create a single European market. Building the regulatory framework needed for successful adoption of an integrated single market across diverse political units represents one of the most important issues in comparative political economy. What accounts for the political success or failure in creating integrated markets in their respective territories? When social discontent threatens market integration with populist backlash, what must be done to create political support and greater legitimacy? Single Markets focuses on the creation of integrated economies, in which the United States and European Union experienced sharply contested ideas about the operation of their respective markets, conflict over the allocation of institutional authority, and pressure from competing political, economic, and social forces over the role and consequences of increased competition. Drawing upon four case studies, the book highlights the contestation surrounding the US and EUs efforts to create common currencies, expand their borders and territories, and deal with the pressures of populist parties, regional interests and varied fiscal and economic challenges. Theoretically, the book draws on work in European integration and American Political Development (APD) to illustrate that the consolidation of markets in the US and EU took place in conjunction with the expansion of state regulatory power and pressure for democratic reform. Single Markets situates the consolidation of single markets in the US and EU in a broader comparative context that draws on research in economics, public administration, political science, law, and history.

Introduction, 1: Foundational Politics, 2: Political Construction of the National Market: the US Case, 3: Political Construction of the Regional Market: the EU Case, 4: Free Movement of Goods, 5: Free Movement of Capital, 6: Free Movement of Services, 7: Free Movement of Labour, Conclusion

Scholars and students of Politics, Political Economy, Public Policy, EU Studies, and American Studies, anyone interested in political and economic developments on both sides of the Atlantic

Michelle Egan is an Associate Professor and Jean Monnet Chair Ad Personam in the School of International Service, and an Affiliate Faculty Member in the History Department at American University. She is currently Chair of the European Union Studies Association (EUSA). She has been the recipient of a number of awards including German Marshall Fund, Jean Monnet, Bosch and Howard Foundation Fellowships. She is a member of the EU Center of Excellence DC Consortium) (ACES). She has published Constructing a European Market: Standards, Regulation and Governance with Oxford University Press as well as other edited volumes, articles and book chapters.