JOURNAL OF COMMON MARKET STUDIES Incorporating The European Union: The Annual Review of Activities VOLUME 37, NO.1: MARCH 1999 ISSN 0021 9886 IAIN BEGG AND JOHN PETERSON Editorial Statement ANDREW JORDAN European Community Water Policy Standards: Locked in or Watered Down? BERNHARD WINKLER Is Maastricht a Good Contract? THE TREATY OF AMSTERDAM ANDREW MORAVCSIK AND KALYPSO NICOLAÏDIS Explaining the Treaty of Amsterdam: Interests, Influence, Institutions ERIC PHILIPPART AND GEOFFREY EDWARDS The Provisions on Closer Co-operation in the Treaty of Amsterdam YOURI DEVUYST The Community-Method after Amsterdam EUROPEAN AGENDA JANET M. EGDELL AND KENNETH J. THOMSON The Influence of UK NGOs on the Common Agricultural Policy MORTEN EGEBERG AND JARLE TRONDAL Differentiated Integration in Europe MAREK KUCIA Public Opinion in Central Europe on EU Accession MARTIN WEALE Monetary and Fiscal Policy in Euroland BOOK REVIEWS AND NOTES Editors: Iain Begg & John Peterson BLACKWELL PUBLISHERS OXFORD, UK & BOSTON, USA
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Journal of Common Market Studies Iain Begg John Peterson Brian Ardy Jackie Gower Editors South Bank University University of Glasgow Review Editors Thames Valley University Thames Valley University Editorial Board Simon Bulmer University of Manchester Andrew Hughes Hallett University of Strathclyde Andrew Scott University of Edinburgh Michael Smith Loughborough University Editorial Advisory Board MICHAEL ARTIS, European University Institute PAUL HARE, Heriot- Watt University CHRISTOPHER HILL, London School of Economics ALEXIS JACQUEMIN, Université de Louvain La Neuve UWE KITZINGER, Templeton College, Oxford BRIGID LAFFAN, University College Dublin JULIET LODGE, University of Leeds GARY MARKS, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill YVES MÉNY, European University Institute JOHN MARSH, University of Reading WILLEM MOLLE, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam DAVID O'KEEFFE, University College London WILLIAM PATERSON, University of Birmingham GLENDA ROSENTHAL, Columbia University, New York ALBERTA SBRAGIA, University of Pittsburgh MICHAEL SHACKLETON, European Parliament Secretariat LOUKAS TSOUKALIS, London School of Economics HELEN WALLACE, University of Sussex JOSEPH WEILER, Harvard Law School L. ALAN WINTERS, University of Sussex WOLFGANG WESSELS, Universität zu Köln Past Editors Uwe Kitzinger (Founding Editor), Miguel Wionczek, William Wallace, Loukas Tsoukalis, Peter Robson, Simon Bulmer & Andrew Scott Administrator: Susan Jones Editorial Assistant: Ricardo Gomez The Journal is devoted to the study of European integration. It embraces theory, empirical work and policy analysis, and is interdisciplinary in character. The core disciplines are economics and politics, but contributions from law and other cognate disciplines that help to advance understanding of the economics or politics of European integration are also welcome. The Journal publishes high-quality, original articles and normally requires submissions to be refereed. Although committed to the highest academic standards, the Journal aims to be accessible to policy-makers and practitioners and seeks to encourage informed debate on European issues. Its primary focus is the European Union, but it is also open to comparative work and to research on other aspects of European integration.
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