Constructing a European Market Standards, Regulation, and Governance [Hardcover]

Efforts to tackle the trade impeding effects of divergent standards and regulations are at the core of European economic relations. This volume draws on literature from several disciplines to develop a comprehensive account of the regulatory strategies and institutional arrangements adopted by the European Union in promoting the single market in goods.

1. Introduction
2. Setting European Standards: The Political Economy of Market-Building
3. Removing Barriers to Trade: Empirical Evidence
4. Harmonization: the slow strategy forward
5. The Intersection of Law and Markets
6. Regulatory reform strategies and the Single Market Program
7. Private Actors and Market Integration: Politics, Rules and Norms in European Standardization
8. Transferring the Arena of Conflict: Case Studies in Standards Negotiations
9. Corporate Perspectives Towards Market Integration
10. Conclusion