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Matthew J. Gabel
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Website : Matthew Gabel at Washington University in St. Louis

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Professor of Political Science, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Author of Interests and Integration: Market Liberalization, Public Opinion, and the European Union.

Primary Contributions (3)
Map of Europe showing the expansion of the European Economic Community (EEC) by country and year of joining. Original members in central and western Europe are shaded in purple, while later members are highlighted in different colors: green for 1973, yellow for 1981, red for 1986, and blue for East Germany joining as part of reunified Germany in 1990. Country names and historical boundaries are labeled.
European Community
European Community (EC), former association designed to integrate the economies of Europe. The term also refers to the “European Communities,” which originally comprised the European Economic Community (EEC), the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC; dissolved in 2002), and the European Atomic…
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Publications (1)
Interests and Integration: Market Liberalization, Public Opinion, and European Union
Interests and Integration: Market Liberalization, Public Opinion, and European Union (March 1998)
By Matthew Joseph Gabel
Integration in Europe has been a slow incremental process focusing largely on economic matters. Policy makers have tried to develop greater support for the European Union by such steps as creating pan-European political institutions. Yet significant opposition remains to policies such as the creation of a single currency. What explains continued support for the European Union as well as opposition among some to the loss of national control on some questions? Has the incremental process of integration...
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