The Limits of European Integration (1983) examines the increasing resistance to the loss of authority to EEC institutions in the 1970s and 80s, and the resulting decline in the momentum towards European political integration. The limits which the member states imposed upon their involvement with the European community are assessed.

1. The Concept of Community and the Gradualist Process of Integration 2. The Limits of Gradualist Integration 3. Intergovernmentalism in the European Communities 4. The Commission and Decision-making in the European Communities 5. The European Communities as an Actor in International Society 6. Interdependence and Autonomy in Economic Affairs 7. Social Policies and the Limits of Integration 8. The Crisis over the Budget and the Agricultural Policy: Britain’s Relations with her Partners in the late 1970s and early 1980s 9. The Character of Communities Law 10. Conclusions and Prescriptions