| 1 | Introduction |
| 2 | Why the study of national elections is central to studies on European integration |
| 3 | Parties, ideology, and European integration: The evidence |
| Europe's party-political center of gravity | |
| Changing preferences: The Manifesto evidence | |
| 4 | Party politics and Europe's social policy, 1957-2000 |
| Relance Européenne: The Single European Act | |
| Maastricht: EMU and the protocol on social policy | |
| Turning left: Amsterdam and Lisbon | |
| 5 | Conclusion |
| Appendix |
| References |