Defence date: 29 January 1988Examining board: Prof. François Caron, Université de Paris-Sorbonne ; Prof. Richard Griffiths, IUE ; Prof. Peter Hertner, IUE ; Prof. Alan Milward, London School of Economics ; Prof. Gilbert Trausch, Centre Univ. LuxembourgeoisPDF of thesis uploaded from the Library digitised archive of EUI PhD theses completed between 2013 and 201