Wolfram Kaiser & Johan W. Schot 
Writing the Rules for Europe [PDF ebook] 
Experts, Cartels, and International Organizations

Drawing on fresh archival evidence, this book tells the story of how experts, cartels and international organizations have written the rules for Europe since around 1850. It shows that the present-day European Union was a latecomer in European integration, which is embedded in a long-term technocratic internationalist tradition.