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Book SynopsisThis unique compilation of essays addresses a core political economy question: how do market forces and trade regulation interact? Its fresh Asian perspective offers a much-needed contribution to our understanding of how treaty-based regional and bilateral economic integration is driven by the Factory Asia phenomenon. The authors also compellingly show where the World Trade Organization could fit in. An informative read for scholars and experts alike.'- Manfred Elsig, University of Bern, SwitzerlandThe global financial crisis exposed great shortcomings in the global economic architecture, generating extensive international debate about possible remedies for these deficiencies. The postwar global architecture was guided by major developed economies, centered around the IMF, the GATT, and the World Bank. Today, the balance of economic power is shifting toward emerging economies. Global governance and economic policy must reflect this shift. With contributions from prominent Asian and international trade experts, this book critically examines key changes occurring in the world trading system and explores policy implications for Asia.The world trading system, led by the World Trade Organization (WTO), is under pressure to evolve and address 21st-century trade issues. Meanwhile, economically salient Asia has built deep supply chains over decades, whilst experimenting with mega-regional trade agreements and economic policies to sustain growth amid a fragile economy. The Asian-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the United States-led Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership (TPP) are competing to set standards for Asia's trade and supply chains. Lessons from the Asian experience offer new approaches and economic policies to sustain growth, presenting the WTO as a forum for action to improve global and regional trade governance in the 21st century.Policy makers will benefit from the expert knowledge and policy lessons presented in this book, and development economists and researchers will profit from its critical examination of the world trading system. Undergraduate and postgraduate students interested in development, development economics, international development, and related fields will find this essential supplementary reading.Contributors: R. Baldwin, S.Y. Chia, B. Dhar, S.J. Evenett, S. Inomata, M. Kawai, P. Low, M. Nakatomi, R. Pomfret, V. Pontines, J. Tijaja, S. Urata, R. Wang, G. Wignaraja, Y. ZhangTrade Review‘This unique compilation of essays addresses a core political economy question: how do market forces and trade regulation interact? Its fresh Asian perspective offers a much-needed contribution to our understanding of how treaty-based regional and bilateral economic integration is driven by the Factory Asia phenomenon. The authors also compellingly show where the World Trade Organization could fit in. An informative read for scholars and experts alike.’ -- Manfred Elsig, University of Bern, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Preface Foreword Pascal Lamy 1. Introduction and Overview Richard Baldwin, Masahiro Kawai and Ganeshan Wignaraja 2. WTO 2.0: Governance of Global Supply-Chain Trade Richard Baldwin 3. Trade in Value-added Cocept, Development, and an East Asian Perspective Satoshi Inomata 4. Joining the Supply Chain: A Firm-level Perspective Ganeshan Wignaraja 5. Effective Industrial Policies and Global Value Chains Patrick Low and Julia Tijaja 6. Mapping Crisis-era Protectionism in the Asia-Pacific Region Simon J. Evenett 7. Exchange Rate Policy and Regional Trade Agreements: A Case of Conflicted Interests? Victor Pontines and Richard Pomfret 8 Policy Challenges Posed by Asian Free Trade Agreements: A Review of the Evidence Masahiro Kawai and Ganeshan Wignaraja 9. Constructing and Multilateralizing the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership: an Asian Perspective Shujiro Urata 10. The ASEAN Economic Community: Progress, Challenges and Prospects Siow Yue Chia 11. The Future of the World Trade Organization Biswajit Dhar 12. Plurilateral Agreements: A Viable Alternative to the World Trade Organization? Michitaka Nakatomi 13. Role of Foreign Direct Investment Flows and a Possible Multilateral Agreement Yunling Zhang and Rongyan Wang Index

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Book SynopsisProfessor Philip McCann has contributed to a revival of regional and urban economics. His ideas and research have stimulated views about how regions and cities grow, and also how they can be better governed. He offers here another major contribution to improved regional policy design. By its scale and scope, EU regional policy reform merits a thorough and enlightening analysis such as this. This is an important book by one of the finest scholars in the field.'- Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Head of OECD Regional Policy Division, France'Geographical economics has come a long way in the past two decades. It has generated new ways of thinking about how to improve development in less-favoured cities and regions, in the context of a commitment to enjoying the advantages of trade and the mobility of people and knowledge. Philip McCann's magisterial analysis of one of the most ambitious efforts ever undertaken in this area - the EU Cohesion Policy - argues powerfully for a new way forward based on respecting the different starting points of cities and regions and mobilizing their potential, and yet doing so with rigorous respect for efficiency and openness.'- Michael Storper, London School of Economics, UKThe regional and urban development policy of the European Union, or more precisely, EU Cohesion Policy, is undergoing change. This development is driven by the enormous transformations in European regions and by shifts in thinking and analysis. The issues raised by the changes to regional and urban development policy in Europe span many academic disciplines and build on different research methodologies. A broad approach is required in order to address these issues and this book explicitly incorporates insights from a range of different disciplines.After examining the major regional and urban features of the European economy and discussing the analytical underpinnings of the current re-design to EU Cohesion Policy, the book also aims to provide a road map of the various EU regional and urban data-sources which are available to researchers and policy-makers. This volume is aimed at all economists, geographers, regional scientists, spatial planners, transportation scientists, sociologists, urban studies researchers, environmental scholars, political scientists and policy-analysts who are interested in regional and urban issues.Contents: Preface 1. The Backdrop to EU Cohesion Policy Debates: Europe 2020 and the Post-Crisis Economy 2. The Regional and Urban Economies of the European Union 3. The Logic and Workings of EU Cohesion Policy 4. A Reformed EU Cohesion Policy 5. Innovation, Regions and the Case for Regional Innovation Policies 6. Smart Specialisation and European Regions 7. Conclusions on the Reforms to the Regional and Urban Policy in the European Union Bibliography IndexTrade Review‘. . . Philip McCann has provided an outstanding book on current trends and future prospects of EU Cohesion policy. The book deserves our attention because of the scope and variety of its coverage.’ -- Annals of Regional Science‘Professor Philip McCann has contributed to a revival of regional and urban economics. His ideas and research have stimulated views about how regions and cities grow, and also how they can be better governed. He offers here another major contribution to improved regional policy design. By its scale and scope, EU regional policy reform merits a thorough and enlightening analysis such as this. This is an important book by one of the finest scholars in the field.’ -- Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Head of OECD Regional Policy Division, France‘Geographical economics has come a long way in the past two decades. It has generated new ways of thinking about how to improve development in less-favoured cities and regions, in the context of a commitment to enjoying the advantages of trade and the mobility of people and knowledge. Philip McCann’s magisterial analysis of one of the most ambitious efforts ever undertaken in this area – the EU Cohesion Policy – argues powerfully for a new way forward based on respecting the different starting points of cities and regions and mobilizing their potential, and yet doing so with rigorous respect for efficiency and openness.’ -- Michael Storper, London School of Economics, UK'The book serves each of the stated audiences rather well. It is a useful reader in general discussions of theory and particularly for those interested in innovation and smart specialization. It is exhaustively sourced. As noted earlier, it is especially authoritative and well-informed. The writing style is deliberate, logical, and well-ordered.' -- Polymath: An Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences JournalTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Backdrop to EU Cohesion Policy Debates: Europe 2020 and the Post-Crisis Economy 2. The Regional and Urban Economies of the European Union 3. The Logic and Workings of EU Cohesion Policy 4. A Reformed EU Cohesion Policy 5. Innovation, Regions and the Case for Regional Innovation Policies 6. Smart Specialisation and European Regions 7. Conclusions on the Reforms to the Regional and Urban Policy in the European Union Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisProfessor Philip McCann has contributed to a revival of regional and urban economics. His ideas and research have stimulated views about how regions and cities grow, and also how they can be better governed. He offers here another major contribution to improved regional policy design. By its scale and scope, EU regional policy reform merits a thorough and enlightening analysis such as this. This is an important book by one of the finest scholars in the field.'- Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Head of OECD Regional Policy Division, France'Geographical economics has come a long way in the past two decades. It has generated new ways of thinking about how to improve development in less-favoured cities and regions, in the context of a commitment to enjoying the advantages of trade and the mobility of people and knowledge. Philip McCann's magisterial analysis of one of the most ambitious efforts ever undertaken in this area - the EU Cohesion Policy - argues powerfully for a new way forward based on respecting the different starting points of cities and regions and mobilizing their potential, and yet doing so with rigorous respect for efficiency and openness.'- Michael Storper, London School of Economics, UKThe regional and urban development policy of the European Union, or more precisely, EU Cohesion Policy, is undergoing change. This development is driven by the enormous transformations in European regions and by shifts in thinking and analysis. The issues raised by the changes to regional and urban development policy in Europe span many academic disciplines and build on different research methodologies. A broad approach is required in order to address these issues and this book explicitly incorporates insights from a range of different disciplines.After examining the major regional and urban features of the European economy and discussing the analytical underpinnings of the current re-design to EU Cohesion Policy, the book also aims to provide a road map of the various EU regional and urban data-sources which are available to researchers and policy-makers. This volume is aimed at all economists, geographers, regional scientists, spatial planners, transportation scientists, sociologists, urban studies researchers, environmental scholars, political scientists and policy-analysts who are interested in regional and urban issues.Contents: Preface 1. The Backdrop to EU Cohesion Policy Debates: Europe 2020 and the Post-Crisis Economy 2. The Regional and Urban Economies of the European Union 3. The Logic and Workings of EU Cohesion Policy 4. A Reformed EU Cohesion Policy 5. Innovation, Regions and the Case for Regional Innovation Policies 6. Smart Specialisation and European Regions 7. Conclusions on the Reforms to the Regional and Urban Policy in the European Union Bibliography IndexTrade Review‘. . . Philip McCann has provided an outstanding book on current trends and future prospects of EU Cohesion policy. The book deserves our attention because of the scope and variety of its coverage.’ -- Annals of Regional Science‘Professor Philip McCann has contributed to a revival of regional and urban economics. His ideas and research have stimulated views about how regions and cities grow, and also how they can be better governed. He offers here another major contribution to improved regional policy design. By its scale and scope, EU regional policy reform merits a thorough and enlightening analysis such as this. This is an important book by one of the finest scholars in the field.’ -- Joaquim Oliveira Martins, Head of OECD Regional Policy Division, France‘Geographical economics has come a long way in the past two decades. It has generated new ways of thinking about how to improve development in less-favoured cities and regions, in the context of a commitment to enjoying the advantages of trade and the mobility of people and knowledge. Philip McCann’s magisterial analysis of one of the most ambitious efforts ever undertaken in this area – the EU Cohesion Policy – argues powerfully for a new way forward based on respecting the different starting points of cities and regions and mobilizing their potential, and yet doing so with rigorous respect for efficiency and openness.’ -- Michael Storper, London School of Economics, UK'The book serves each of the stated audiences rather well. It is a useful reader in general discussions of theory and particularly for those interested in innovation and smart specialization. It is exhaustively sourced. As noted earlier, it is especially authoritative and well-informed. The writing style is deliberate, logical, and well-ordered.' -- Polymath: An Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences JournalTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Backdrop to EU Cohesion Policy Debates: Europe 2020 and the Post-Crisis Economy 2. The Regional and Urban Economies of the European Union 3. The Logic and Workings of EU Cohesion Policy 4. A Reformed EU Cohesion Policy 5. Innovation, Regions and the Case for Regional Innovation Policies 6. Smart Specialisation and European Regions 7. Conclusions on the Reforms to the Regional and Urban Policy in the European Union Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis insightful and discerning book offers a fresh discourse on the functioning of national courts as decentralised EU courts and a new thematic for revising some older understandings of how national judges apply EU law. Organised into three key sections, the interdisciplinary chapters combine approaches and theories originating from law, political science, sociology and economics. The first section addresses issues relating to judicial dialogue and EU legal mandates, the second looks at the topic of EU law in national courts and the third considers national courts' roles in protecting fundamental rights in the area of freedom, security and justice. The analysis of each is enriched through diverse research methods such as case-law analysis, citation network analysis, interviews, surveys and statistics.With its new legal and empirical assessment covering the newest member states of the EU, National Courts and EU Law will hold strong appeal for scholars and students in the fields of EU law, social sciences and humanities. It will also be of use to legal practitioners interested in the issue of judicial application of EU law.Contributors include: M. Claes, M. de Visser, M. de Werd, M. Wind, B. de Witte, T. Evas, M. Górski, C. Hermanin, U. Jaremba, J.A. Mayoral, D. Piqani, K. Podstawa, R. Raffaelli, U. Sadl, A. Tatham, A. Torres PérezTrade Review'This new volume offers a fresh perspective on the vital role played by national courts in the implementation of EU law. Wide-ranging and multi-disciplinary in character, it sheds new light on the relationship between national courts and the ECJ and the reception of EU law by national courts. The volume will be welcomed by anyone concerned with the functioning of the EU's legal order.' --Anthony Arnull, University of Birmingham, UK'Overall, the book is a great addition to the literature on the interaction between EU and national law. It provides a further piece to this ever-changing puzzle.' --Common Market Law ReviewTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: National Courts Vis-À-Vis EU Law. New Issues, Theories and Methods. Juan A. Mayoral and Marlene Wind PART I JUDICIAL DIALOGUE AND EU LEGAL MANDATES: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ALONG WITH THE POTENTIAL AND LIMITATION ARISING FROM ITS USE BY NATIONAL JUDGES 2. The Preliminary Ruling Dialogue: Three Types of Questions Posed by National Courts Bruno De Witte 3. The Simmenthal Revolution Revisited: What Role for Constitutional Courts? Darinka Piqani 4. Polish Civil Judiciary Vis-À-Vis The Preliminary Ruling Procedure: In Search of a Mid-Range Theory Urszula Jaremba 5. National Courts and the Effectiveness of EU Law Urška Šadl PART II EU LAW IN MEMBER STATE COURTS: THE RECEPTION OF EU LAW IN OLD, NEW AND NON-EU STATES 6. Operationalizing the European Mandate of National Courts: Insights from the Netherlands Monica Claes, Maartje De Visser and Marc De Werd 7. European Union Law Before National Judges: The Polish Experience. Adept Multicentric Vision or Creeping Hierarchical Practice Marcin Górski 8. Judicial Reception of EU Law in Estonia Tatjana Evas 9. “Emulate Thy Neighbour?” How Dialogues Between the CJEU and Non-EU Courts Could be Explained Through International Relations Theory Allan F. Tatham PART III CONTEMPORARY DYNAMICS IN THE LEGAL INTEGRATION OF EUROPE: NATIONAL COURTS’ ROLES IN PROTECTING FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND IN THE AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE. 10. A Predicament for Domestic Courts: Caught Between the European Arrest Warrant and Fundamental Rights Aida Torres Pérez 11. Immigration and Criminal Law: Is There a Judge in Luxembourg? Rosa Raffaelli 12. Whither Judicial Europeanization? The Case of the Race Equality Directive Costanza Hermanin Index

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Book SynopsisThis Handbook uses a thematic and interdisciplinary approach to discuss and analyse the various governance structures of the EU, focusing in particular on how these are administered. Key chapters, written by leading experts across the field, engage with important ongoing debates in the field of EU administrative law, focusing on areas of topical interest such as financial markets, the growing security state and problematic common asylum procedures. In doing so, they provide a summary of what we know, don't know and ought to know about EU administrative law. Examining the control functions of administrative law and the machinery for accountability, this Research Handbook eloquently challenges areas of authoritarian governance, such as the Eurozone and security state, where control and accountability are weak and tackles the seemingly insoluble question of citizen 'voice' and access to policy making. Practical and engaging, this timely Research Handbook is sure to appeal to scholars and researchers of EU administrative law and EU law more broadly. Legal practitioners and EU policy makers will also benefit from its high level of engagement with contemporary deliberations.Contributors include: V. Abazi, M. Baran, T.A. Börzel, K. Bradley, A. Brenninkmeijer, E. Chiti, D. Curtin, H. Darbishire, M. de Visser, G. della Cananea, M. Everson, J. Grimheden, E. Guild, C. Harlow, E.G. Heidbreder, H. Hofmann, C. Joerges, M. Kjaerum, P. Leino, L. Leppavirta, I. Maher, J. Mendes, L. Muzi, N. Póltorak, T. Raunio, R. Rawlings, M. Ruffert, J.-P. Schneider, C. Scott, G. ToggenburgTrade Review'The science of ''European Administrative Law'' has reached a level of maturity which is reflected by the fact that it is no longer solely the subject of more or less theoretical, exploratory works: it now merits the development of handbooks. Carol Harlow, Paivi Leino-Sandberg and Giacinto della Cananea have gathered to make this book one of the most expert authorities in the field. The themes are very well chosen, covering what are certainly the most critical issues in the area. The same is true of the concepts mobilised, with those conveyed by regulatory theory being particularly welcome. This Handbook will no doubt be a valuable instrument for students and researchers working on the still new, but increasingly well-recognized, field of ''European Administrative Law''.' --Jean-Bernard Auby, Professor, Director of the Governance and Public Law Chair, Sciences Po Paris, France'The essence of EU governance is unavoidably administrative. We must thank Harlow, della Cananea and Leino for pulling together these contributions exploring the administrative dimension of EU law and politics with such expertise, range and insight. The authors do not shy away from uncomfortable topics, whether its creeping authoritarianism or the challenges of top-down oversight or bottom-up participation. In a system becoming arguably more diffuse, fragmented, technocratic, and juristocratic by the day, this Handbook will serve as an essential tool for anyone who wishes to understand the nature of the integration project at this pivotal moment in its history.' --Peter L. Lindseth, University of Connecticut, School of Law, US'Bold, fresh and impeccably researched, this invaluable book will allow the reader to understand the manifold sides of European Administrative Law, the most vital area of EU law. Leading scholars of this legal science, coordinated and edited by Carol Harlow, Giacinto della Cananea and Paivi Leino, have written twenty two essays on particularly relevant issues of European Administrative Law, achieving remarkable results. The book successfully combines long established topics, such as ''accountability and control'', with other areas not yet fully explored, including ''voice and citizenship'' and, controversially, ''resurgent authoritarianism''. The result is a formative Research Handbook, indispensable for students, scholars and European legal administrators. It provides new legal substance to the concept of ''European Administrative Space''.' --Mario P. Chiti, Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Florence and Jean Monnet Chair ad personam of European Administrative Law, LUISS University, ItalyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: European Administrative Law: A Thematic Approach Carol Harlow, Giacinto della Cananea, Päivi Leino Part I Context and Theory 1. European Administration: Nature and Developments of a Legal and Political Space Herwig C.H. Hofmann 2. The European Administration: Imperium and Dominium Giacinto della Cananea 3. Remarks on the Language of Administrative Law Scholarship in the EU Matthias Ruffert Part II The Work of Administration 4. Information Exchange and its Problems Jens-Pieter Schneider 5. ‘Administering Human Rights’: The Experience of the EU’s Fundamental Rights Agency Jonas Grimheden, Morten Kjaerum and Gabriel Toggenburg 6. Administrative Law and the Common European Asylum System Elspeth Guild Part III Resurgent Authoritarianism 7. Between Constitutional Command and Technocratic Rule: Post Crisis Governance and the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance (“The Fiscal Compact”) Michelle Everson and Christian Joerges 8. The European Union Security Exception: Beyond Control? Vigjilenca Abazi and Deirdre Curtin 9. Accountability Dilemmas of Regulating Financial Markets Through the European Supervisory Agencies Päivi Leino Part IV Accountability and Control 10. Enforcement and Compliance Tanya A. Börzel and Eva G. Heidbreder 11. Four Meta-doctrines of Regulatory Accountability in the European Union Colin Scott and Imelda Maher 12. The Scope of EU Courts’ Jurisdiction and Review of Administrative Decisions – The Problem of Intensity Control of Legality Mariusz Baran 13. Control and Scrutiny: Parliaments as Agents of Administrative Law Tapio Raunio 14. Audit and Administrative Law Alex Brennkinmeijer Part V Voice and Citizenship 15. Executive Rule-making: Procedures in Between Constitutional Principles and Institutional Entrenchment Joana Mendes 16. The Right to Ask…The Right to Know – The Successes and Failures in Access to Documents Rules and Practices from an NGO Perspective Liisa Leppävirta with Helen Darbishire 17. Judicial Review of EU Administrative Rules: to Lisbon and Beyond Kieran Bradley 18. Networking and Dialogue in the European Judicial Arena Maartje de Visser 19. Administrative Due Process of Law in the Light of the Jurisprudence of EU Courts: A Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis Laura Muzi 20. Complaints Systems and EU Governance - A New Look Richard Rawlings Part VI Impact and Outreach 21. Enlargement and Administrative Law: The Polish Experience Nina Póltorak 22. EU Administrative law in an International Perspective Edoardo Chiti Endpiece Carol Harlow, Giacinto della Cananea and Päivi Leino Index

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Book SynopsisMethodologically rigorous and geographically exhaustive, Post-Communist Welfare States in European Context is an insightful empirical analysis of social policy patterns in Central and Eastern Europe. It is a must-read for everyone interested in comparing hybrid emerging social protection models in the divergent new Europe with established worlds of welfare in Western Europe. Kati Kuitto has written a state-of-the-art study in comparative welfare, emphasizing regime change and variability over regime coherence and stability.'- Pieter Vanhuysse, University of Southern DenmarkWelfare reforms in post-communist countries are determined by economic and social hardship, democratization of the political systems and rapid structural change. This groundbreaking book provides a comprehensive and systematic empirical assessment of the Central and Eastern European post-communist welfare states in the context of their Western European counterparts.Basing the study on new data on welfare entitlements and cluster analysis, Kati Kuitto systematically compares 26 European welfare states across three empirical dimensions. The author employs a multidimensional framework to analyze patterns of welfare policies and highlight spending priorities, financing and the generosity of welfare entitlements. Kati Kuitto thus sheds light on the hybrid patterns of welfare policies in post-communist countries as they have emerged after the period of transformation and discusses their future challenges.Unique and comprehensive, this is essential reading for researchers in the fields of comparative welfare state research and Central and Eastern European studies, as well as students and practitioners of social policy, social security and political economy.Trade Review‘Methodologically rigorous and geographically exhaustive, Post-Communist Welfare States in European Context is an insightful empirical analysis of social policy patterns in Central and Eastern Europe. It is a must-read for everyone interested in comparing hybrid emerging social protection models in the divergent new Europe with established worlds of welfare in Western Europe. Kati Kuitto has written a state-of-the-art study in comparative welfare, emphasizing regime change and variability over regime coherence and stability.’ -- Pieter Vanhuysse, University of Southern DenmarkTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction PART I THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS 2. Welfare State Development in the Post-communist Transition 3. Welfare Systems in Comparison – A Theoretical Framework PART II EMPIRICAL PATTERNS OF WELFARE POLICIES IN CEE AND WESTERN EUROPEAN WELFARE STATES 4. Research Design 5. Empirical Analysis: Emerging Patterns of Welfare Policies in the CEE Countries 6. Conclusion – From Makeshift Social Security to Sustainable Welfare Policies? Index

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Book SynopsisThis innovative Research Handbook explores judicial, scholarly, and theoretical approaches to general principles in the EU legal order against the backdrop of considerable uncertainty about the concept. It does so by analysing both a diverse range of general principles in discrete areas of EU law (‘zooming in’) and external, wider perspectives on the notion of a general principle of law from international law, comparative law, and legal theory (‘zooming out’).Rather than arguing for a single closed definition of what a general principle of law in the EU legal order must look like, this Research Handbook identifies conceptual, theoretical, and legal parameters within which the doctrine of general principles can be meaningfully discussed and contested in EU law. The different analytical layers built into this Research Handbook shed light on whether general principles are defined by the different contexts in which they apply; whether general principles are in practice leading to more coherence between different areas of EU law; and what challenges they create for the EU legal order. Chapters thus contribute to a more refined methodological and doctrinal understanding of general principles in the EU legal order.Opening up new spaces to critically reflect on the concept, role, significance, and limitations of general principles, the Research Handbook on General Principles in EU Law will be a key resource for scholars and students of European law, politics, and theory of integration and internationalisation.Trade Review‘The appeal of general principles lies in their capacity to provide a systematic framework according to which to develop a legal order. And yet does this not suggest an abstract, even illusory, claim to coherence? Where anyway do general principles come from? This book does a wonderfully rich job of navigating the many contexts in which general principles play a role in EU law, and provides a critical account of their several functions.’ -- Stephen Weatherill, University of Oxford, UK‘This is an appealing and comprehensive volume with an attractive line-up of authors and topics on a subject which is of perennial interest to European Union lawyers, namely the general principles of EU law. Touching on key questions of the relationship between national constitutional orders and the EU legal order, the role of the Court of Justice, and the sources of fundamental rights in EU law, the book is likely to be of considerable interest and utility to students and academics of European public law.’ -- Gráinne de Búrca, New York University, School of Law, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to the Research Handbook on General Principles in EU Law 1 Katja S. Ziegler, Päivi J. Neuvonen and Violeta Moreno-Lax PART I FOUNDATIONS AND PERSPECTIVES FROM INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW 1 General principles in the EU legal order: past, present and future directions 7 Päivi J. Neuvonen and Katja S. Ziegler 2 General principles of law: treaty, historical, and normative foundations 25 Paul Craig 3 Harmonisation through general principles of law 40 Andreas von Arnauld 4 The use of substantive international law by the EU judiciary 62 Alexander Orakhelashvili 5 General principles of EU law and comparative law 82 Giuseppe Martinico PART II COMPETENCES 6 The equality of the Member States 99 Monica Claes 7 Loyalty and solidarity as general principles 118 Marcus Klamert 8 The principle of institutional balance: rise, eclipse and revival of a general principle of EU constitutional law 136 Sébastien Platon PART III STRUCTURAL AND FORMAL CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES 9 Four functions of the principle of primacy in the post-Lisbon case law of the European Court of Justice 157 Clara Rauchegger 10 The horizontal application of the general principles of EU law: nothing less than direct effect 173 Nicole Lazzerini 11 The principle of proportionality in EU law and its domestic application: ni tout à fait le même, ni tout à fait un autre 191 Eirik Bjorge and Jan Zglinski 12 General principles of procedural justice 209 Simona Demková and Herwig C.H. Hofmann 13 Autonomy of the EU legal order – a general principle? On the risks of normative functionalism and selective constitutionalisation 227 Violeta Moreno-Lax and Katja S. Ziegler PART IV CONSTITUTIONAL FOUNDING VALUES 14 Liberty and democracy as fundamental constitutional principles of EU law 254 Dora Kostakopoulou 15 The general principle of equality as a value commitment in EU law: scope, limits, and challenges 267 Päivi J. Neuvonen 16 The rule of law as the constitutional foundation of the general principles of EU law 287 Theodore Konstadinides 17 General principles: taking rights seriously and waving the rule-of-law stick in the European Union 308 Xavier Groussot and Johan Lindholm 18 Human rights and general principles: beyond the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights 327 Katja S. Ziegler and Aristi Volou PART V EQUAL TREATMENT AND NON-DISCRIMINATION 19 General principles of equal treatment in EU non-discrimination law 350 Christa Tobler 20 General principle of equality between men and women 366 Jule Mulder PART VI FREE MOVEMENT AND INTERNAL MARKET 21 General principles in free movement law: applicability and application 386 Jukka Snell 22 The prohibition of abuse of EU law: a special general principle 401 Graham Butler and Karsten Engsig Sørensen 23 General principles of EU law in EU antitrust 422 Max Hjärtström and Julian Nowag 24 General principles in EU state aid law 440 Oana Stefan 25 General principles in EU public procurement law 461 Sylvia de Mars PART VII PRIVATE LAW 26 The many (general) principles of EU private law 480 Lucinda Miller 27 General principles of EU corporate and insolvency law 498 Federico M. Mucciarelli PART VIII AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE 28 General principles and EU criminal law 512 Ester Herlin-Karnell 29 Mutual trust as a driver of integration: which way forward? 529 Cristina Sáenz Pérez 30 Data protection and general principles of EU law 544 Wouter van Ballegooij 31 The child’s best interests as a gap filler and expander of EU law in internal situations 562 Iris Goldner Lang PART IX EXTERNAL RELATIONS 32 EU general principles in external relations: shaping the EU as a global actor and dealing with its accountability 575 Anne Thies 33 The external dimension of the principle of conferral: division of competences in international trade 592 Ewa Żelazna 34 General principles in EU common foreign and security policy 606 Ramses A. Wessel Index

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Book SynopsisThe twenty-five years following the conclusion of the Cold War witnessed an unprecedented intensification of the usage of UN sanctions. This Research Handbook maps how UN sanctions multiplied and diversified during this period and analyses the substantive and procedural transformations to UN sanctions regimes, through the lens of international law. Expert contributors explore different types of UN sanctions regimes, most notably counter-terrorism regimes, counter-proliferation regimes and conflict-resolution regimes. They trace developments across these regimes, such as increased references to international legal standards in sanctions design and procedure as well as interplays with other processes and informal arrangements. Key chapters also specifically examine synergies between UN sanctions and unilateral measures and explore the different legal frameworks that shape and govern these respective regimes. Offering a holistic study of UN sanctions, this Research Handbook identifies cross-cutting issues and common challenges in order to provide an outlook on the future of UN sanctions in a 21st century setting. Comprehensive and engaging, students and scholars of international law and human rights law, as well as international relations more widely, will find this book an essential companion. Its forward-thinking approach will also benefit legal practitioners at the UN, other international organisations and law firms.Contributors include: M. Azeredo da Silveira, K. Boon, A. Broodryk, C. Cai, D. Dam-de Jong, E. De Brabandere, A. du Plessis, P.-E. Dupont, S.E. Eckert, W. Ferdinandusse, L. Ginsborg, M. Happold, D. Holloway, D. Hovell, D. Joyner, M. Kanetake, J. Levitt, A. Mitchell, P. Nevill, K. Prost, P. Rademakers, A. Rodiles, T. Ruys, M. SossaiTrade Review'Taking stock of 25 years of UN sanctions, this Research Handbook offers new perspectives on one of international law's ''evergreen'' topics. Whereas much of the literature on sanctions is too fine-grained and technical, this Research Handbook combines detailed assessments of particular sanctions regimes with a high-level analysis of the main developments in UN practice. A very welcome addition to the Elgar Research Handbook series!' --Christian J. Tams, University of Glasgow, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. The individualization and formalization of UN sanctions Larissa van den Herik Part I Conceptualization and effectiveness of UN sanctions 2. Sanctions, retortions and countermeasures: concepts and international legal framework Tom Ruys 3. The evolution and effectiveness of UN targeted sanctions Sue E. Eckert Part II The functions of UN sanctions 4. UN sanctions and counter-terrorism strategies: moving towards thematic sanctions against individuals? Lisa Ginsborg 5. UN counter-proliferation sanctions and international law Daniel H. Joyner 6. UN sanctions as human rights and humanitarian law devices Matthew Happold 7. UN natural resources sanctions regimes: incorporating market-based responses to address market-driven problems Daniëlla Dam-de Jong Part III Design and procedure governing UN sanctions 8. The design of UN sanctions through the interplay with informal arrangements Alejandro Rodiles 9. Glasnost in the Security Council: the value of transparency Devika Hovell 10. Security Council sanctions and fair process Kimberly Prost 11. Timing matters: termination policies for UN sanctions Kristen E. Boon Part IV Interplay with other regimes 12. UN sanctions and international financial institutions Pierre-Emmanuel Dupont 13. Sanctions and the World Trade Organization Andrew D. Mitchell 14. Sanctions and international arbitration Eric De Brabandere and David Holloway 15. Economic sanctions and contractual disputes between private operators Mercédeh Azeredoh da Silveira 16. The prosecution of sanctions busters Ward Ferdinandusse and Pieter Rademakers Part V Regional perspectives 17. UN sanctions and regional organizations: an analytical framework Mirko Sossai 18. Interpretation and review of UN sanctions by European courts: comity and conflict Penelope Nevill 19. Chinese and Japanese perspectives on UN sanctions Machiko Kanetake and Congyan Cai 20. African perceptions of UN sanctions Amelia Broodryk and Anton du Plessis 21. UN sanctions and peace construction in West Africa Jeremy I. Levitt Index

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Book SynopsisThis ambitious Handbook covers the history, functioning and impact of cohesion policy, arguably the most tangible presence of the European Union in its twenty-eight member states. The contributions combine world-renowned scholars and country experts to discuss, in six parts, the policy's history and governing principles; the theoretical approaches from which it can be assessed; the inter-institutional and multi-level dynamics that it elicits; its practical implementation and impact on EU Member States; its interactions with other EU policies and strategies; and the cognitive maps and narratives with which it can be associated. This Handbook will be an invaluable resource to students and scholars of EU policies and politics and other related disciplines. In particular, they will benefit from the clarity with which the history and functioning of cohesion policy is laid out. Policy makers and other practitioners will also find this book of interest, due to its presentation of relevant debates.Contributors include: A. Ágh, J. Aprans, R. Atkinson, J. Bachtler, J. Balsiger, J. Baudner, I. Begg, M. Brunazzo, R.L. Bubbico, A. Catalina Rubianes, D. Charles, N. Charron, R. Crescenzi, M. Dabrowski, A. Dahs, F. De Filippis, S. Gänzle, D. Hübner, A. Faiña, A. Faludi, V. Fargion, U. Fratesi, P.R. Graziano, E. Gualini, E. Hepburn, C. Holguin, G. Karakatsanis, E. Kazamaki Ottersten, A. Kovács, A. Lenschow, R. Leonardi, J. Lopez-Rodriguez, E. Massetti, P. McCann, C. Mendez, P. Montes-Solla, T. Muravska, T. Notermans, R.l Ortega-Argilés, I. Pálné Kovács, S. Piattoni, L. Polverari, S. Profeti, A.H. Schakel, J. Schönlau, M.K. Sioliou, P. Stephenson, I. Tömmel, M. Weber, K. ZimmermannTrade Review‘The volume is an important academic contribution at a time, in which the EU is weakened by internal and global political changes, suggesting a need for policy to reinforce EU economic and political cohesion.’ -- Rolf Bergs, Journal of Common Market Studies‘Simona Piattoni and Laura Polverari have collected a superb group of experts to take stock of the history, political dynamics, and effects of EU Cohesion policy—thirty years after its launch by Jacques Delors’ administration. The book is an interdisciplinary tour de force that examines how EU Cohesion policy has indelibly shaped multilevel governance in the European Union. Cohesion policy was intended to shake up the status quo because it sought to mobilize “les forces vives” outside the national capitals. It remains, until today, a highly political enterprise that generates cooperation and competition among cities and regions; affects territorial relations within as well as across member states; and constrains choice in a variety of sectoral policies. This is a definitive statement on one of Europe’s most transformative policies.’ -- Liesbet Hooghe, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Simona Piattoni and Laura Polverari Part I History, Principles and Theoretical Implications of Cohesion Policy 1. The History and Evolution of Cohesion Policy Marco Brunazzo 2. The Institutions and Procedures of Cohesion Policy Paul Stephenson 3. The Economic Theory of Cohesion Policy Iain Begg 4. Cohesion Policy, Multilevel Governance and Democracy Simona Piattoni 5. Cohesion Policy and Europeanisation Marcin Dąbrowski and Paolo R. Graziano 6. Quality of Government, Regional Autonomy and Cohesion Policy Allocations to EU Regions Nicholas Charron Part II The Politics and Institutions of Cohesion Policy 7. The Commission and Cohesion Policy Ingeborg Tömmel 8. Cohesion Policy Reform and the Evolving Role of the Council John Bachtler and Carlos Mendez 9. The European Parliament and Cohesion Policy Danuta Hübner 10. The European Committee of the Regions and EU Cohesion policy Justus Schönlau 11. The European Court of Auditors and Cohesion Policy George Karakatsanis and Martin Weber 12. Cohesion Policy, EU Economic Governance and the Role of the European Investment Bank Rocco L. Bubbico, Angel Catalina Rubianes, Eugenia Kazamaki Ottersten and Maria Siolou 13. Cohesion Policy and Regional Mobilization Eve Hepburn 14. The Impact of Cohesion Policy on Regionalist Parties’ Positions on European Integration Emanuele Massetti and Arjan H. Schakel Part III Cohesion Policy and the Member States 15. Cohesion Policy in the Southern Periphery Laura Polverari 16. Cohesion Policy in the Service Economies of the North David Charles 17. Cohesion Policy in the Rich Central Regions Jörg Balsiger 18. Cohesion Policy in the Sparsely Populated Countries Tatjana Muravska, Jānis Aprāns and Aleksandrs Dahs 19. Cohesion Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: The Challenge of Learning Ilona Pálné Kovács Part IV Cohesion Policy and Broader European Strategies 20. Cohesion Policy and Rural Development Riccardo Crescenzi and Fabrizio De Filippis 21. Cohesion Policy and Transportation Andres Faiña, Jesús Lopéz-Rodriguez and Paulino Montes-Solla 22. Smart Specialisation in the Reformed EU Cohesion Policy Philip McCann and Raquel Ortega-Argilés 23. Cohesion Policy and the Green Economy Andrea Lenschow and Jörg Baudner 24. New Strategic Approaches to Territorial Cooperation in Europe: from Euro-regions to European Groupings for Territorial Cooperation (EGTCs) and Macro-regional Strategies Stefan Gänzle 25. EU Cohesion Policy in the Eastern Partnership Region: A Case of External Europeanisation Attila Ágh and Attila Kovács 26. Cohesion Policy and the Cities: An Ambivalent Relationship Rob Atkinson and Karsten Zimmermann Part V Critical Perspectives and Debates 27. The ‘Real’ Principles of Cohesion Policy Robert Leonardi and Catalina Holguin 28. Impact Assessment of EU Cohesion Policy: Theoretical and Empirical Issues Ugo Fratesi 29. Does Cohesion Policy Lead to Economic Convergence? Ton Notermans 30. The Social Dimension of Cohesion Policy Valeria Fargion and Stefania Profeti 31. The Territoriality of Cohesion Policy Andreas Faludi 32. Multilevel Governance and Multiscalar Forms of Territorialisation Enrico Gualini Index

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Book SynopsisThis collection of chapters constitutes a highly valuable and informed input to the debate on the European Union's present and potential role in the shaping of our common future. Together, the contributors take a comprehensive perspective covering legal, political and economic imbalances in the world that are of acute relevance for the possibilities to effectively tackle challenges common to us all, such as climate change, poverty, trafficking and the supply of scarce fundamental commodities. To what extent can the European Union be a constructive force in ameliorating these imbalances, and thereby in world politics, and how ought it to proceed?'- Per Cramér, University of Gothenburg, Sweden'The international dimension of the EU's activities is under-researched and often poorly understood. This book, drawing on a range of disciplinary perspectives and bringing together a range of authors from the Nordic countries, provides a timely and well-thought-out exposition of the challenges the EU faces in the world.'- Iain Begg, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKThe EU's Role in Fighting Global Imbalances looks at the role of the European Union in addressing some of the greatest challenges of our time: poverty, protectionism, climate change, and human trafficking. The recent crisis has depleted the Union s economic and political resources. At the same time the Union is, like never before, expected to confront these global challenges on the world political arena, where new regional power centres are establishing themselves. Based on a broad and interdisciplinary understanding of the concept of global imbalances, this book argues that these challenges follow from pervasive global imbalances, which at root are economic, political, and legal in character.Contributions from ten leading scholars in the fields of economics, law, and political science provide in-depth analyses of three key dimensions of EU foreign policy, namely: the internal challenges facing the EU, as its 28 member countries struggle to coordinate their actions; the external challenges facing the EU on the global arena, in areas where global imbalances are particularly pervasive, and where measures taken by the Union can have an important impact; and the EU´s performance on the global arena, in the eyes of other key actors.This policy-oriented, interdisciplinary volume offers real insight into the European Union and its role in global affairs and will appeal to academics and policy-makers alike.Contributors: L. Aggestam, A.Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, A. Bigsten, S. Bogojevi , O. Elgström, M. Henrekson, A. Jonsson Cornell, A. Kokko, M. Mårtensson, A. Moberg, L. Oxelheim, T. Persson, T. Sanandaji, A. Schmidt-FelzmannTrade Review‘This collection of chapters constitutes a highly valuable and informed input to the debate on the European Union’s present and potential role in the shaping of our common future. Together, the contributors take a comprehensive perspective covering legal, political and economic imbalances in the world that are of acute relevance for the possibilities to effectively tackle challenges common to us all, such as climate change, poverty, trafficking and the supply of scarce fundamental commodities. To what extent can the European Union be a constructive force in ameliorating these imbalances, and thereby in world politics, and how ought it to proceed?’ -- Per Cramér, University of Gothenburg, Sweden‘The international dimension of the EU’s activities is under-researched and often poorly understood. This book, drawing on a range of disciplinary perspectives and bringing together a range of authors from the Nordic countries, provides a timely and well-thought-out exposition of the challenges the EU faces in the world.’ -- Iain Begg, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. The EU and Global Inbalances Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Moa Mårtensson, Lars Oxelheim and Thomas Persson 2. Transformative Power or Political Dwarf? European Leadership and Global Imbalances Lisbeth Aggestam 3. The Role of Aid in Reducing Global Imbalances: The EU and Africa Arne Bigsten 4. Superentrepreneurship and Global Inbalances: Closing Europe’s Gap to Other Industrialised Regions Magnus Henrekson and Tino Sanandaji 5. Global Imbalances in Climate Protection, Leadership Ambitions and EU Climate Change Law Sanja Bogojević 6. Human Trafficking as a Result of Global Imbalances: The Role of the European Union Anna Jonsson Cornell 7. Can the European Union Use Agreements to Even Out the Global Imbalance in the Protection of Human Rights? Andreas Moberg 8. The Imbalances Between the European Union and China Ari Kokko 9. The EU’s Relations With Russia: Off Balance and Beyond Repair? Anke Schmidt-Felzmann 10. External Perceptions of the EU: Obstacle or Asset in the Fight Against Global Imbalances? Ole Elgström Index

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Book SynopsisInstitutional theory has become one of the dominant organizational approaches in recent decades. Its roots can be traced to Europe and an important intellectual objective of this book is to examine North American theory strands and to reconnect them with European research traditions in order to explore new perspectives. For that purpose, this book focuses on how organizations and individuals handle heterogeneous and challenging social conditions which are subsequently reflected in various forms of change. In particular, the book: sheds light on neo-institutionalism from a European perspective examines neo-institutionalism in North American sociological and organizational theories and (re-)connects them with European research traditions explores novel and innovative methodologies to analyse institutions analyzes institutional and organizational change links micro- and macro-approaches to institutions reconnects organizational institutionalism with sociological theories. Finally, the book includes an afterword by John Meyer which is intended to stimulate further discussion. New Themes in Institutional Analysis will appeal to students and academics in organization, management and institutionalism.Contributors include: J.L. Alvarez, N. Arnold, C. Berg Johansen, S. Boch Waldorff, S. Bohn, M. Bottura, R. Corrado, G. Delmestri, G.S. Drori, B. Forgues, R.O. Friedland, M.A. Höllerer, T. Klatetzki, K. Kloos, V.P. Korff, G. Krücken, M. Lounsbury, C. Mazza, J.W. Meyer, R.E. Meyer, A. Mica, A. Oberg, V. Odorici, C.R. Oelberger, M. Pawlak, W.W. Powell, B. Soppe, J. Strandgaard Pedersen, S. Svejenova, P. Walgenbach, E. Weik, A. WestenholzTable of ContentsContents: 1. New themes in institutional analysis: Topics and issues from European research Georg Krücken, Renate E. Meyer and Peter Walgenbach 2. The value of institutional logics Roger Friedland 3. What are institutional logics - and where is the perspective taking us? Christina Berg Johansen and Susanne Boch Waldorff 4. Conventions and institutional logics. Invitation to a dialogue between two theoretical approaches Ann Westenholz 5. From contention to mainstream: Valuing and institutionalizing moral products Nadine Arnold and Birthe Soppe 6. Changing the C-suite: New Chief Officer roles as strategic responses to institutional complexity Silviya Svejenova and José Luis Alvarez 7. Refusing, connecting, and playing off conflicting institutional demands: A longitudinal study on the organizational handling of the end of nuclear power, climate protection, and the energy turnaround in Germany Stephan Bohn and Peter Walgenbach 8. Constructing domains of corporate social responsibility – a politicization of corporations at the expense of a de-politicization of society? Markus A. Höllerer, Renate E. Meyer and Michael Lounsbury 9. Forest and trees, institutional dynamics and artifacts: On visual organizational indicators of global and historical cultural patterns Gili S. Drori, Achim Oberg and Giuseppe Delmestri 10. Professional emergence and boundary work in the Italian wine industry: “Nella botte piccola c'è il vino buono” Marco Bottura, Raffaele Corrado, Bernard Forgues and Vincenza Odorici 11. Organizational adaptation and inverse trajectories: Two cities and their film festivals Carmelo Mazza and Jesper Strandgaard Pedersen 12. Institutional analysis in a digital era: Mechanisms and methods to understand emerging fields Walter W. Powell, Achim Oberg, Valeska Korff, Carrie Oelberger and Karina Kloos 13. Organizing vigilante lynching. A neo-institutional perspective Thomas Klatetzki 14. Coping with the unintended consequences of institutional work Mikołaj Pawlak and Adriana Mica 15. Institutions as adverbs? The dynamic form of institutional substances Elke Weik 16. Fragmented organizations in the society of organizations John W. Meyer Index

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Book SynopsisExploring the EU's Legitimacy Crisis provides a profound analysis of the causes and the consequences of the EU's growing legitimacy problem. Since the onset of the eurozone crisis the EU's governance has been narrowly driven by the semi-hegemonial leadership of Germany - manifesting itself in functionalist and technocratic policy reforms concentrated on strengthening economic governance coordination. Other crucial policy areas have been neglected as member states show decreasing solidarity and a growing emphasis on national interests in response to mounting external challenges. This book examines these developments in detail by scrutinising the EU's ability to maintain legitimacy through political leadership, democratic accountability and governance efficiency.This state-of-the-art exploration of the EU's internal and external challenges, including the eurozone and the migration crisis, provides critical analysis of the EU's leadership in the context of diverging national interests. The author outlines the essential background to understanding the rise in euroscepticism in the EU and provides an insightful analysis of the 2014 European Parliament election Spitzenkandidaten system.A comprehensive critical analysis of the latest developments in the EU's major policy areas in terms of their problem-solving capacity and democratic legitimacy is also included. This timely exploration of the reality of the EU's governance in light of persistent crises will appeal to students, academics and practitioners interested in the development of the EU, its member states and European politics more generally.Trade Review'This outstanding timely study critically assesses how the EU could move towards a perfect storm of multiple legitimacy crises. Through a combination of innovative theoretical thinking and empirical original research Christian Schweiger excels in analysing the gap between input (politics) and output legitimacy (policy). He convincingly argues that the method of technocratic legitimacy has reached its limits and the mechanisms enhancing input legitimacy are still inadequate. Schweiger argues that the nationally oriented strategies of member states, particularly the Franco-German partnership, which create multiple joint-decision making traps that are increasingly blocking further development of the EU are part of the problem. Schweiger provides an indispensable well-researched study that will guide scholars and practitioners to find a new way to re-invigorate one of the most extraordinary and original peace project of our times.' --Jose M. Magone, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Germany'The current multifaceted and mutating EU crisis cannot be traced to the euro area alone, however important that is. In this impressive and path-breaking study by Christian Schweiger the roots of the present crisis are revealed through a combination of political science and economics scholarship. The central weakness is weak legitimacy. There is a problem with input legitimacy (direct citizen participation) but more importantly the EU's reliance on output legitimacy is undermined, as in the case of national government by a delivery deficit which weakens the trust of citizens. In a masterpiece of clear analysis Schweiger fleshes out these ideas in a comprehensive account of the development of the EU and concludes with suggestions for addressing the difficulties to which they have given rise. This is a ''must-read'' for all EU scholars and their students.' --William E. Paterson OBE FAcSS, Aston University, UK'After the UK's shock Brexit vote of 23 June 2016 the issue of EU's legitimacy crisis is more obvious than ever. Having explained in detail the manifold problems of the European Union in seven very informative chapters, Christian Schweiger asks for ''rebuilding public trust in the European project'' in his final summary. Maybe the UK's decision - by a slim majority for such a far-reaching decision - to exit can be the decisive trigger to enable the EU to ''rebuild the foundations of the European project'' that the author asks for in his book which was finished prior to the referendum. Schweiger correctly argues that it ''will take resolve in combination with honesty and visionary leadership to turn things around''. He clarifies, however, that this is possible and definitely worthwhile. Among the wealth of literature on the legitimacy problem of the EU, this book deserves to be seen as a major contribution to the contemporary debate. Schweiger's monograph provides an excellent analysis and an engaging must-read for politics academics and students in the EU-28/27 and the Anglo-Saxon countries. It will undoubtedly stimulate further research and debate on the controversial issues of the EU's legitimacy.' --Lothar Funk, Dusseldorf University of Applied Sciences, GermanyTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: The Process of Institutionalised European Integration and the Permissive Consensus of the First Four Decades 2. After Maastricht: How the EU Started Losing its Citizens 3. Who Calls the Shots? the EU's Unstable Leadership Constellation Between Bipolarity, Variable Geometry and Semi-Hegemony 4. Towards a Core-Periphery Divide: the Financial Crisis and the New Wave of Technocratic Spill-Over 5. Freedom Without a Purpose? – The Flaws of the Single European Market 6. The 2014 European Parliament Elections and the Limited Success of the Spitzenkandidaten System 7. Managing Instability and Insecurity in the Neighbourhood: the EU's Disjointed External Relations 8. Rebuilding Public Trust in the European Project: Concluding Recommendations Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is a 'must read' for legal practitioners and legal academics involved in the complicated procedural relationship between national law and European law. In principle, nations have procedural autonomy; however, European legislation has an impact on national procedures, an impact that is much greater than one would expect. Whether in practice or conducting research, one can no longer restrict oneself to national procedural law. In the areas of law covered in his book-public procurement, intellectual property, consumer protection and competition-Wilman conclusively shows that it is European law that sets out the main procedures to be followed by national courts and national legislators. To some, this may be frightening; to others, it creates new opportunities. All in all, this work is compulsory reading for anyone wishing an in-depth understanding of the enforcement of EU law in local courts.'- Jan M. Hebly, Houthoff Buruma, the Netherlands'This book offers a splendid, comprehensive overview of the ways in which private enforcement can help to reinforce the rule of law in the European Union. The lessons which the author draws from his analysis are certainly of interest to practitioners and scholars of European law. But there is a wider interest as well: while keeping in mind obvious differences, the experiences with EU law can also stimulate our thinking about where private claims and domestic courts could play a larger role in the enforcement of international economic law.'- Marco Bronckers, Partner, VVGB Advocaten, Belgium'The so-called 'private enforcement' of EU law before national courts is an area of growing importance. The book offers an excellent framework of the relevant legislation, remedies and case law. As such it is of great interest to both practitioners, whether they advise or litigate, and academics seeking a deeper understanding of private enforcement-related instruments.'- Tom Ottervanger, Advocaat, Allen & Overy LLP, the NetherlandsPrivate Enforcement of EU Law before National Courts provides an in-depth analysis of how, when, and why the EU legislates to facilitate the private enforcement of EU law before the courts of Member States.Conducting a detailed examination of the legal basis and prospects for private enforcement in the fields of public procurement, intellectual property law, consumer protection, and competition law, Folkert Wilman discusses not only the EU rules on remedies and procedures typically adopted, but also many broader issues arising such as: the EU's scope to act and the autonomy of the Member State, the legal and practical limits, and implications, of the EU's private enforcement model, as well as the fundamental rights dimension.The thorough and practical treatment of private enforcement mechanisms makes this book an essential reference work for practising lawyers advising or acting before domestic courts in matters of EU law. Scholars will also be attracted by the questions it raises, and answers, relating to the relationship of the EU to Member States.Key features of the book include:- Expert authorship from a Member of the Legal Service of the European Commission- Comprehensive assessment of EU legislation on the private enforcement of EU law before national courts - Detailed examination of the legal basis for private enforcement at a general level, followed by consideration of its application across several substantive fields- Extensive discussion of the scope for the EU to act vis-à-vis the autonomy of the Member State- One of the first in-depth analyses of the recently adopted and widely debated Competition Damages Directive (No. 2014/104)- Exposition of key case law relating to private enforcement and the remedies available to private parties.Trade Review‘This book is a "must read" for legal practitioners and legal academics involved in the complicated procedural relationship between national law and European law. In principle, nations have procedural autonomy; however, European legislation has an impact on national procedures, an impact that is much greater than one would expect. Whether in practice or conducting research, one can no longer restrict oneself to national procedural law. In the areas of law covered in his book—public procurement, intellectual property, consumer protection and competition—Wilman conclusively shows that it is European law that sets out the main procedures to be followed by national courts and national legislators. To some, this may be frightening; to others, it creates new opportunities. All in all, this work is compulsory reading for anyone wishing an in-depth understanding of the enforcement of EU law in local courts.’ -- Jan M. Hebly, Houthoff Buruma, the Netherlands‘Wilman has produced a fundamental and important oeuvre, thoroughly discussing the pros and cons of private enforcement. His book is well structured, its argument is well founded and clear. His research will be an important foundation for the future development and evolution of private enforcement in EU law.’ -- Common Market Law Review‘This book offers a splendid, comprehensive overview of the ways in which private enforcement can help to reinforce the rule of law in the European Union. The lessons which the author draws from his analysis are certainly of interest to practitioners and scholars of European law. But there is a wider interest as well: while keeping in mind obvious differences, the experiences with EU law can also stimulate our thinking about where private claims and domestic courts could play a larger role in the enforcement of international economic law.’ -- Marco Bronckers, Partner, VVGB Advocaten, Belgium‘The so-called “private enforcement” of EU law before national courts is an area of growing importance. The book offers an excellent framework of the relevant legislation, remedies and case law. As such it is of great interest to both practitioners, whether they advise or litigate, and academics seeking a deeper understanding of private enforcement-related instruments.’ -- Tom Ottervanger, Advocaat, Allen & Overy LLP, the Netherlands‘By employing examples from different areas of law, this book engages in a very rich discussion on different remedies and procedures in EU law. . . the book offers a substantiated and illuminating analysis as to how, when and why EU legislation facilitates private enforcement of EU law. The book’s main strength lies in its comprehensive approach of a very complex subject matter and will no doubt be of interest to academics, policy makers and practitioners working in this field.’ -- World CompetitionTable of ContentsContents: Part I Introduction and Background 1. Introduction 2. Key Principles, Public Enforcement and Case Law Part II Selected EU Legislation 3. Public Procurement Law 4. Intellectual Property Law 5. Consumer Protection Law 6. Competition Law PART III Comparison and Contextualisation: Remedies and Procedures 7. Actions for Damages and Actions for Injunctions 8. Contractual and Other Remedies 9. Procedural Issues PART IV Broader Aspects, Perspectives and Conclusions 10. The How, When and Why of EU Law on Private Enforcement 11. Two Perspectives on Private Enforcement 12. Summary and Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe EU is faced with the perpetual challenge of guaranteeing effective enforcement of its law and policies. This book brings together leading EU scholars in law, politics and regulation, to explore the wealth of new legal and regulatory strategies, practices, and actors that are emerging to complement the classic avenues of central and decentralised enforcement. The contributors evaluate the traditional 'dual vigilance' framework of enforcement before examining network(ed) enforcement from theoretical, empirical and legal perspectives. They assess innovations in key EU policy fields such as the environment, consumer protection, competition, freedom, security and justice, and economic governance. This multi-disciplinary book will be of use to students and academics in law, political science, regulation and public policy. It will also interest policy makers in EU institutions, national administrations and courts engaged in the implementation and enforcement of EU law and policy.Contributors: E. Baker, P. Cortés, S. Drake, M. Eliantonio, M. Hobolth, M. Lottini, D.S. Martinsen, R. Murphy, C. Petrucci, J. Polak, M. Smith, J. Van der Heijden, E. VersluisTrade ReviewA welcome addition to scholarship on the enforcement of EU Law, the Drake and Smith edited collection brings three interrelated approaches to bear on the pressing and familiar challenge of effective enforcement: regulation, networked governance and innovations in enforcement in traditional and new fields of EU competence. In doing so, it requires EU law scholars to reconsider what is meant by enforcement and, through its engagement with political science, brings this important legal question to a wider EU Studies audience. --Imelda Maher MRIA, University College Dublin, IrelandNew Directions in the Effective Enforcement of EU Law and Policy is an important book on an important topic. Demonstrating a deep commitment to interdisciplinary work, not least among lawyers and political scientists, it casts fresh light on what are increasingly creative strategies for achieving effective enforcement in the fragmented and fluid system of EU governance. At the heart of this is a clear understanding of the different roles and perspectives of multiple actors, not just the European Commission. --Richard Rawlings, University College London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface Introduction by Melanie Smith and Sara Drake 1. More Effective Private Enforcement of EU Law Post-Lisbon: Aligning Regulatory Goals and Constitutional Values Sara Drake 2. The Visible, the Invisible and the Impenetrable: Innovations or Rebranding in Centralised Enforcement of EU Law? Melanie Smith 3. The Long, But Promising, Road from Deterrence to Networked Enforcement Jeroen Van Der Heijden 4. The Virtues of Interdependence and Informality: An Analysis of the Role of Transnational Networks in the Implementation of EU Directives Josine Polak and Esther Versluis 5. The SOLVIT Network and the Effective Enforcement of EU Law. What is New? Micaela Lottini 6. The Effectiveness of Transgovernmental Networks: Managing the Practical Application of European Integration in the Case of SOLVIT Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen and Mogens Hobolth 7. Enforcing EU Environmental Policy Effectively: International Influences, Current Barriers and Possible Solutions Mariolina Eliantonio 8. Enforcing EU Consumer Policy More Effectively: A Three-Pronged Approach Pablo Cortés 9. Effective Private Enforcement of EU Competition Law: An Input and Output Legitimacy Analysis of Collective Redress Carlo Petrucci 10. A Case of "Nested Enforcement": Article 83 (2) TFEU, Compliance and the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Post-Lisbon Estella Baker 11. The Effective Enforcement of Economic Governance in the European Union: Brave New World or a False Dawn? Ryan Murphy Conclusions by Melanie Smith and Sara Drake Index

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Book SynopsisThe policy framework advocated by Minford et al. . . . is grounded in economic theory and an incisive empirical analysis of the costs of UK's membership of the EU. Their thesis that the EU is a political union practising economic protectionism in the guise of gradualism towards free trade makes sense. . . . Minford and his associates' analysis suggests that the EU's policy framework of free trade for members but restrictions on trade of non-members with the EU countries is a second best policy adopted to promote political rather than economic objectives.'- V.N. Balasubramanyam, Lancaster University, UK'The EU got the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2012, but such an award is not forthcoming for economics. In fact, the EU faces a stern public discontent throughout Europe. For years EU leaders have been unable to agree on almost anything. The eurozone's toxic monetary embrace is a colossal failure that has provoked misery in most of the participating countries and, worst of all, suffocated the hopes of prosperity for many years to come. The EU is no longer a venture that inspires people to run on barricades to defend it. Should Britain be a part of the crumbling EU project? This book provides a timely and documented answer. It is highly recommended reading.'- Miroslav N. Jovanovi , University of Geneva, Switzerland'Much too much of the debate about the UK's relationship with the European Union relies upon general declarations unsupported by facts and assertions and claims not substantiated by evidence. This is why we need so badly the careful quantitative analysis provided by Patrick Minford and his colleagues. The UK electorate will have a momentous decision to take when the EU referendum takes place. History and emotions will be important, but getting the facts straight is even more vital.'- John Mills, Founder and Chairman of JML and Co-Chairman of Business for Britain'Patrick Minford and his team have performed a hugely valuable service by quantifying the costs of Britain's EU membership. In particular, they show that Britain pays too much for too high a proportion of its imports. The EU's protectionism in its trade with the rest of the world costs Britain a significant slice of its national output. Their demonstration of this vital point is thought-provoking and sophisticated, and greatly strengthens the case for the UK to leave the EU.'- Tim Congdon, CBE, International Monetary Research LtdPlaced in the context of the upcoming referendum, this second edition brings up to date a thorough review of all economic aspects of the UK's membership of the EU. It notes the intention of the EU to move to 'ever closer union' and the nature of the regulatory and general economic philosophy of its dominant members, whose position is enforced by qualified majority voting. The book highlights the UK s dilemma that, while extending free markets to its local region is attractive, this European philosophy and closer union are substantially at odds with the UK's traditions of free markets and freedom under the common law.This comprehensive examination of the economic costs and benefits of membership uses state-of-the-art modeling methods and includes estimates of its net costs as a percentage of GDP. The book explains how the decision to leave would follow from a judgement on the political economy of the EU as compared with that of the UK. It details the misconceptions involved in much of the debate about trade with the EU, and argues that the key issue is not access to markets but rather the prices at which trade takes place. Covered in careful detail is the economics of the UK's trade with the EU in the key sectors of agriculture, manufacturing, and services.Trade Review‘The policy framework advocated by Minford et al. . . is grounded in economic theory and an incisive empirical analysis of the costs of UK’s membership of the EU. Their thesis that the EU is a political union practising economic protectionism in the guise of gradualism towards free trade makes sense. . . Minford and his associates’ analysis suggests that the EU’s policy framework of free trade for members but restrictions on trade of non-members with the EU countries is a second best policy adopted to promote political rather than economic objectives.’ -- V.N. Balasubramanyam, Lancaster University, UK‘The EU got the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2012, but such an award is not forthcoming for economics. In fact, the EU faces a stern public discontent throughout Europe. For years EU leaders have been unable to agree on almost anything. The eurozone’s toxic monetary embrace is a colossal failure that has provoked misery in most of the participating countries and, worst of all, suffocated the hopes of prosperity for many years to come. The EU is no longer a venture that inspires people to run on barricades to defend it. Should Britain be a part of the crumbling EU project? This book provides a timely and documented answer. It is highly recommended reading.’ -- Miroslav N. Jovanovic, University of Geneva, Switzerland‘Much too much of the debate about the UK’s relationship with the European Union relies upon general declarations unsupported by facts and assertions and claims not substantiated by evidence. This is why we need so badly the careful quantitative analysis provided by Patrick Minford and his colleagues. The UK electorate will have a momentous decision to take when the EU referendum takes place. History and emotions will be important, but getting the facts straight is even more vital.’ -- John Mills, Founder and Chairman of JML and Co-Chairman of Business for Britain'Patrick Minford and his team have performed a hugely valuable service by quantifying the costs of Britain’s EU membership. In particular, they show that Britain pays too much for too high a proportion of its imports. The EU’s protectionism in its trade with the rest of the world costs Britain a significant slice of its national output. Their demonstration of this vital point is thought-provoking and sophisticated, and greatly strengthens the case for the UK to leave the EU' -- Tim Congdon, CBE, International Monetary Research Ltd‘Whether you are IN or OUT, this is certainly a book worth reading, in order to gain some knowledge and insight into both sides of the argument.’ -- Breakaway ReviewersTable of ContentsContents: PART I UK COSTS AND BENEFITS OF EU MEMBERSHIP 1. Introduction, The UK’s Relationship to the EU, The Aim of this Book and Policy Conclusions 2. The Costs of EU Regulation 3. The Cost of the Euro 4. The Cost of EU Trade Policies for the UK PART II RECENT TRADE DEVELOPMENTS- FACTS AND ANALYSIS 5. Agriculture 6. Manufactures 7. Services Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe policy framework advocated by Minford et al. . . . is grounded in economic theory and an incisive empirical analysis of the costs of UK's membership of the EU. Their thesis that the EU is a political union practising economic protectionism in the guise of gradualism towards free trade makes sense. . . . Minford and his associates' analysis suggests that the EU's policy framework of free trade for members but restrictions on trade of non-members with the EU countries is a second best policy adopted to promote political rather than economic objectives.'- V.N. Balasubramanyam, Lancaster University, UK'The EU got the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2012, but such an award is not forthcoming for economics. In fact, the EU faces a stern public discontent throughout Europe. For years EU leaders have been unable to agree on almost anything. The eurozone's toxic monetary embrace is a colossal failure that has provoked misery in most of the participating countries and, worst of all, suffocated the hopes of prosperity for many years to come. The EU is no longer a venture that inspires people to run on barricades to defend it. Should Britain be a part of the crumbling EU project? This book provides a timely and documented answer. It is highly recommended reading.'- Miroslav N. Jovanovi , University of Geneva, Switzerland'Much too much of the debate about the UK's relationship with the European Union relies upon general declarations unsupported by facts and assertions and claims not substantiated by evidence. This is why we need so badly the careful quantitative analysis provided by Patrick Minford and his colleagues. The UK electorate will have a momentous decision to take when the EU referendum takes place. History and emotions will be important, but getting the facts straight is even more vital.'- John Mills, Founder and Chairman of JML and Co-Chairman of Business for Britain'Patrick Minford and his team have performed a hugely valuable service by quantifying the costs of Britain's EU membership. In particular, they show that Britain pays too much for too high a proportion of its imports. The EU's protectionism in its trade with the rest of the world costs Britain a significant slice of its national output. Their demonstration of this vital point is thought-provoking and sophisticated, and greatly strengthens the case for the UK to leave the EU.'- Tim Congdon, CBE, International Monetary Research LtdPlaced in the context of the upcoming referendum, this second edition brings up to date a thorough review of all economic aspects of the UK's membership of the EU. It notes the intention of the EU to move to 'ever closer union' and the nature of the regulatory and general economic philosophy of its dominant members, whose position is enforced by qualified majority voting. The book highlights the UK s dilemma that, while extending free markets to its local region is attractive, this European philosophy and closer union are substantially at odds with the UK's traditions of free markets and freedom under the common law.This comprehensive examination of the economic costs and benefits of membership uses state-of-the-art modeling methods and includes estimates of its net costs as a percentage of GDP. The book explains how the decision to leave would follow from a judgement on the political economy of the EU as compared with that of the UK. It details the misconceptions involved in much of the debate about trade with the EU, and argues that the key issue is not access to markets but rather the prices at which trade takes place. Covered in careful detail is the economics of the UK's trade with the EU in the key sectors of agriculture, manufacturing, and services.Trade Review‘The policy framework advocated by Minford et al. . . is grounded in economic theory and an incisive empirical analysis of the costs of UK’s membership of the EU. Their thesis that the EU is a political union practising economic protectionism in the guise of gradualism towards free trade makes sense. . . Minford and his associates’ analysis suggests that the EU’s policy framework of free trade for members but restrictions on trade of non-members with the EU countries is a second best policy adopted to promote political rather than economic objectives.’ -- V.N. Balasubramanyam, Lancaster University, UK‘The EU got the Nobel Prize for Peace in 2012, but such an award is not forthcoming for economics. In fact, the EU faces a stern public discontent throughout Europe. For years EU leaders have been unable to agree on almost anything. The eurozone’s toxic monetary embrace is a colossal failure that has provoked misery in most of the participating countries and, worst of all, suffocated the hopes of prosperity for many years to come. The EU is no longer a venture that inspires people to run on barricades to defend it. Should Britain be a part of the crumbling EU project? This book provides a timely and documented answer. It is highly recommended reading.’ -- Miroslav N. Jovanovic, University of Geneva, Switzerland‘Much too much of the debate about the UK’s relationship with the European Union relies upon general declarations unsupported by facts and assertions and claims not substantiated by evidence. This is why we need so badly the careful quantitative analysis provided by Patrick Minford and his colleagues. The UK electorate will have a momentous decision to take when the EU referendum takes place. History and emotions will be important, but getting the facts straight is even more vital.’ -- John Mills, Founder and Chairman of JML and Co-Chairman of Business for Britain'Patrick Minford and his team have performed a hugely valuable service by quantifying the costs of Britain’s EU membership. In particular, they show that Britain pays too much for too high a proportion of its imports. The EU’s protectionism in its trade with the rest of the world costs Britain a significant slice of its national output. Their demonstration of this vital point is thought-provoking and sophisticated, and greatly strengthens the case for the UK to leave the EU' -- Tim Congdon, CBE, International Monetary Research Ltd‘Whether you are IN or OUT, this is certainly a book worth reading, in order to gain some knowledge and insight into both sides of the argument.’ -- Breakaway ReviewersTable of ContentsContents: PART I UK COSTS AND BENEFITS OF EU MEMBERSHIP 1. Introduction, The UK’s Relationship to the EU, The Aim of this Book and Policy Conclusions 2. The Costs of EU Regulation 3. The Cost of the Euro 4. The Cost of EU Trade Policies for the UK PART II RECENT TRADE DEVELOPMENTS- FACTS AND ANALYSIS 5. Agriculture 6. Manufactures 7. Services Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisBased on an extended agonistic pluralism perspective, this book offers a novel notion of a transnational public sphere that goes beyond the questions of whether a European public sphere exists or is possible and instead provides a solid understanding of its key features. This book offers an alternative concept of European integration based on the idea of integrative and constitutive conflicts. Not only an exploration of the emerging European public sphere, this groundbreaking book evaluates the outcomes of the EU polices aiming to create it as well as the trans-European networks' efforts to become a pan-European civil society. Expert contributors also explore the European public sphere's contribution to democracy and present enhanced empirical knowledge of the role of supranational institutions and pan-European networks in facilitating European integration, thus challenging the liberal intergovernmentalist, neo-functionalist and multi-level governance approaches.Integration, Diversity and the Making of a European Public Sphere will be of interest to scholars and upper level students of European studies, politics and public policy. Global, regional and national civil society organizations, think tanks and media corporations will also find value in this book.Contributors include: W. Dressler, D.N. Duru, M. Klicperova-Baker, J. Kostal, M. Mokre, M. Perez, R. Sata, H.G. Sicakkan, H.-J. Trenz, J.H. van de Beek, F. VermeulenTrade Review'Integration, diversity, and the European public sphere are not just concepts put together in this outstanding book-these are the most burning issues of our time. In the light of the global financial crisis, the crisis of the Eurozone, the refugee crisis and, most recently, the British exit from the European Union, observers might think that crises are the best indicators of the rise of a European public sphere. However, this thought-provoking collection of studies, edited by Hakan G. Sicakkan, offers a much deeper investigation of dimensions of the problem of European public sphere. This book is an eye opener, and should be read by all who are interested in the future of the European idea.' --Andras Bozoki, Central European University, HungaryTable of ContentsContents: 1. An Agonist Pluralism Approach to the European Public Sphere Hakan G. Sicakkan 2. Europe’s Territorial Transformation, Regions and Diversity: Towards a Common European Public Sphere? Wanda Dressler 3. European Media Policies and the European Public Sphere Monika Mokre 4. European State Building, Top-down Elite Alliances and the National Media Hakan G. Sicakkan 5. Diversity in the Virtual Sphere: Social Media as a Platform for Transnational Encounters Deniz Neriman Duru and Hans-Jörg Trenz 6. The Contribution of Think Tanks to the Formation of a European Public Sphere Marybel Perez 7. Protection, Participation and Legitimacy: The European Union’s Public Consultation System and Ethnic and National Minorities Jan H. van de Beek and Floris Vermeulen 8. Agonistic Politics of the European Parliament: Party and Party Group Alignments and Voting Behavior Robert Sata 9. Toward Empirical Assessment of the European Demos and Public Sphere: Comparing Democratic Value Orientations of Citizens and Elites Martina Klicperová-Baker and Jaroslav Košťál 10. The Role of EU Policies in the Making of the European Public Sphere Hakan G. Sicakkan Index

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Book SynopsisBased on an innovative theoretical framework combining theories of EU policy making, negotiation and implementation, this comprehensive book examines EU climate and energy policies from the early 1990s until the adoption of new policies for 2030. The authors investigate how the linking of climate and energy concerns in policy packages has facilitated agreement among EU leaders with very different policy ambitions. Employing in-depth studies from a diverse range of energy-economic countries, the book also explores the impact of the implementation of policies on the climate and energy policy framework and the Energy Union initiative.Social scientists and researchers in EU climate and energy policies will find the new empirical data and theoretical approach useful to their work. Students of the social sciences and politics will also benefit from the accessible overview of EU climate and energy policy development. This book will also be of interest to private and public decision-makers looking for explanations for the causes and consequences of EU climate and energy policy development.Trade Review'This book not only provides an in-depth analysis of the recent development of EU climate and energy policy from the climate and energy package for 2020 to the climate and energy policy framework for 2030, it is also noteworthy for its skilful and innovative combination of EU and member state level analysis across a full policy cycle covering policy initiation, decision-making, implementation and policy reform. Recommended reading!' --Sebastian Oberthuer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium'In Europe, climate and energy policies have become inextricably intertwined in the minds of politicians, businesses and civil society organisations. This ambitious book offers a 360 degree analysis of the interlinking strategies designed and employed by policy makers at EU level and in four critically important member states. In doing so it offers a richly textured answer to a puzzle that has always perplexed analysts: how and why do states manage to adopt policies that are significantly at odds with the preferences of the least ambitious?' --Andrew Jordan, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, UK'This book is one that all scholars, students and citizens with any interest in EU environmental and energy politics will benefit from reading and re-reading.' --Local EnvironmentTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Analytical Framework 3. Evolution of EU Climate and Energy Policies 4. Initiating the Package for 2020 5. Deciding the Package for 2020 6. Implementation in Germany 7. Implementation in Poland 8. Implementation in the Netherlands 9. Implementation in Norway 10. Comparative Analysis and Consequences for EU 2030 11. Conclusions and the Road Ahead Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique book presents an in-depth analysis of the provision of legal advice at international organizations. It elucidates the dual role of legal advisers as representatives of their organization and as international civil servants acting as protectors and promoters of international law.Analysing the effects of internal and external factors on the work of advisers, including organizational specificity, political influences, and institutional position, this book identifies and examines common legal practices across organizations. Chapters discuss case studies of legal advisers working at various global organizations, including the United Nations, the European Union, UNESCO, the World Health Organization and the World Bank Group, as well as regional and cross-regional organizations such as NATO and the European Space Agency. Contributors emphasise the importance of collegiality and networking between legal advisers and analyse the differences in the delivery of legal services within both governmental and private contexts.Presenting a broad perspective on the work of legal advisers at international organizations, this book will be vital reading for students, scholars, and practitioners of global governance, international law and political science. It will also be beneficial to legal advisers working for international organizations, lawyers, politicians and sociologists.Trade Review‘A must-have reference source for truly understanding the challenges and rewards of functioning as a lawyer in an intergovernmental international organization. Drawing on the experiences of lawyers functioning in diverse global and regional organizations, ranging from the UN/WHO/WB to the EU/OSCE and NATO, the reader gains a remarkable sense of how a lawyer’s skills can be used in the context of a particular organization. The stresses and strains of advocating for and achieving consistency, predictability, clarity and precision – a lawyer’s “bread and butter” – within the framework of varied international organizations present fascinating lessons for those interested in learning how the “rule of law” is pursued and maintained in these important organizations.’ -- Larry D. Johnson, former UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal AffairsTable of ContentsContents: 1 Legal advisers in international organizations: Uncovering a little-known world 1 Jan Wouters and James Rischbieth PART I GLOBAL ORGANIZATIONS 2 The role of the legal adviser in an inclusive, networked multilateralism 32 Miguel de Serpa Soares 3 The role of the legal adviser in the United Nations: A testimony 51 Hans Corell 4 The Legal Affairs Directorate at the International Bureau of the Universal Postal Union 78 Ricardo Guilherme Filho and Melony Morgan 5 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 98 Annick Vanhoutte and Donata Rugarabamu 6 The role of the legal adviser in UNESCO 118 Maria Vicien Milburn and Chantal Claxton-Proust 7 The International Civil Aviation Organization 145 Ludwig Weber and Artur Eberg 8 The Office of the Legal Counsel of the World Health Organization 159 Claudia Nannini and Gian Luca Burci 9 The Legal Affairs Office of the International Maritime Organization 194 Frederick J. Kenney Jr and Simone Egerton 10 The World Bank Group sanctions system 227 Pascale Hélène Dubois, Frank Fariello, Collin Swan, Corinne Champilou, Sheherezade Malik and Naicheng Deng 11 The legal adviser of the IAEA: History, mission, processes, and key developments in the international nuclear legal framework 259 Peri Lynne Johnson PART II REGIONAL AND CROSS-REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 12 Legal advisers in the European Union: The case of the Council Legal Adviser and the Council Legal Service 289 Ricardo Gosalbo Bono and Frederik Naert 13 The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and its General Counsel: An evolving role in an evolving organization 315 Nicola Bonucci 14 Practicing law at NATO headquarters 337 Steven Hill 15 The practice of public international law at NATO ‘Supreme Headquarters’ (SHAPE) 351 Andrés B. Muñoz Mosquera and Borja Montes Toscano 16 The role of the legal adviser in the OSCE 372 Lisa Tabassi and Stephen Walsh 17 The European Space Agency: The role of the legal counsel in a specialized organization and as a space law-maker 390 Marco Ferrazzani Index

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Book SynopsisEdited by Shirley V. Scott and Charlotte Ku, this forward-looking book examines the scope and options for the United Nations Security Council to respond to climate insecurity. A cross-disciplinary team of experts addresses the range of political and legal considerations involved, including, the scope for adapting existing Council tools to address the challenge of climate change, the legality and legitimacy of doing so, the attitude of the P5 and EU, and Council action to date.Specific tools considered include establishing an international court or tribunal, targeted sanctions, peace missions, and ?legislation?. The starting assumption is that, given the futures projected by climate scientists and the responsibility of the Council for international peace and security, the Council will almost inevitably take its place as a key player in climate governance. Contributors therefore focus on the question of just how the Council will be able to most constructively contribute to effective climate governance and how it can begin to prepare for such a role.This book will be of great value to scholars investigating the governance of climate change. For activists and government officials the book provides high quality research that can be drawn upon to give background to debate, and inform future policy.Trade Review‘This book does much to shape understanding of the serious debates being had, and to be had, about global responses to climate change and is worthy of its place in any decent international law, international politics or climate change collection.’ -- Gary Wilson, Liverpool Law Review‘In sum, the book is a remarkable contribution to the debate about the UN Security Council’s potential engagement in global climate governance. It demonstrates the legal authority of the Council, the range of available policy options in the area of climate change, and related legitimacy, representativeness, and effectiveness challenges.’ -- Lisa M. Dellmuth, Carbon & Climate Law Review‘Shirley Scott and Charlotte Ku have assembled a team of longstanding UN observers, primarily from the fields of international law and international relations. The result is a useful and accessible portrait of the Security Council’s powers, tendencies and limitations.' -- Nature Climate ChangeTable of ContentsContents: Foreword Caitlin E. Werrell and Francesco Femia 1. The UN Security Council and Global Action on Climate Change Shirley V. Scott and Charlotte Ku 2. Climate Change as a ‘Threat to International Peace and Security’ Christopher K. Penny 3. Climate Change and Economic Measures: One Assumption and One Scenario Too Many? Francesco Sindico and Mallory Orme 4. The Creation of a Climate Change Court or Tribunal Shirley V. Scott, Patrick J. Keenan and Charlotte Ku 5. ‘Climate Migration’ and the Security Council Frédéric Mégret and Benoît Mayer 6. The United Nations Security Council’s Legislative and Enforcement Powers and Climate Change Alan Boyle, Jacques Hartmann, and Annalisa Savaresi 7. Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into Peace Missions Paul F. Diehl 8. The EU’s Distinctive Approach to Climate Security Shahrazad Far and Richard Youngs 9. The UN Security Council’s Role in Developing a Responsibility to Respond to the Climate Change Challenge Charlotte Ku 10. Contested Legitimacy: The UN Security Council and Climate Change Martin Binder and Monika Heupel 11. The Attitude of the P5 Towards a Climate Change Role for the Council Shirley V. Scott 12. Conclusions: A Climate Change Role for the Council? Charlotte Ku and Shirley V. Scott Index

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Book SynopsisThis book aims to give readers an insight into two dynamics that influence the phenomenon of autonomous public bodies (APBs) in the European legal sphere today. Stephanie De Somer first studies both phenomena-EU impulse and national restraint-as standalone trends and then addresses the tensions between them. The first trend covers EU legislation that obliges Member States to entrust the implementation of substantive supranational rules to entities that enjoy a considerable degree of autonomy vis-a-vis central government institutions. The second trend refers to a counter-movement at the national level, where initiatives have been taken to rationalize and restrain the use of APBs. Central to the book is the somewhat controversial question of whether the EU, which is itself often criticized for lacking democratic legitimacy, is disregarding fundamental principles regarding the democratic legitimacy of national administrations when imposing these institutional obligations on its Member States. As far as domestic law is concerned, the book offers an integrated approach that truly compares national legal systems. De Somer also incorporates the results of in-depth interviews with representatives of APBs in different Member States. Focusing on these two contemporary trends, this book demonstrates the extent to which two fundamental systems of rules and principles increasingly influence and transform the phenomenon of APBs This book is relevant not only for legal academia, but also for scholars working in the fields of political science and public administration. National legislatures, governments, regulatory bodies, data protection authorities and other APBs may also find this book useful.Trade Review'The 'de-politicization' of governance in favour of agencies or 'APBs' is a familiar aspect of late twentieth century governance. In the European Union, however, the pace has only picked up since the late 1990s. The rapid escalation in agency power, more especially in the Eurozone, is sufficient to raise serious concerns about the impact on democracy, more especially since, as the author notes, the European Union is increasingly insisting on the transfer of powers at national level from government to APBs. This study of the impact of EU law on APBs in four Member States by Stephanie De Somer is therefore both welcome and timely. Drawing lessons from her comparative study, De Somer suggests ways in which agency power can be structured and APBs made more democratically countable, bringing the study into line with the tone of recent events on the political scene.' --Carol Harlow, London School of Economics, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. EU impulse 3. National Restraint 4. Conflict 5. Reconciliation 6. Final conclusions and recommendations Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn the first interdisciplinary work focused on the European Ombudsman, expert observers of EU institutional affairs provide a thorough evaluation of the Ombudsman and its constitutional role, powers, activities and future potential. The book addresses the Ombudsman's impact on accountability in the EU's executive branch and offers new suggestions for the further development of the practice of 'ombuds review'. The contributions to the discussion within this book come from law, political science, administrative science and economics. Looking at comparative developments in EU law and policy they critically review, from a variety of perspectives and methodologies, the Ombudsman's role in the review of activity of EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies. They then evaluate this role, and its achievements, against the original objectives for creating an Ombudsman some 20 years ago. This timely book will appeal to scholars and advanced students of the EU political and legal system. It is a also must-read for policy advisors and practitioners looking to enhance their understanding of alternative modes of dispute settlement and anyone interested in the future of administration in the EU.Contributors include: P.N. Diamandouros, D. Dragos, I. Harden, H.C.H. Hofmann, R. Mastroianni, J. Mendes, B. Neamtu, C. Neuhold, G. Tridimas, T. Tridimas, J. Trondal, A. Wille, J. ZillerTrade Review‘Accountability in the EU is a collection that will retain value for some years and serve as a starting point for future research into the EO. Accountability in the EU provides us with a robust claim for how the EO should and does operate to add value to the accountability network in the EU...’ -- Richard Kirkham, Review of European Administrative LawTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Developing Role of the European Ombudsman Herwig C.H. Hofmann 2. The European Ombudsman: A Resilient Institution in a Turbulent, Evolving Administrative Order Jarle Trondal and Anchrit Wille 3. Monitoring the law and independent from politics’? The relationship between the European Ombudsman and the European Parliament Christine Neuhold 4. Public Awareness of EU Rights and the Functions of the European Ombudsman: Some Unpleasant Findings George Tridimas and Takis Tridimas 5. Advancing transparency in the European Union: the role of the European Ombudsman Dacian C. Dragos and Bogdana Neamtu 6. Discretion and law in the EU administration: where the courts do not enter Joana Mendes 7. New perspectives for the European Ombudsman opened by the Lisbon Treaty Roberto Mastroianni 8. The Ombudsman's role in promoting good governance Ian Harden 9. From Maladministration to Good Administration: Retrospective Reflections on a Ten-Year Journey P. Nikiforos Diamandouros 10. Variations Around the O-Word: the European Ombudsman from Médiateur to Garante ? Some Concluding Remarks Jacques Ziller Index

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Book SynopsisThe legal, political and economic rationales that underpin trade policy are reflected in the establishment and implementation of EU trade relations with the rest of the world. This comprehensive Handbook provides readers with a multidisciplinary overview of the major perspectives, actors and challenges in contemporary EU trade relations. Changes in institutional dynamics, Brexit, the politicisation of trade, competing foreign policy agendas, and adaptation to trade patterns of value chains and the digital and knowledge economy are reshaping the European Union's trade policy. The authors tackle how these challenges frame the aims, processes and effectiveness of trade policy making in the context of the EU trade relations with developed, developing and emerging states in the global economy.This Handbook presents students and practitioners with an accessible introduction to the policy processes in the EU?'s trade policy. Policy-makers, especially those outside of the EU, will also gain key knowledge regarding the trade policies of the EU by reading this.Contributors include: J. Adriaensen, L. Choukrounel, P. De Lombaerde, F. De Ville, M. Eagleton-Pierce, J. Eckhardt, M. Filadoro Alikhanoff, C. Gammage, M.J. Garcia, T. Heron, W.A. Kerr, S. Khorana, L. Kühnhardt, D. Martens, P. Murray-Evans, L. Nilsson, J. Orbie, L. Perdikis, N. Perdikis, G. Rósen, G. Siles-Brügge, A. Smith, M. Smith, N.R. Smith, M. Shu, L. van der Putte, S. Velluti, W.G. VossTrade Review'This Handbook is packed full of genuinely useful information. It covers all of the basics - with excellent chapters on the role of EU institutions, for example - and much more besides. EU trade policy has never been more complex or contested and this collection unpacks the issues in a clear and engaging way. Obligatory reading for anyone trying to understand EU trade.' --Annmarie Elijah, Australian National UniversityTable of ContentsContents: Introduction PART I INTRODUCTION TO EU TRADE POLICY FROM A MULTIDISCIPLINARY PERSPECTIVE 1. The Establishment and Development of the European Union and its Trade Policy Nicholas Perdikis and Laurie Perdikis 2. EU International Relations Law: the Power to Conclude International Trade Agreement Clair Gammage 3. EU Trade Policy from a Political Perspective María J. García PART II ACTORS IN EU TRADE POLICY 4. The European Commission’s Role in Trade Policy Lars Nilsson 5. The Council: Between European Legislator and National Executive Johan Adriaensen 6. The European Parliament Guri Rosén 7. EU Trade Policy and Civil Society Matthew Eagleton-Pierce 8. Business-Government Relations in EU Trade Politics Jappe Eckhardt PART III EU TRADE POLICY IN PRACTICE 9. Trade Policy and Foreign Policy in the European Union Michael Smith 10. The EU’s Foreign Trade Policy Towards its Eastern Frontier: Assessing its Triangular Trade Relationship with Ukraine and Russia in the Context of the Ukraine Crisis Nicholas Ross Smith 11. The EU and Africa: Trade, Development and the Politics of Inter-regionalism Tony Heron and Peg Murray-Evans 12. The Promotion of Social Trade by the European Union in its External Trade Relations Lore Van den Putte and Samantha Velluti 13. The role of ideas in legitimating EU trade policy: from the Single Market Programme to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership Ferdi De Ville and Gabriel Siles-Brügge 14. Re-shaping Global Borders: EU Trade Policy and the Interregional Preference Philippe De Lombaerde, Ludger Kühnhardt and Mario Filadoro 15. The European Union and Fair Trade: Hands-Off? Deborah Martens and Jan Orbie 16. European Union Trade Agreements and Global Value Chains Adrian Smith 17. Trade, Competitiveness and the China Factor Min Shu 18. EU and Developing Asia Trade Dispute Settlement: Assertive Legalism for Political Autonomy Leïla Choukroune 19. Building a Special Place in Europe-Asia Trade: EU-Singapore Commercial Relations William A. Kerr 20. Singapore Issues William A. Kerr 21. The Digital Single Market: Move from Traditional to Digital? Sangeeta Khorana and W. Gregory Voss Index

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Book SynopsisPolicy Experiments, Failures and Innovations takes a policy studies perspective in considering post-communist EU member states? experiences since accession. The book analyses policy transfer processes and expands the new and growing sub-field of policy failure by interrogating the binary ideas of ?failure? and ?success? in the context of the Central Eastern European (CEE) transition, democratic consolidation and European Union membership.Contributions consider the extent to which external models have had real traction in the political economies and societies of the CEE countries. The book also considers the ways external models were adapted, transformed or sometimes abandoned in response to unexpected difficulties in implementation. It provides critical analysis of the setbacks, real or perceived policy failures, as well as innovations and unexpected outcomes in a number of important policy areas in the ?new? member states of the EU.This book will be of interest to policy studies scholars and European Union/European studies scholars. It is also relevant for students of European politics as well as general public policy degree courses at undergraduate and graduate level.Contributors include: D. Adascalitei, A. Batory, A. Cartwright, D. Craciun, S. Domonkos, H. Grabbe, A. Kemmerling, A. Krizsan, K. Makszin, L. Matei, G. Medve-Bálint, B.G. Peters, D. Stone, S. Svensson, A. Tetenyi, S. Torotcoi, V. ZentaiTrade Review'Bringing Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) into the EU meant transferring the EU - its laws, norms and institutions - into the CEE. Was it successful? This outstanding collection reveals a tortured tango of EU transfer and CEE response, in which a choreography of compliance is often contested, resisted or adapted to local needs and conditions. Innovative in theory, and rich in detail, the chapters provide a fresh and timely assessment of the Europeanization project, and its differing fortunes across the region.' --Leslie A. Pal, Carleton University, Canada'Policy Experiments, Failures and Innovation breaks new ground for the understanding of policy diffusion, transfer and change in the face of Europeanisation and globalisation. The volume presents a welcome analysis of policy developments in Central and Eastern Europe since European Union accession, while tracing many reforms in a wide range of policy areas to the pre-accession period. The chapters provide fascinating accounts of experimentation, re-interpretation, indigenisation, hybridisation and policy learning in Central and Eastern Europe a quarter of a century after the end of communism and more than a decade since accession to the European Union. Combining theoretical ambition and empirical depth, this volume is essential reading for scholars, students and practitioners with an interest in public policy in Europe and beyond.' --Jan Meyer-Sahling, University of Nottingham, UK'At last a book that makes sense of processes of policy diffusion and transfer in Central and Eastern European countries as they adapt to Europeanisation. Batory, Cartwright and Stone have written an invaluable contribution to our understanding of the complexities of European integration at the institutional level. Theoretically informed and empirically driven this is mandatory reading for public policy academics and analysts alike.' --Mark Evans, University of Canberra, AustraliaTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by Heather Grabbe 1. Trial and Error: Policy Experiments, Failures and Innovations in Central and Eastern Europe Agnes Batory, Andrew Cartwright and Diane Stone 2. When does Policy Diffusion Affect Policy Instability? Cases of Excessive Policy Volatility in Welfare Policies in East Central Europe Achim Kemmerling and Kristin Makszin 3. Learn from thy Neighbor: Emulation and Learning in Eastern European Mandatory Private Pensions Reforms Dragos Adascalitei and Stefan Domonkos 4. Translating Domestic violence norms in five countries of Central Eastern Europe Andrea Krizsan 5. National Roma Inclusion Policies in Central and Eastern Europe: Diverging Learning Paths with Residual Outcomes Violetta Zentai 6. EU cohesion policy and the Eastern member states: A case of transnational policy convergence Gergő Medve-Bálint 7. Euroregions -- Institutional transfer and reinterpreted norms in Central and Eastern Europe Sara Svensson 8. Hungarian international development policy: a case for conflicted success András Tétényi 9. A resounding success or downright failure? Understanding policy transfer within the Bologna Process in Central and Eastern Europe Liviu Matei, Daniela Craciun, Simona Torotcoi 10. Reforming through Borrowing and Learning: Easy, but so Terribly Difficult B. Guy Peters Index

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Book SynopsisIncreasingly, EU market regulation measures have been introduced in the pursuit of economic justice and welfare. This book illustrates how regulation can help to prevent the abuse of dominance, in particular the abuse of public capital by the state. Comprehensive and interdisciplinary, this book presents the theory of regulation in a highly accessible manner. It explains that whilst the state's ability to make major investments, compete with the private sector and target subsidies may be necessary in supporting infrastructure, the wasteful allocation of public monies can also do immense harm by crowding out private investments, distorting private incentives, and helping to foreclose markets. Against this background, Christian Koenig and Bernhard Von Wendland discuss the strengths and weaknesses of EU regulation in the area of competition in the Internal Market, considering both private and public economic activities and market interventions and providing further analysis in light of global competitive pressures. Contemporary and practical, this book will appeal to academics, students and practitioners interested in regulation both in and outside of the EU. Decision-makers, lawmakers and politicians will also benefit from its strong focus on better law making and regulation in order to promote social welfare.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Why Regulation? 2. Where Are We Coming From? 3. Tempering the Tyranny of Market Powers 4. The Public Cause of Exploitation 5. The Art of Steering Public Resources towards the Common Interest – the Supranational Approach 6. The Art of Sector-Specific Regulation in the Internal Market 7. The Dilemma of Regulation – Global Competitiveness vs Integrity of the Internal Market 8. Where We are Going to… Epilogue The European Cause after the British Referendum Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisGranting rebates to a customer or refusing to supply a competitor are examples of ordinary commercial practices, which become 'abusive' under Article 102 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU (TFEU) when carried out by 'dominant' firms. This topical book provides an up-to-date account of the emerging trends in the enforcement and interpretation of this provision at both the EU and national level. Employing a range of case studies, this illuminating book adds a cross-country perspective to the ongoing debate surrounding the scope of application of Article 102 of the TFEU; a debate largely caused by its ambiguous wording. Besides analyzing the case law of the EU Courts and EU Commission that determine what conduct falls in the 'abuse' box, a number of chapters examine the active contribution of national courts and competition authorities in the ongoing process of shaping the meaning of this legal provision. Astute and discerning, this book will appeal to academics and researchers in the areas of EU competition law and policy. Its practical examples will also prove beneficial to practitioners and national competition authorities.Contributors include: M. Botta, R. Karova, M. Marquis, G. Monti, P.L. Parcu, P.A. Perinetto, F. Schuhmacher, H. Schweitzer, M. Siragusa, M.L. Stasi, R. WhishTrade Review'An analysis of emerging trends in the application of abuse of dominance provisions is an ambitious endeavour, which the authors of this volume have remarkably achieved. Among the trends identified are an increased focus by courts on the intention to harm competition, new types of abuses and decentralization. These trends shape the authors' analysis of the divergent manners in which Article 102 (and/or national equivalents) are interpreted and applied both at EU and national levels. Including a thorough study of recent national cases, this book's comparative approach will provide relevant insight to the entire competition law world. I strongly endorse this book and congratulate the authors on their successful contributions.' --(Hein Hobbelen, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Belgium)Table of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction Pier Luigi Parcu, Giorgio Monti and Marco Botta 2. The role of intent in the assessment of conducts under Article 102 TFEU Pier Luigi Parcu and Maria Luisa Stasi 3. Article 102: Sources of Interpretation Giorgio Monti 4. Article 102 TFEU in the UK: Victims of Abuse Go Directly to Court Richard Whish 5. Standard-essential patents and abusive patent injunctions – the interplay between German courts and the CJEU Heike Schweitzer 6. Finding of dominance in Austria and Germany – What is the proper role of presumptions of dominance? Florian Schuhmacher 7. Italy - New forms of abuse of dominance and abuse of law Mario Siragusa 8. Abuse of dominance in regulated sectors in Italy: recent enforcement trends Patrick Actis Perinetto and Mel Marquis 9. Sanctioning excessive energy prices as abuse of dominance; Are the EU Commission and the National Competition Authorities on the same frequency? Rozeta Karova and Marco Botta Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book provides a critical examination of the policies and laws governing EU marine fisheries and the shortcomings of the 2013 Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform. In particular it considers how reform is impeded by Treaty-guaranteed concessions, exemptions from general environmental legislation and the Court of the Justice's interpretation of principles unique to the sector. The author discusses how the damaging effects of fishing could be ameliorated if the Court were to align fishery values with general principles of the law, and considers the institutional and regulatory frameworks needed to encourage prudent resource use.The limited development of the CFP beyond the minimal requirements of international law is considered together with the role of the Court in sidelining scientific advice. The book provides a unique exploration of how these barriers to sustainability are compounded by regulatory capture and the public interest in fish resources being unrecognized. Ultimately, the author proposes that the incoherence of the management regime be redressed through market-based reforms and the application of the user-pays principle.This book will be of keen interest to lawyers, environmentalists, policy-makers and marine scientists who are interested in marine fishery management, marine environmental protection, and marine sector economic sustainability. It will also appeal to those involved in developing trans-disciplinary platforms to promote marine resource sustainability.Trade ReviewThis is a fascinating study in which the Common Fisheries Policy in the EU is discussed in an integrated and critical manner using an interdisciplinary approach. The book provides a critical reflection on the current structure of the Common Fisheries Policy and also proposes fundamental reforms in order to better integrate environmental protection into marine management. The book provides valuable insights not only on the structure of the current Common Fisheries Policy but also for the future policy agenda. --Michael Faure, Professor of Comparative and International Environmental Law, Maastricht University, the NetherlandsBiologists have long wondered why the EU fisheries policy and practice is in such a mess despite receiving much sound scientific advice. Jill Wakefield shows clearly and readably how this came about and how change could be made which would ensure sustainable exploitation and serve the people of the EU. Let us see whether the EU is capable of change! --Charles Sheppard OBE, Emeritus Professor, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. International Treaties and Instruments: The Right to Exploit the Living Marine Resource 3. The Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy 4. The Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy: Good Governance 5. Precautionary Fishing 6. Sustainable Fishing 7. Ecosystem Management: Integrating Environmental Protection Into Marine Management 8. The EU’s Use of Market-Based Instruments to Plug a Regulatory Gap 9. Alternative Solutions 10. Change for Sustainability Index

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Book SynopsisThis book assesses the competitive and contentious EU-Russia relationship in relation to Ukraine from 2010 to 2013, focusing on the important areas of trade, energy and security. The key issue explored is whether this relationship played any meaningful role in the deterioration of the situation in Ukraine since late 2013.Nicholas Ross Smith begins by exploring the competitiveness of the triangular EU-Russia-Ukraine relationship before the crisis. He then examines the eruption of the Ukraine crisis in greater detail, with a particular focus on trade, energy and security. The book goes on to compare three theoretically and empirically informed medium-term scenarios for the future of the relationship. This research provides a wide-ranging snapshot of EU-Russia-Ukraine relations by comparing the foreign policies of the EU and Russia as well as examining the interplay of identity and perceptions on their foreign policy decision-making.Touching upon both international relations and foreign policy analysis, this book will prove invaluable to scholars and practitioners working on Eastern Europe, the EU and Russia. International relations and foreign policy analysis scholars and students will also find much of interest.Trade Review'In this theoretically-informed and exhaustively researched study, Nicholas Smith provides a nuanced analysis of the contemporary Ukrainian crisis and its roots in the history of Russian-EU competition in this region. Through an analysis of Russian and EU policy toward Ukraine in the areas of trade, energy and security, Smith shows how the current crisis was a logical step in the course of Russian-EU relations in this region. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the contemporary Ukrainian crisis.' --Graeme Gill, University of Sydney, Australia'Nicholas Ross Smith has written an important and timely book. By recounting the inception of the Ukraine crisis in great detail and developing a set of theoretical tools to think about the issues analytically he has improved our understanding of one of the most pressing foreign and security policy issues facing contemporary Europe.' --Hiski Haukkala, University of Tampere, Finland'Well researched and very readable: EU-Russian Relations and the Ukraine Crisis represents a first draft of history and helps fill a gap in the study of European Security.' --Asle Toje, The Norwegian Nobel Institute, NorwayTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. A theoretical framework for the analysis of EU-Russian interaction in Ukraine: A neoclassical realist-inspired approach 2. The geopolitical setting in Europe before the Ukraine crisis: Crude regional bipolarity in an emerging multipolar international system 3. Assessing the external trade policies of the EU and Russia towards Ukraine: Geoeconomic competition in Ukraine? 4. A precarious transit state? Assessing the external energy policies of the EU and Russia towards Ukraine 5. Conflicting security preferences? Assessing the regime promotion strategies of the EU and Russia in Ukraine 6. The Ukraine crisis Conclusion References Index

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Book SynopsisThe first in a series of Companions that offer broad coverage of a range of international courts and tribunals, The Elgar Companion to the International Court of Justice is a one-stop reference for those wishing to understand this highly significant and successful court.The Companion offers an objective account of how the ICJ came into being, the general principles on which it was founded, and how it functions today. It addresses certain fundamental aspects of the Court, such as its jurisdiction, structure and jurisprudence, as well as its role in the wider world. The Companion gives a human flavor to the institution through the portraits of some of the great figures that have served as its judges.Written in a lucid and clear manner, the Companion will appeal to all those interested in learning more about the work of the principal judicial body of the United Nations.Contents: I. The Idea and the Creation of an International Court 2. From the Permanent Court of International Justice to the International Court of Justice 3. Institutional Background of the Court 4. The ICJ and Other Tribunals in The Hague 5. The UN Charter, the ICJ Statute, the Rules of Court and the Practice Directions 6. The Composition of the Court 7. The Judges of the Court - Some Portraits 8. The Registry 9. The Contentious Jurisdiction of the Court and the Admissibility of Claims 10. The Great Principles of the Law of the ICJ 11. The Advisory Proceedings 12. The Procedure and Process 14. Conclusion and Outlook Judgments, Advisory opinions and Orders rendered by the ICJ (by chronological order) IndexTrade Review‘It is a must for law and academic libraries supporting international law programs and will prove useful to students, academics and practitioners of public international law.’ -- David Ettinger, Reference ReviewsTable of ContentsContents: I. The Idea and the Creation of an International Court 2. From the Permanent Court of International Justice to the International Court of Justice 3. Institutional Background of the Court 4. The ICJ and Other Tribunals in The Hague 5. The UN Charter, the ICJ Statute, the Rules of Court and the Practice Directions 6. The Composition of the Court 7. The Judges of the Court – Some Portraits 8. The Registry 9. The Contentious Jurisdiction of the Court and the Admissibility of Claims 10. The Great Principles of the Law of the ICJ 11. The Advisory Proceedings 12. The Procedure and Process 14. Conclusion and Outlook Judgments, Advisory opinions and Orders rendered by the ICJ (by chronological order) Index

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Book SynopsisThe UN's capacity as an administrative decision-maker that affects the rights of individuals is a largely overlooked aspect of its role in international affairs. Administrative Justice in the UN explores the potential for a model of administrative justice that might act as a benchmark to which global decision-makers could develop procedural standards.Niamh Kinchin adeptly explores accountability in the context of decision-making within the UN and examines whether its administrative decisions, affecting the rights and obligations of individuals and groups, contain sufficient procedural protections. It is suggested that 'global administrative justice' requires two fundamental elements; administrative decisions made according to law, and to values communities accept as just, which are identified as rationality, fairness, transparency and participation. This model is applied to the UN's Investigations Divisions of the Office of Internal Oversight Services, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN Security Council and the Internal Formal Justice System in order to measure procedural protections, identify gaps and make recommendations for reform.This insightful book will be vital reading for academics and students of human rights, constitutional, public international, and administrative law. UN-affiliated personnel, as well as those involved in diplomatic departments, will find this book an engaging read.Trade Review'Identifying common principles and appropriate institutions to achieve accountability in UN institutions is challenging. What 'laws' to apply and which bodies are affected is clearly explained and justified, and the suggested solutions are practical. Kinchin is to be congratulated for tackling the conceptually difficult task. The work should be compulsory reading for all the UN bodies making decisions affecting rights.' --Robin Creyke AO, Emeritus Professor, Australian National University'Administrative Justice in the UN is a path-breaking study that extends the reach of 'administrative justice', a concept which has, hitherto, been used to throw light on domestic decision making and redress procedures. Based on the twin principles of law and justice, Niamh Kinchin develops the novel concept of 'global administrative justice' and applies it to decision making and disputes by the United Nations and its agencies. She displays an impressive command of her source material and writes with great clarity. Analysing international conventions and charters, and using the stock-in-trade techniques of the administrative lawyer, she has produced a fascinating book. It is a tour-de-force.' --Michael Adler, University of Edinburgh, UK'Is the UN ''accountable'' for its administrative decision-making? This is the thought-provoking question posed by Niamh Kinchin in Administrative Justice in the UN: Procedural Protections, Gaps and Proposals for Reform - a lively, original and important contribution to our understanding of global administrative justice. Kinchin explores the UN's commitments to fairness, transparency and justice across a range of decision-making contexts, from votes and vetoes in the Security Council, to investigating complaints about peacekeepers through the Internal Oversight Services, to adjudicating employment disputes before the UN Dispute and Appeals Tribunal. The book advances a global rule of law framework to enable the UN to address its ''accountability deficit.'' It will spark discussion and debate among experts and interested observers alike!' --Lorne Sossin, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: ‘All is Forgiven’: Administrative Decision-Making Without Administrative Law 1. According to Law 2. According to Values the Community Accepts as Just 3. The Formal Internal Justice System of the UN 4. Office of Internal Oversight Services 5. UNHCR and Refugee Status Determination 6. The UN Security Council and Targeted Sanctions Concluding Remarks Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWith a novel focus on the individual members of the G20, this innovative book explores the perspectives and behaviours of those within the global summit, unpacking what they are seeking to achieve, how they go about doing this, and the domestic impact of the G20.Providing insights from the summit, Hugo Dobson comprehensively analyses the G20’s development and practices from the perspectives of the nineteen member states and one inter-governmental organisation that have shaped it. Chapters examine members’ reactions to the upgrading of the G20 to a summit of leaders in 2008, its development thereafter into the premier forum for international economic cooperation, and the expansion of its agenda beyond macroeconomic issues to a range of global collective action problems. Looking at its future from a country-specific perspective, Dobson concludes that the G20 will continue to engage with stakeholders and evolve in terms of its membership, as seen in the decision at the 2023 Delhi summit to include the African Union, thereby providing a basis for future research on its members’ perspectives, positions and behaviours.This multidisciplinary book will be an invigorating read for students of international relations and politics, global governance, sustainable development, climate change and energy transitions, and security and terrorism. Its exclusive insights will also be of use to policymakers and third sector organisations who are stakeholders in the G20 process.Trade Review‘This book is a highly valuable and very welcome addition to the scholarly literature on, and public understanding of, the Group of Twenty, by offering the first detailed look at its individual members’ priorities, roles and effectiveness within the G20 process and summits. With its insightful treatment of climate change, the energy transition and security, this book is a most timely, badly needed look at the G20 members’ response, together at the highest level, to the most critical, even existential, challenges of our time.’ -- John Kirton, University of Toronto, Canada‘Hugo Dobson’s book on the G20 is indispensable reading for making sense of shifting patterns of world politics. Dobson’s long experience as a summit watcher is on display with considerable value. Without getting bogged down with the intricacies concerning either the normative or technical debates about its role, Dobson’s “unpacking” showcases why an understanding of the G20 is so essential for a world caught between aspirations to global governance and the constraints imposed by national sovereignty and a return to geopolitics.’ -- Andrew F. Cooper, University of Waterloo, Canada‘This is a fantastic contribution and a must-read book for anyone interested in multilateralism and global governance. Making substantive theoretical and empirical contributions to the G20 literature, Professor Dobson remains one of the most important voices in the field.’ -- Tristen Naylor, University of Cambridge, UK‘The definitive update on the evolution of the Group of Twenty (G20), this book identifies key global governance efforts to manage the contested world economy, climate change and sustainability, and global security. Cutting across the traditional boundaries of international politics and diplomacy, political economy, and area studies, and written in Hugo Dobson’s trademark style of clarity and depth, it makes for a must read for scholars, students, policymakers, and thought leaders alike.’ -- Gregory T. Chin, York University, Canada and Mayling Birney Global Scholar, The London School of Economics and Political Science, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1 Introduction 2 The G20 and its position within global governance 3 Managing the global economy 4 Sustainable development 5 Climate change and energy transitions 6 Security and terrorism 7 G20 summitry beyond global governance 8 Conclusions Appendix 1: G20 summits, 2008–2025 Appendix 2: Attendance at G20 summits, 2008–2022 References

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Book SynopsisLaw Enforcement by EU Authorities is the first comprehensive study of a new development in the field of EU law and governance: the proliferation of EU enforcement authorities (EEAs). It offers an investigation into each of the existing eight EEAs, the prospective European Public Prosecutor's Office and how they enforce EU law vis-a-vis private actors together with relevant national enforcement authorities. The study focuses on the interplay between political accountability and judicial protection in the system of shared direct enforcement. It offers a comparative investigation into the EU-national interrelationship in the field of shared enforcement and shows the need for improvement of democratic control and judicial protection in the area of 'shared tasks, but separated controls'. Expert contributors analyze these issues in relation to specific sectors, including financial/banking supervision, aviation, food law, fisheries, fraud, financial interests of the European Union, competition law and pharmaceuticals. This detailed book includes insights from both academics and practitioners, drawing on different national backgrounds and subject specialisms. It provides an important resource for researchers of EU law and governance and officials in the field of enforcement.Contributors include: F. Blanc, A. Brenninkmeijer, F. Cacciatore, M. Chamon, F. Coman-Kund, A. Corini, P. Craig, K. Cseres, T. Duijkersloot, M. Eliantonio, J. Foster, A. Karagianni, F. Kets, R. Kraaijeveld, M. Luchtman, M. Maggetti, G. Ottimofiore, A. Ottow, A. Outhuijse, M. Ratajczyk, E. Schmidt, M. Scholten, B.M.J. van der Meulen, E. van Gelder, M. van Rijsbergen, E. Versluis, J. Vervaele, M. Wasmeier, R. Widdershoven, S. WirtzTrade ReviewThe book is a valuable contribution to the better understanding of shared administration (enforcement) and "agencification" of accountability systems in the EU.'--Ernö Várnay, Common Market Law Review'The book provides an excellent and in-depth analysis of each major European enforcement agency; how they interact with national agencies; and identifies strengths and gaps in the accountability frameworks governing those bodies. This book is a must have for academics and policy makers who seek to understand the operation of EU enforcement mechanisms.'--Philip Bender, Australian Journal of Public AdministrationTable of ContentsContents 1. The proliferation of EU enforcement authorities: a new development in law enforcement in the EU Miroslava Scholten, Michiel Luchtman and Elmar Schmidt 2. Political and judicial accountability in the EU shared system of banking supervision and enforcement Ton Duijkersloot, Argyro Karagianni and Robert Kraaijeveld 3. ‘Rating’ ESMA’s accountability: ‘AAA’ status Marloes van Rijsbergen and Jonathan Foster 4. Parallel enforcement and accountability: the case of EU competition law Katalin Cseres and Annalies Outhuijse 5. Shared enforcement and accountability in the EU aviation safety area: the case of the European Aviation Safety Agency Florin Coman-Kund, Mikołaj Ratajczyk and Elmar Schmidt 6. Complex procedures as hurdle to accountability: verticalization of pharmaceutical enforcement Merijn Chamon and Sabrina Wirtz 7. Fishing in troubled waters? Shared enforcement of the common fisheries policy and accountability gaps Federica Cacciatore and Mariolina Eliantonio 8. Enforcement of EU food law Antonia Corini, Bernd van der Meulen, Floris Kets, Giuseppa Ottimofiore and Florentin Blanc 9. The political and judicial accountability of OLAF Michiel Luchtman and Martin Wasmeier 10. Judicial and political accountability for criminal investigations and prosecutions by a European Public Prosecutor's Office in the EU: the dissymmetry of shared enforcement John Vervaele 11. The interplay of mandates and accountability in enforcement within the EU Florentin Blanc and Giuseppa Ottimofiore 12.The European Court of Auditors: the guardian of EU finances Alex Brenninkmeijer and Emma van Gelder 13. Pertinent issues of judicial accountability in EU shared enforcement Rob Widdershoven and Paul Craig 14. Political and judicial accountability in shared enforcement in the EU Miroslava Scholten, Martino Maggetti and Esther Versluis Index

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Book SynopsisThe Rise of Common Political Order brings together leading research focusing on the conditions for the formation of common political order in Europe. The book aims to define common political order in conceptual terms, to study instances of order formation at different levels of governance and ultimately to comprehend how they profoundly challenge inherent political orders. The book's objectives are twofold: first, to explain institutional birth and growth, and second, and most importantly, to assess key effects of order formation. To what extent, and under which conditions, does common political order transform pre-existing political orders? In sum, the book discusses how we can assess theoretically and empirically the rise, stagnation and retrenchment of common political order in Europe. The authors expertly tackle these questions with empirical illustrations of emergent political orders at international, inter-regional and local levels. The Rise of Common Political Order will have great appeal to political scientists, public administration scholars and international relations scholars based in the EU, US and beyond.Trade Review`Sometimes when I read edited volumes, I start thinking: have these contributors ever spent a day in the same room, discussing what brings them together and ultimately gives the reader the image of a genuine collective project? I am delighted to see that this collection on the conditions for the emergence of common political order in Europe is entirely coherent, compelling, and delivered in very attractive ways. Jarle Trondal has assembled a world team of researchers at the University of Agder in Kristiansand - This is the product of an integrated group of researchers that shares a vision and a progressive research agenda. The book tackles very big questions that define institutional and organizational analysis: how do common institutions emerge, develop and possibly decline or retrench? And what are the effects of multi-level, variable institutional orders in Europe? The volume is strong on explanation and empirically rich, taking us on a journey via the European public administration, the effects of institutions for accountability like the European Parliament and the European Ombudsman, and the many recombinant forms of regional and municipal cooperation in Europe, cutting across borders and national institutions. There will be huge interest for this volume across public administration, international relations, comparative regionalism, European integration, and institutional analysis.' -- Claudio M. Radaelli, University of Exeter, UK `This volume makes a highly inspiring and innovative contribution to the analysis of the formation and growth of common political orders in Europe, systematically combining conceptual advancement with rich empirical studies of order formation at different levels of governance.' -- Christoph Knill, University of Munich, Germany `The authors of this excellent volume map political order beyond the nation state. They offer highly valuable insights into the ongoing transformation of institutions at international, macro-regional and local levels. Focusing on processes transcending arenas and reconfiguring political exchange, they have produced an inspiring perspective on transnational polity emergence.' --Michael Bauer, German University of Administrative Sciences SpeyerTable of ContentsContents: 1. Conceptualizing Common Political Order: An Introduction Jarle Trondal PART I POLITICAL ORDER AT INTERNATIONAL LEVEL 2. A Research Agenda on International Public Administration Jarle Trondal 3. The Rise of international Public Administration: Observations from the International Atomic Energy Agency Jarle Trondal 4. The Rise of Independent Supranational Administration: The case of the European Union administration Jarle Trondal 5. The Rise of International Accountability Institutions: The case of the European Parliament and the European Ombudsman Jarle Trondal, Anchrit Wille and Anne Elizabeth Stie PART II POLITICAL ORDER AT THE MACRO-REGIONAL LEVEL 6. Macro-regional Strategies of the European Union: A new research agenda Tobias Chilla, Stefan Gänzle, Franziska Sielker and Dominic Stead 7. Experimentalist Governance in a Multi-level Environment: The EU’s macro-regional strategies for the Baltic Sea and Danube regions Stefan Gänzle and Jörg Mirtl 8. Priority Area Coordinators and Horizontal Action Leaders in the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region: Trans-governmental networks and order formation in EU territorial cooperation Stefan Gänzle PART III POLITICAL ORDER AT THE LOCAL LEVEL 9. Governance at the Local Level: A research agenda on cross-boundary coordination Dag Ingvar Jacobsen 10. Democratic Effects of Inter-Municipal Cooperation: Equal effects for all? Dag Ingvar Jacobsen 11. Service Quality, Inter-municipal Cooperation and the Optimum Scale of Operation: The case of local fire departments in Norway Sara Blåka 12. Breakdown of Inter-Organizational Cooperation: The case of regional councils in Norway Barbara Zyzak Index

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Book SynopsisSince 1992 the EU has incorporated a concept previously exclusive to states: citizenship. In embracing supranational citizenship the EU entered terra incognita, creating a concept resembling, but essentially different to traditional citizenship. This book provides an in-depth historical, political and constitutional analysis of the first 25 years of EU citizenship, and considers how it could develop over the next 25 years.Bringing together scholars from the fields of law, political science and history, this book takes a multidisciplinary approach to EU citizenship. It examines the history and development of EU citizenship, the roles of institutional and political actors, and the dynamics which it created in the post-Maastricht accession process, providing readers with a unique multifaceted examination of the topic. Exploring new insights into the nature and importance of EU citizenship, this book shows that after a quarter of a century EU citizenship has lost none of it's game-changing potential, and remains one of the most important features of EU law.Students of European law and politics and international relations will find this concise book an invaluable tool, with interesting and original insights into the present status of a key aspect of EU law. Its multidisciplinary approach will also help professionals working in fields relating to the subject.Contributors include: A.G. Harryvan, G. Hoogers, J. Langer, S. Neuman Stanivukovic, T. Nowak, R. Procee, J. van der Harst, J.W. van Rossem, G. Voerman, N. ZeegersTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. European Citizenship in Perspective: History, Politics and Law An Introduction Gerhard Hoogers 2. Political Citizenship in the European Union: What it means, how it came about and what challenges lie ahead Jan Willem van Rossem 3. From Free Cross-border Movement to Backing Legitimacy: European citizenship in a political-historical perspective, 1970-2000 Anjo G. Harryvan and Jan van der Harst 4. The Rights of EU Citizens: A legal-historical analysis Tobias Nowak 5. EU Citizenship from the Cross-border Link to the Genuine Enjoyment Test: Understanding the ‘stone-by-stone’ approach of the Court of Justice Jurian Langer 6. Political Participation of European Citizens and the Development of a European Polity: Input of European and Dutch parties in European Parliament election programmes, 1979-2014 Richard Procee and Gerrit Voerman 7. The European Citizens’ Initiative: How to establish the influence it gives citizens over the European Union’s agenda? Nicolle Zeegers 8. Europeanisation of Citizenship in the Context of EU Accession Senka Neuman Stanivukovic Index

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Book SynopsisHow are institutions formed and how do they change? How do institutions interact to produce action? And how formal do institutions need to be to become effective actors of governance? This textbook provides a thorough examination of institutions from a number of theoretical perspectives to identify their key characteristics. Key features of the fourth edition: Eight consistent questions are used to highlight the similarities and differences between institutions, using both formal and informal examples Two new chapters focus on informal institutions and the process of institutionalization and deinstitutionalization A wide range of theories are highlighted, giving students a broad overview of institutional theory in political science The application of these institutional theories is demonstrated using a variety of international examples. For students of comparative politics, political theory and institutions, this textbook will be an essential guide to understanding and analyzing institutions in political science.Trade Review'The book offers by far the most systematic and elaborate account of the importance of institutional theory in political science. It gives both researchers and practitioners a lot of ideas about how to analyze and conduct political-administrative decision-making processes, seen through institutional lenses.' --Tom Christensen, University of Oslo, Norway and Renmin University of ChinaTable of ContentsContents: Preface to 4th edition 1. Institutionalism Old and New Part I Varieties of Institutionalism 2. The Roots of the New Institutionalism: “Normative Institutionalism” 3. Rational Choice Theory and Institutional Theory 4. The Legacy of the Past: Historical Institutionalism 5. Empirical Institutionalism 6. Ideas as the Foundation of Institutions: Discursive and Constructivist Institutionalism 7. Sociological Institutionalism Part II Applications of Institutionalism 8. Institutions of Interest Representation 9. International Institutionalism Part III Issues in Institutionalism 9. Informal Institutions and Governing 10. Institutionalization and Deinstitutionalization Part IV Wrapping Up 11. Conclusion: One Institutionalism or Many References Index

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Book Synopsis'This innovative collection of essays offers a uniquely comprehensive exploration of the way in which the EU engages with other international organizations and bodies. While both EU law and international law perspectives are examined, this book goes beyond mere legal analysis to address political and practical issues the EU encounters on the internal and the external fronts. It forms a major contribution to the literature on the relationship between the EU legal order and public international law and on the EU's role in international relations more generally.' - Geert De Baere, General Court of the EU and KU Leuven, Belgium 'As the European Union assumes an ever more prominent role as a global actor, there is a growing need to understand the ways and means of the EU's engagement with other international institutions. This volume, with contributions from renowned experts and scholars, is the first comprehensive study to address the various relationships in that category. It is the essential companion for practitioners and scholars in the fields of European law and international organization.' - Catherine Brölmann, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands 'This is a commendable and timely Research Handbook, published in an era in which forces of nationalism and populism question the benefits of globalization and existing mechanisms of global governance. In this rich collection of studies, Wessel and Odermatt bring together some 50 experts from academia and practice, to analyze the multifarious interrelationships between the EU and other international institutions (from the UN to the G20, from the WTO to Regional Fisheries Management Organizations, from NATO to the Council of Europe).' - Niels Blokker, Leiden University, the Netherlands The European Union has established relationships with other international organizations and institutions, mainly as a result of its increasingly active role as a global actor and the transfer of competences from the Member States to the EU. Containing chapters by leading scholars, this Research Handbook presents a comprehensive and critical assessment of these relationships, examining both the EU's representation and cooperation as well as the influence of these external bodies on the development of EU law and policy. Insightful and analytical, the Research Handbook explores the interaction of the EU with both formal and informal international institutions as it seeks to become more visible and active within these. The many challenges associated with the limits set by the EU and by international law and politics in relation to EU participation and the 'state-centred' international legal system are assessed. This unique Research Handbook will be a key resource for scholars and students of international and European law and political science, providing a unique overview of the less well-known international organizations in addition to the large institutions. The examination of the development of law and policy will also be of interest to the practitioners of these organizations and those at national ministries. Contributors include: F. Amtenbrink, A. Andrione-Moylan, J. Beqiraj, S. Blockmans, F. Bontekoe, G. Butler, M. Cantero Gamito, E. Castellarin, A.-L. Chané, C. Cinelli, S. Coban, L. de Almeida, R. Delarue, S. Donnelly, T. Emmerling, E. Fahey, J.-P. Gauci, P. Heckler, J. Jacobsson, K.E. Jørgensen, R. Kamphof, A. Khalfaoui, M. Killander, J. Klabbers, K. Laatikainen, E. Lannon, R. Lawson, L. Lourenço, C. Matera, H.-W. Micklitz, J. Odermatt, E. Paasivirta, E. Pichot, T. Peri in, T. Ramopoulos, R. Repasi, J. Selleslaghs, A. Södersten, H. Suzen, B. van der Meulen, P. Van Elsuwege, M. Vaugeois, F. Vlastou-Dimopoulou, M. Wallot, B. Wernaart, R.A. Wessel, J. Wouters, C.-H. Wu, F. YilmazTrade Review'This Research Handbook offers an in-depth survey about the European Union's status and activity in over 20 international organisations and bodies. It covers all relevant actors in the UN family, assembles the most important economic bodies, and contains insights about lesser researched entities in the fields of agriculture and fisheries, criminal justice or security. Highly interesting introductory chapters and conclusions are flanking the case studies. An excellent compilation written by leading academics and experienced practitioners!' --Frank Hoffmeister, European Commission, Belgium'This Research Handbook, with its impressive range of contributors, is a very welcome addition to the literature for scholars and students of the EU as a regional and global actor. It is the most comprehensive work that I have seen on the subject: alongside chapters addressing horizontal themes it covers the EU's relations with a wide array of international organisations, from UN agencies to the WTO and WIPO, from NATO to regional organisations in Europe, Africa, Asia and Latin America. Apart from the intrinsic interest of the mass of detailed information about how the EU engages with specific organisations, bringing this material together brings into sharper focus the questions that EU engagement with international organisations raises for both international and EU law.' --Marise Cremona, European University Institute, Italy'This remarkable book provides for the first time a comprehensive account of the European Union's broad ranging interactions with and contributions to the work of other international organisations. It will be of great benefit and necessary reading not only for international civil servants and government officials, but also for those scholars and practitioners interested in international organisations and their increasing exercise of sovereign powers.' --Professor Dan Sarooshi QC, Essex Court Chambers and University of Oxford, UKTable of ContentsContents: PART I DEVELOPMENTS IN THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE EU AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 1. The European Union’s Engagement with Other International Institutions Emerging Questions of EU and International Law Ramses A. Wessel and Jed Odermatt 2. The European Union in the Law of International Organizations: Misfit or Model? Jan Klabbers 3. The Changing International Cooperation Network of the EU: The Inclusion of Informal (Regulatory) Bodies Jan Wouters and Alex Andrione-Moylan PART II THE EU AND THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM 4. UN General Assembly, UN Security Council, and UN Human Rights Council: The EU in State-Centred Multilateral Frameworks Esa Paasivirta and Thomas Ramopoulos 5. Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) and Codex Alimentarius Commission: The Impact of the Right to Food and Food Standards on EU Food Law Bernd van der Meulen and Bart Wernaart 6. International Labour Organisation (ILO): A Dynamic and Result–oriented Cooperation with the EU and its Member States Rudi Delarue and Evelyne Pichot 7. World Health Organization (WHO) and other Global Health Bodies: The EU Voice in a Fragmented Global Health Landscape Thea Emmerling 8. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) The EU’s Transition From Observer to Full Participant on an ad hoc Basis Graham Butler 9. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD): Towards Coordinated Action by the EU in Global Development Policy? Johanna Jacobsson 10. UN Environment Programme (UN Environment) and UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC): EU Action Between Legal Competences and Political Power Ries Kamphof 11. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and International Organization for Migration (IOM): The EU Engagement in International Migration Policies Julinda Beqiraj, Jean-Pierre Gauci and Anna Khalfaoui 12. International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO): The Development of the Position of the EU in International Aviation Mathieu Vaugeois 13. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): The EU’s Role in International Nuclear Energy Policy Anna Södersten PART II THE EU AND ECONOMIC BODIES 14. World Trade Organization (WTO): The EU’s Influential Role in Global Trade Policy Tamara Perišin 15. World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO): The Growing Presence of the EU in Formulating International Intellectual Property Law Frits E Bontekoe and Max Wallot 16. World Bank Group (IBRD), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD): The EU’s Participation in the Global Financial World Emanuel Castellarin 17. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): The EU’s Position as a De Facto Member Foivi Vlastou-Dimopoulou 18. G7, G8 and G20 and Global Summits: Shortcomings and Solutions in Informal International Governance Fabian Amtenbrink and René Repasi 19. Financial Stability Board (FSB), Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and Financial Market Regulation Bodies: ECB and Commission Participation Alongside the Member States Shawn Donnelly 20. Institutional and Normative Co-operation in Private Law: Beyond the Hague Conference towards Standard Setting Organizations Lucila de Almeida, Marta Cantero Gamito and Hans-W. Micklitz PART III THE EU AND NON-ECONOMIC BODIES 21. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO): Reinforcing EU-NATO Cooperation – Walking the Talk? Steven Blockmans, Samet Coban, Hasan Suzen and Fatih Yilmaz 22. Regional Fisheries Management Organisations: Defining the EU and Member State Roles Paul Heckler 23. Agriculture: The EU in the OIV and Other International Agricultural Commodity Bodies Thomas Ramopoulos 24. Law of the Sea Framework: Is EU Engagement a sine qua non for Influence? Claudia Cinelli 25. Judicial Co-operation in Criminal Matters: Between EU Internal Competences and Global Actorness Claudio Matera PART IV THE EU AND OTHER REGIONAL COOPERATION FRAMEWORKS 26. Council of Europe: Co-operation in the Field of Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law Rick Lawson 27. European Economic Area (EEA) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA): A Successful Partnership with the EU Luísa Lourenço 28. The EU and its Neighbourhood: A Patchwork of Regional Strategies and Institutions from the Mediterranean to the Arctic Erwan Lannon and Peter Van Elsuwege 29. The EU’s Engagement with the Asia Pacific: An Ambivalent Relationship Chien-Huei Wu 30. The EU’s Engagement with Africa: The Joint Africa-EU Strategy as a Turning Point Anna-Luise Chané and Magnus Killander 31. The EU’s Engagement with Latin America: The Changing Nature of EU-Latin America Interregional Relations Joren Selleslaghs PART V ASSESSING EU INTERACTION WITH INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS 32. The Political Impact of the EU’s Interaction with International Institutions: Towards a Two-Way Street – Both Inside-Out and Outside-In Perspectives Knud Erik Jørgensen and Katie Laatikainen 33. The Legal Effects of the EU’s Interaction with other International Institutions in Law: ‘Inwards’, ‘Outwards’, and the ‘In-between’ Elaine Fahey 34. The Challenges of Engaging with International Institutions: The EU and Multilateralism under Strain Jed Odermatt and Ramses A. Wessel Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a unique examination of how a middle power uses international organisations to achieve greater global influence. The authors focus on the OECD, 'the rich man's club' of most of the world's wealthiest nations. It demonstrates how the decision by Australia to apply for membership was a long drawn out process, delayed by political factors. Eventually agreement was reached with assurances that membership would provide access to valuable and timely policy-related information, especially in relation to international trade and finance. In addition, membership would potentially increase influence by providing greater access to its powerful member states at an earlier stage in their policy discussions and agreements. On gaining membership, Australia found that the OECD's comparative research and policy development activities, across a wide range of areas and issues, were a valuable source for policy learning which, in turn, helped the ongoing maintenance and further building of policy capacity in the country. This detailed study of how a nation state engages with an international organisation will be a great source of insight and information for scholars and advanced students of international relations and public policy. It will also be a valuable resource for policymakers and practitioners working in the field.Trade Review'This book is a tour de force. It helps us understand international organisations and their member states. It casts fresh light on the OECD. It reveals how middle powers like Australia manoeuvre on the world stage, and it traces the evolution of key global public policies, from taxation to the environment. It does this seamlessly, with grace and economy, drawing on rich archival materials (from the UK, the US, Australia and the OECD), and extensive interviews.' --Leslie A. Pal, Carleton University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Australia, International Organisations and Foreign Policy 3. A Search for Access and Influence 4. Organising the Relationship with the OECD 5. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the OECD 6. Trade and Agriculture: developing an effective strategy 7. The Development Assistance Committee: a slowly declining priority 8. A extensive involvement: the Treasury Portfolio and the OECD 9. Australia and OECD Tax Work 10. The OECD’s Work on the Environment 11. Australia and the OECD work on Education 12. A Leading Role for Australia: Health work at the OECD 13. Australia’s Role in Organisational Maintenance, Reform, and Adaptation 14. Conclusions Index

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Book SynopsisSecurity in the European Union (EU) is an increasingly complex problem, with the spectre of disintegration looming over the Eurozone, and the threat of terrorism, insecurity and the long-term sustainability of food supply and fresh water reaching levels of crisis. This interdisciplinary book provides a unique insight into the multiple security threats that the EU is facing, and gives readers invaluable information about the challenges these pose to the Union.With contributions from scholars of economics, law and political science, The European Union: Facing the Challenge of Multiple Security Threats provides a comprehensive analysis of contemporary security problems for the EU. Focussing on the latter end of the 2010s, this book examines in great detail the impact that developments in the rest of the world has had on the Union?s vulnerable state. Among the key contemporary issues examined are the migration crisis exacerbated by the conflicts in Syria and Libya, the increasingly strained relationship between the EU and Russia as well as the changing circumstances in the EU-US relationship brought on by Donald Trump?s presidency.Tapping into the internal and external causes and impacts of security problems in the EU, this book offers important policy ideas for the future of the Union. It constitutes a vital read for policy makers and advisors in the EU, as well as for scholars of European political science, economics, and law.Contributors include: A. Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, N. Bremberg, M. Eriksson, J. Gullstrand, C. Jörgensen, C. Magnusson Sjöberg, A. Michalski, N. Nilsson, G. Noll,I. Österdahl, L. Oxelheim, C. Parker, T. Persson, R. Svensson, C. Wagnsson, S. WidmalmTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The EU and the growing number of complex security threats Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt, Anna Michalski, Niklas Nilsson and Lars Oxelheim 2. The EU and the European security community: history and current challenges Niklas Bremberg 3. After Lisbon: The new legal framework for the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy Inger Österdahl 4. Sanctions and the security policy environment from a European perspective Mikael Eriksson 5. The EU’s civilian crisis management capacity and the challenge of trust Sten Widmalm, Thomas Persson and Charles Parker 6. Food security in Europe Joakim Gullstrand and Christian Jörgensen 7. The threats against innovation-based growth in the EU Roger Svensson 8. Threats to personal data security: how does the EU protect its citizens? Cecilia Magnusson Sjöberg 9. Security in a liberal union: EU asylum and migration control policies Gregor Noll 10. Europe: take on your responsibilities Charlotte Wagnsson Index

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Book SynopsisThe harmonization of private international law in Europe has advanced rapidly since the entry into force of the Treaty of Amsterdam. Most aspects of private international law are now governed or at least affected by EU legislation, and there is a substantial and growing body of case-law from the European Court as well as the courts of the Member States. This timely Handbook addresses key questions and problems that currently exist in the rules of private international law laid down by European Union regulations.Bringing together perspectives from both civil law and common law traditions, the book mainly considers issues relating to the Brussels I Regulation on civil jurisdiction and judgments, and to the Rome I and II Regulations on choice of law in respect of contractual or non-contractual obligations. Weaknesses in the current law are identified, and suggestions are made for possible improvements. The expert contributors focus on currently relevant problems including some issues which have tended to be neglected.Academics, law students and public officials interested in private international law will find this Handbook to be a valuable resource. Both practising lawyers and commercial lobbyists will also find many useful insights. Contributors include: O. Bamodu, I. Carr, Y. Farah, G. Güneysu-Güngör, L. Heffernan, S. Hourani, D. Kenny, M. Koutsias, X.E. Kramer, P. Stone, E. Treppoz, A. Yilmaz-Vastardis, H.-L. YuTrade Review'This book offers a very timely and exquisite insight into some of the most pressing challenges of EU private international law - itself an area of the law with growing impact on practice, academia, and the further development of EU law generally. Peter Stone and Youseph Farah have gathered a steller team of commentators to guide the reader through some of the intricate mazes of EU conflicts law. A delight.' --Geert van Calster, University of Leuven, Belgium'This collection of substantial and detailed chapters reflects current research on important and topical areas in the conflict of laws, such as Internet transactions, International sales of goods, and privacy. It will be of both use and interest to all practitioners and academics in the area as it provides a detailed analysis, within the political and commercial context, of many of the most complex issues arising out of the Brussels I, Rome I and Rome II Regulations and associated jurisprudence, including the role of non-State law, mandatory rules, and the domicile of companies.' --Elspeth Berry, Nottingham Trent University, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Internet Transactions and Activities Peter Stone 2. A Step in the Right Direction! Critical Assessment of Forum Selection Agreements under the Revised Brussels I: A Comparative Analysis with US Law Youseph Farah and Anil Yilmaz-Vastardis 3. Fairy is Back – Have you got your Wand Ready? Hong-Lin Yu 4. Frustrated of the Interface between Court Litigation and Arbitration? Don't Blame it on Brussels I! Finding Reason in the Decision of West Tankers, and the Recast Brussels I Youseph Farah and Sara Hourani 5. Does Size Matter? A Comparative Study of Jurisdictional Rules Applicable to Domestic and Community Intellectual Property Rights Edouard Treppoz 6. Article 4 of the Rome I Regulation on the Applicable Law in the Absence of Choice - Methodological Analysis, Considerations Gülin Güneysu-Güngör 7. International Sales of Goods and Rome I Regulation Indira Carr 8. The Rome I Regulation and the Relevance of Non-State Law Olugbenga Bamodu 9. The Interaction between Rome I and Mandatory EU Private Rules - EPIL and EPL: Communicating Vessels? Xandra E. Kramer 10. Choice of Law for Tort Claims" Peter Stone 11. Defamation and Privacy and the Rome II Regulation David Kenny and Liz Heffernan 12. Corporate Domicile and Residence Marios Koutsias Index

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Book SynopsisIn this thought-provoking book, José M. Magone investigates the growing political, economic and social divisions between the core countries of the European Union and the southern European periphery. He examines the major hindrances that are preventing the four main southern European countries (Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece) from keeping up with the increasing pace of European integration, and the effects that this is having on democratic governance.Offering a comprehensive comparative overview of southern European politics over the past two decades, the book analyses the impact of the EU's political economy on democracy in the region, in particular the consequences of the Eurocrisis and the economic instability of the 2010s. It argues that these countries have failed to proactively initiate necessary strategic reforms in order to prevent economic and democratic stagnation, and have especially struggled to cope with the changing realities of Europeanization and the demands of Economic and Monetary Union.Students and scholars of European politics will find this book useful and insightful, in particular those interested in southern Europe’s political economy and Europeanization. It will also be beneficial for policy makers working in southern European governments and organizations.Trade Review'Especially after the Great Depression of 2008 and later on with the Pandemic, Southern Europe has become an area of high interest again, as in the years of the transitions to democracy during the 1970s. Today, Southern European countries' crucial issue concerns the European Union's relationships, especially from an economic perspective. Professor Magone, a highly renowned expert of the area, addresses it by dissecting those relationships' decisive aspects and revealing the critical features. This book will be compulsory reading not only for scholars and students of the area but also for all those other experts who are interested in internal–external intertwining in semi-peripheral democracies.' -- Leonardo Morlino, LUISS Guido Carli, Italy'Despite his criticisms of the EU for mismanaging the Eurozone crisis, the author underlines the responsibilities of South European governments too. South European elites have not invested in the people of Southern Europe and have ''governmentalized'' policy networks which ideally should have been multi-level rather than government-centered, as the author correctly puts it. Consequently, his claim that the question is ''what Southern Europe can do for the EU'', rather than vice versa, is a point well taken.' -- Dimitri A. Sotiropoulos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, GreeceTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The ‘superficial’ Europeanization of southern Europe: the persistence of peripheral governance 2. Southern European trajectories of European integration: from benevolent vincolo esterno to ‘coercive’ Europeanization 3. The semi-peripheral weak state and economy 4. The Europeanization of democratic institutions in southern Europe 5. The Euro crisis and changing party systems in southern Europe 6. The role of socio-economic interest groups in the crisis of southern European capitalism 7. Subnational governance and European cohesion policy: missed opportunities 8. The Euro and sovereign debt crisis and its impact on southern Europe 9. The consequences of the economic crisis: welfare state, civil society, and government 10. Conclusions: Constraining democracy in southern Europe References Index

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Book SynopsisAddressing the contentious debate surrounding the future of the European Atomic Energy Community Treaty (Euratom), Anna Södersten offers one of the first examinations of Euratom from an institutional and structural perspective, and in doing so, investigates the legal implications of its continued separate existence. Using primary material as key sources for analysis, as well as examining all of the treaty?'s titles, this book explores the relationship between Euratom and two other core EU treaties, the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU). In considering whether it is still relevant that one of the EU?'s founding treaties is the promotion of nuclear energy, Södersten concludes that there is no need for the Euratom as a separate treaty. Euratom at the Crossroads will be essential reading for scholars in the fields of EU institutional law and EU energy law. EU officials and practitioners in the field of energy law, at national legislatures and regulator authorities, will find this indispensable reading.Trade Review‘The book offers brilliant legal analysis in the area of the TEAEC. It touches on many issues that reflect the hot questions in legal literature. This is an exhaustive work that is worth recommending to all those who study EU law.’ -- Marek Rzotkiewicz, Polish Review of International and European Law‘Södersten's work deserves to become a handbook on Euratom issues in the coming decades.’ -- Jakub Handrlica, European Journal of Legal Studies‘Euratom at the Crossroads makes a valuable contribution to the current debate on the future of EU law. The author has clearly succeeded in her goal of providing detailed analysis of the complex legal framework established under the Euratom Treaty. Taking into account the relative lack of scientific literature on Euratom, this book rightly aspires to become a handbook on Euratom’s issues for the next decades.’ -- Jakub Handrlica, International Energy Law Review‘Euratom has always been the least visible of the European Communities, yet its impact on European integration cannot be underestimated. Anna Södersten rightfully draws renewed attention to the many fascinating competences and activities of Euratom. Many familiar EU law questions return, including the division of competences between the organization and its Members, the choice of legal basis and the extensively developed external relations. Euratom at the Crossroads should be seen as a leading book on a European organisation that deserves more attention in the academic field.’ -- Ramses A. Wessel, University of Twente, the Netherlands‘This book is devoted to the most neglected actor under European Law: the European Atomic Energy Community Treaty (Euratom). It explores the terra incognita of Euratom from its beginnings in the 1950s to today’s post-Fukushima era, while also focussing on Euratom’s specific role in its relationship with the European Union. Written with great thoroughness and unbiased scholarship, Anna’s book will be the standard work of reference on Euratom for a long time to come.’ -- Jürgen Grunwald, Saarland University, Germany‘There is a gap in the legal literature on the rules and procedures that govern Euratom. Anna Södersten’s well set out book provides a comprehensive and informative analysis that enhances our understanding of this area.’ -- Panos Koutrakos, City, University of London, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. A Brief History PART I Structural Issues 2. The Architectural Structure 3. Legal Regimes: Theorising the Treaty Relationship PART II Substantive Issues 4. Introduction to the EU’s General Energy Policy 5. Nuclear Industrial Development: The ‘Dirigiste’ Organisation 6. Nuclear Industrial Development: The Market-Oriented Organisation 7. Radiation Protection 8. Nuclear Safety 9. Nuclear Non-Proliferation Conclusions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWorkers, Collectivism and the Law offers a captivating historical account of worker democracy, from its beginnings in European guild systems to present-day labor unions, across the national legal systems of Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. Analysing these legal systems in light of a Habermasian concept of participatory democracy, Laura Carlson identifies ways to strengthen individual employee voice in claims against employers.Carlson highlights how employee voice and democracy, both collective and individual, assume different guises in each of these four labor law models. By tracing voice and democracy as components in the history of collective worker organizations, from guilds to journeymen associations to modern labor unions, Carlson demonstrates how history has shaped today's national labor law models.In the context of modern labor law's central focus on human rights, Carlson articulates the need for stronger legal defence of mechanisms of transparency and procedural due process, to enhance voice and democracy for union members in invoking rights and asserting protections for workers.This insightful book is indispensable reading for labor law academics and for those practicing in employment law, while those interested in the history of labor law will revel in its penetrating survey of the materials.Trade Review'Professor Laura Carlson, with multi-national legal experience, is an ideal scholar to explore how the United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden, and the US have provided diverse legal structures and mechanisms for individual and collective employee voice in the workplace. The book offers well-researched legal and historical background and insightful analysis and comparison of the countries' unique approaches.' --Laura J. Cooper, University of Minnesota Law School, US and Co-Editor, ABA Journal of Labor and Employment Law'Against a rich historical canvas, Carlson explores procedural democracy involving individual and collective labour claims in Germany, Sweden, the UK and the US. Pointing to the common trends and unique features of these systems, this informative book is a useful contribution to the literature on employee voice.' --Anne Trebilcock, Georg-August University, Germany'In this important work, Laura Carlson explores the intersections between law, democracy and collective voice from a comparative perspective. It blends historical sensitivity and theoretical sophistication to produce a work of real scholarly importance. Given the rise of nationalism, authoritarianism and growing social and economic inequalities across Europe, its publication could not be more timely. It deserves to be widely read.' --Alan Bogg, University of Bristol Law School, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction to Workers, Collectivism and the Law Part I Workers, collectivism and the law historically 1. Guilds: Brother[sister]hood, friendship and mutual aid 2. The golden age of the English guilds 3. The rise of labor in England 4. Labor in Germany: Rapid transformations 5. Labor in Sweden: Seamless transitions 6. Labor in the United States: The Court is King 7. International influences and congruences Part II The Modern National Labor Law Models 8. Employee voice in the United Kingdom 9. Employee voice in Germany: Dual channels 10. Employee voice in Sweden 11. Employee voice in the United States 12. Voice, democracy, and collectivism in the different systems Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEuropean Union citizenship is increasingly relevant in the context of both the refugee crisis and Brexit, yet the issue of citizenship is neither new nor unique to the EU. Using historical, political and sociological perspectives, the authors explore varied experiences of combining multiple identities into a single sense of citizenship.Cases are taken from Canada, Croatia, Czechia, Estonia, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey to assess the various experiences of communities being incorporated into one entity. The studies show that the EU has a comparatively large degree of diversity and complexity, with levels of integration achieved in a relatively short timeframe. Advisory models based on Canada and Switzerland allow for the EU integration processes to continue while protecting diversity and upholding common institutions. Citizenship in Segmented Societies will appeal to academics and students in the field of European and federalist studies with a focus on multiculturalism and linguistic pluralism, minority rights, and citizenship issues. It will also be of interest to those with a particular interest in historical and comparative analysis of the EU.Contributors include: A.C. Bianculli, F. Cheneval, Ç. Erdogan, M. Ferrín, V. Hlousek, J. Jordana, S. Lopez, M. Sanjaume-Calvet, G. Tavits, H. Yilmaz, C.I. Velasco RicoTrade Review'How to build supranational citizenship while accommodating diversity and protecting existing communities is a key challenge to European integration. Case by case, this highly informative collection shows that that the EU is not alone - and that there is a huge variety of models to draw from (or to avoid).' --Frank Schimmelfennig, ETH Zurich, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Francis Cheneval and Mónica Ferrín 1. Switzerland as a Model for the EU Francis Cheneval and Mónica Ferrín 2. The EU and the Canadian mirror: citizenship, multinationalism, and multiculturalism Clara Isabel Velasco Rico and Marc Sanjaume-Calvet 3. Linguistic Policies and Citizens’ Claims in a Multinational State: The Case of Spain Andrea C. Bianculli, Jacint Jordana and Siresa Lopez 4. The Czech Republic: Minority Rights since the Days of the Habsburg Empire Vít Hloušek 5. Minority Policy and Social Rights: The Case of Estonia Gaabriel Tavits 6. Turkey: Minorities and Citizenship Claims Hakan Yılmaz, section 6.1 with the assistance of Çağdan Erdoğan 7. Accommodating Rivalling Claims to Citizenship in Federations: Lessons for the EU Marc Sanjaume-Calvet 8. Nation-Building Process versus Community Claims: Taking Stock of Analysed Examples of Unitary States Vít Hloušek 9. Conclusion Francis Cheneval and Mónica Ferrín Index

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Book SynopsisThe Maastricht Treaty of 1992 introduced the right to free movement for EU citizens. Despite this, in practice there are still substantial barriers to securing these freedoms. EU Citizenship and Social Rights discusses and analyses those legal and practical barriers preventing inter-European migrants from integrating into new host countries. Providing analysis of the development of EU social policy, this book highlights the disparate roles of the EU as a whole and of Member States in determining social rights and outcomes. In particular the issues of social assistance, housing benefits, study grants and health care are examined. In addition, the authors discuss the discrepancy between the social rights granted to workers and social rights granted to non-worker migrants, as well as the barriers facing minority groups like the Roma, which highlight issues in the development of EU social policy for migrants. This book will be a vital resource for students of European law as well as public and social policy. EU policy makers will also benefit from reading this, with its practical and theoretical suggestions for ways in which social policies may be amended to the benefit of EU citizens.Contributors include:; N. Absenger, F. Blank, P. Brown, C. Bruzelius, H. Dean, K. Hyltén-Cavallius, C. Jacqueson, P. Martin, F. Pennings, P. Phoa, L. Scullion, M. Seeleib-Kaiser, S. Stendahl, O. Swedrup, A.M. Swiatkowski, M. WujczykTable of ContentsContents: Series Preface Preface 1. Intra-EU Migration and Social Rights: An Introduction Martin Seeleib-Kaiser and Frans Pennings PART I Applicable supranational legal standards 2. The European Social Charter as a Basis for Defining Social Rights for EU Citizens Andrzej Marian Świątkowski and Marcin Wujczyk 3. EU social citizenship: Between individual rights and national concerns Catherine Jacqueson PART II Freedom of Movement, EU Citizenship and Social Rights: Comparative Perspectives 4. (Dis)united in diversity? Social policy and social rights in the EU Cecilia Bruzelius, Catherine Jacqueson and Martin Seeleib-Kaiser 5 Legal Barriers to Access of EU Citizens to Social Rights Frans Pennings 6. Social Human Rights as a Legal Strategy to Enhance EU Citizenship Sara Stendahl and Otto Swedrup PART III EU Citizenship and Social Rights: Various Dimensions 7. The Need of Residence Registration for Enjoyment of EU Citizenship in Sweden Katarina Hyltén-Cavallius 8. Social rights, labour market policies and the freedom of movement: contradictions within the European project? Nadine Absenger and Florian Blank 9. Roma Persons and EU Citizenship Philip Martin, Lisa Scullion and Philip Brown 10. EU Citizens’ Access to Social Benefits: Reality or Fiction? Outlining a Law and Literature Approach to EU citizenship Pauline Phoa 11. The Construction of Social Rights Hartley Dean PART IV Conclusion 12. Conclusion Martin Seeleib-Kaiser and Frans Pennings Index

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Book SynopsisHighly topical and with an interdisciplinary focus, this book explores the recent political and social developments in EU citizenship. Bringing political scientists, sociologists and law scholars together, this book analyses the implications of identity categorisation regarding gender and generations in the EU and what this means for the realisation of citizens?' rights, particularly of women, young adults and migrant care workers throughout the EU. Established researchers explore the stories of social and civil rights in the EU, covering family mobility and migration issues, the precarious positions of female migrant workers across member states and the EU?s promotion of diverse family rights. Moreover, the book focuses on the prominent issues facing the new generation of young adults: particularly social mobility, civil rights and political parties?' differing views on gender and family issues. With insight into national and regional perspectives on these significant topics, the authors argue that the European Parliament is currently striving for a new consensus to unite member states and dissipate current divisions. An important read for academics and students from across the social sciences, specifically public and social policy, gender studies and European studies, interested in the future direction of the EU surrounding gender and generational division.Contributors include: G.M. Dotti Sani, J. Gal, T. Knijn, A. Krizsan, D. Lepianka, J. Long, M. Luppi, M. Naldini, R. Oomkens, L. Rolandsen Agustin, A. Santero, B. Siim, J. Sipic, D. Sirinic, C. Solera, L.J. van den Braken, M.A. YerkesTrade Review‘Knijn and Naldini’s edited collection is a welcome addition to the vast area of citizenship studies that highlight many challenges to active EU citizenship participation and individual EU citizenship rights. It aims to highlight discrepancy within EU citizenship along the lines of gender, age and mobility. As such, the book situates itself within the work on gendered citizenship in welfare States that interrogates care policies as an aspect of gendered social rights.’ -- Jule Mulder, Common Market Law Review (CML)Table of ContentsContents Preface 1. Introduction: EU citizenship, a matter of gender, generations and family dependency Trudie Knijn and Manuela Naldini PART I TENSION BETWEEN GENDER AND FAMILY VALUES AND EU POLITICAL DISCOURSES 2. Rights for women, migrants and minorities: consensus and silences in the European Parliament Anita Nissen and Lise Rolandsen Agustín 3. Gender equality and family in European populist radical-right agendas: European parliamentary debates 2014 Andrea Krizsán and Birte Siim 4. National attitudes as a barrier to European citizenship rights? The case of parenthood and partnership rights for individuals in diverse family forms Giulia M. Dotti Sani, Trudie Knijn, Manuela Naldini, Cristina Solera and Mara A. Yerkes PART II CROSS-NATIONAL BALANCING OF GENDER AND GENERATIONAL RIGHTS 5. The role of reproductive rights and family policies in defining parenthood Joëlle Long, Manuela Naldini and Arianna Santero 6. Differently unequal: On migrants’ stratified access to family reunification and family entitlements in the Netherlands, Israel and Italy Dana Halevy, Dorota Lepianka and Arianna Santero 7. Precarious migrant care workers in Italy, Israel and the UK Matteo Luppi, Rosanne Oomkens and John Gal PART III MOBILE AND ACTIVE YOUTH 8. Young adults on the move: tensions between EU and national-level policies Trudie Knijn and Mara A. Yerkes 9. Why do young Europeans stay at home? Including ‘stay-stay away’ factors in migration research Leydi Johana van den Braken, Dorota Lepianka and Trudie Knijn 10. Are there any ties left? Party characteristics and age-based differences in party-voter linkages Daniela Širinić and Josip Šipić Index

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Book SynopsisThe Americanization of European Union Democracy Promotion: Ideology, Diversity, and United States Hegemony is a timely and thought-provoking exploration of the origins, development and growing prominence of international democracy promotion in the past hundred years.Building upon the vast literature on the topic, chapters look at the EU as a global governance actor and map its multilevel governance system in democracy promotion, contextualising and comparing this with the United States hegemonic design, which has become a fundamental instrument of national foreign policy in the past two decades. Creating a comprehensive understanding of the similarities and differences between the EU and US approaches, José M. Magone examines various EU models of democracy, analysing how different national democracy understandings in Europe coexist with the technocratic liberal European one. The book ultimately argues that since 2004 the EU has aligned with a more aggressive ideological US hegemonic model of democracy promotion that has its roots in Wilsonian international liberalism.Considering the pivotal role of the United States’ hegemonic design on EU democracy promotion, this book will be invaluable to students and scholars of international relations, European and US politics, global governance and democratization. It will also prove vital for policymakers looking into the role the EU could play in strengthening non-national global governance in the long run.Trade Review‘This original and provocative study enlightens us not just about democracy promotion but about policy diffusion and Europe’s most important institution. It is an ideal blend of sophistication and accessibility and deserves a wide audience.’ -- Nancy Bermeo, University of Oxford, UK‘Professor Magone's excellent new book analyzes the EU's gradual abandonment of its neutral democracy promotion policy. Magone rightly claims that the only way forward is a new form of democracy promotion that is truly neutral, pluralistic, and respectful of the democratization efforts of the EU's neighbors. This compelling book is a must read for policymakers and scholars alike.’ -- Morten Heiberg, University of Copenhagen, DenmarkA valuable roadmap of European democracy promotion as a multilevel governance system, critiquing its evolution from an overly technocratic approach towards an American model driven by US security: the former’s failure in Tunisia, and the latter’s involvement in war in Ukraine, provide a highly topical, thought-provoking read.' -- Peter Burnell, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1 Introduction: the multilevel governance of the European Union’s democracy promotion 2 Exploring the models of democracy in the European Union 3 The European Union as a global governance actor 4 The origins of global democracy promotion: the pivotal role of the United States 5 The European Union as a global actor: the case of international democracy promotion 6 European multilevel governance in international democracy promotion: the European dimension 7 The European multilevel governance of international democracy promotion: the national dimension 8 European Union democracy promotion in the Mediterranean: failing in Tunisia 9 The Americanization of EU democracy promotion in wider Europe: the pitfalls of Wilsonian democratism in Ukraine 10 Conclusions: the Wilsonian turn of EU democracy promotion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe EU is at a crossroads. Should it choose the path towards protectionism or the path towards free trade? This book convincingly argues that lobbying regulation will be a decisive first step towards fulfilling the European dream of free trade, in accordance with the original purpose of the Treaty of Rome. Without the regulation of lobbyists to try and prevent undue political persuasion, there is a greater risk of abuse in the form of corruption, subsidies and trade barriers, which will come at the expense of consumers, tax payers and competitiveness.This interdisciplinary approach - both theoretical and methodological - offers a wealth of knowledge concerning the effect of lobbying on political decision-making and will appeal to academics across the social sciences, practitioners and policy-makers.Trade Review'Brandt's and Svendsen's study of EU lobbying activity is just that and more. The book focuses tightly on the EU Commission, where lobbying is not regulated in any way. In doing so, the two authors provide a thorough and convincing theory-based analysis of special interest demand for political favors. The book is a must-read for academics, policy makers, politicians, and yes, even for lobbyists who want to know more about how the EU's Commission operates and how special interest demand has led to potentially troublesome policy outcomes. The book will be especially appreciated by academics and policy analysts who prize creative use of price theory. In presenting their well-honed arguments, Brandt and Svendsen also provide strong analysis of the EU carbon permit trading and fisheries policy. They conclude with eight recommendations for making EU lobbying activity transparent and accountable.' --Bruce Yandle, Clemson University and George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. Power Centralization 3. Bureaucracy 4. The EU Emission Trading System (ETS) 5. Green Industries, Switch Point and First-movers 6. Countervailing Lobbying 7. Alignment of Incentives 8 Should Lobbying be Regulated in the EU? Index

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Book SynopsisThe process of European integration has had a marked influence on the nature and meaning of citizenship in national and post-national contexts as well as on the definition and exercise of civil rights across Member States. This original edited collection brings together insights from EU law, human rights and comparative constitutional law to address this underexplored nexus.Split into two distinct thematic parts, it first evaluates relevant frameworks of civil rights protection, with special attention on enforcement mechanisms and the role of civil society organisations. Next, it engages extensively with a series of individual rights connected to EU citizenship. Comprising detailed studies on access to nationality, the right to free movement, non-discrimination, family life, data protection and the freedom of expression, this book maps the expanding role of European law in the national sphere. It identifies a number of challenges to core civil rights that the current supranational framework is at pains to address. The contributors suggest and develop several new ideas on how to take the EU integration project forward. Civil Rights and EU Citizenship provides an innovative perspective on both the conceptual dimensions and the actual realities of rights-based citizenship which will be of interest to legal scholars, practitioners and policy-makers alike.Contributors include: S. Adamo, P.J. Blanco, S. de Vries, H. de Waele, T. Dudek, M.-P. Granger, K. Irion, Á.E. Menéndez, J. Morijn, P. Phoa, O. Salat, H. van Eijken, J.G. VegaTrade Review'Through its conceptually innovative focus on EU citizenship and civil rights, this important contribution reframes and refreshes some enduring questions around the protection of rights equal treatment as well as bringing significant new themes, notably the role of civil society, more to the centre of current debates. The collection's overarching exploration of a ''European civil rights mo(ve)ment'' has never seemed more necessary.' --Niamh Nic Shuibhne, The University of Edinburgh, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1 EU citizenship and civil rights: an underexplored nexus Henri de Waele and Marie-Pierre Granger PART I FRAMEWORKS 2. Post-Lisbon civil rights protection by the EU’s political institutions John Morijn 3. Securing private actors’ respect for civil rights within the EU: actual and potential horizontal effects of instruments Sybe de Vries 4. The role of civil society organisations Javier A. González Vega PART II RIGHTS 5. Nationality and EU citizenship: strong tether or slipping anchor? Hanneke van Eijken and Pauline Phoa 6. EU citizenship and EU anti-discrimination law: barriers to the enjoyment of the right to non-discrimination resulting from the legal anti-discrimination framework Tomasz Dudek 7. The civil right to free movement: the beating heart of European Union citizenship? Marie-Pierre Granger 8. The right to family life and obstacles arising from intra-European mobility Pilar Jiménez Blanco and Ángel Espiniella Menéndez 9. Pursuing Union citizenship rights: access to justice Silvia Adamo 10. Citizen journalism: potentials and pitfalls for European Union citizenship Orsolya Salát 11. The right to protection of personal data: the new posterchild of European Union citizenship? Marie-Pierre Granger and Kristina Irion 12. Epilogue: towards a European civil rights mo(ve)ment? Marie-Pierre Granger and Henri de Waele Index

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