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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive account of the role of the advisory, legislative and implementation committees involved in the policy-making process of the European Union. This is an aspect of EU politics that is often overlooked and remains under-researched, even though such committees can have wide-ranging influence in the policy-process. The group of international scholars contributing to this volume are all experts in their field, coming from different disciplinary backgrounds including political science, law and public administration. The volume combines contributions to a discussion of the normative issues arising from the nature of 'committee governance' in the EU with more empirical contributions on the role of committees in each of the stages of the EU policy-process: policy-preparation, legislative decision-making, policy-implementation and adjudication. The result is a text that provides not only a thorough overview of the role of committees in the EU today but also contributes to a deeper understanding of the nature of European governance.The Role of Committees in the Policy-Process of the European Union will find its audience in final year undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers of European studies and politics. Practitioners, NGOs and lobbyists involved in the work of the EU will all find this a uniquely useful book.Trade Review'. . . I discovered a scholarly work on a difficult and technical subject presented by the authors in an open and transparent manner. It is an empirically rich work concentrating on a crucial element of the EU's policy making process, but one which is not often investigated. Through the detailed case studies included of the myriad of committees the authors have provided a good foundation for that study. As such it will satisfy not only the researcher looking at the committee structure in general but also the researcher concentrating on a specific element of the institutional framework of EU decision making.' -- Pamela M. Barnes, University of Lincoln, UK'The book addresses an important and timely aspect of EU affairs and one which, as the authors rightly claim, tends to be neglected in EU studies (perhaps partly because of the complicated nature of the EU committee system, but also because the topic perhaps lacks the glamour of the EU's "big" policy and institutional questions). . . The book therefore is assuredly not simply a "nuts and bolts" exercise in describing what committees do and how they operate, because it also includes sharp insights into their significance for the overall system of governance in the EU. A subject as complicated as this requires clarity of exposition. The various authors succeed in their aims of providing clear treatments on how the committees work in the various EU institutions and also of the overall role of committees in the EU policy and implementation processes. . . This book is an excellent contribution to the literature in EU studies. The authors are to be congratulated on producing a volume of such high quality and one which will undoubtedly enhance readers' knowledge of how EU committees work and of their overall place in EU governance. It deserves to command a high place on the reading lists of courses in EU studies and will also be of considerable value to academic specialists working in this field.' -- Robert A. Jones, Sheffield Hallam University, UK'This book contains a multitude of detailed observations about how committees in the EU Commission, Parliament and Council actually work. This is useful knowledge since most formal decisions at the various stages of the EU policy process are prepared in committees.' -- Morten Egeberg, University of Oslo, NorwayTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: The Role of Committees in the Policy-Process of the European Union Thomas Christiansen and Torbjörn Larsson 2. Committees and the Nature of Deliberative Supranationalism in the EU Torbjörn Larsson 3. Forms of Informal Governance: Searching for Efficiency and Democracy B. Guy Peters 4. The Commission’s Relations with Expert Advisory Groups Torbjörn Larsson and Jan Murk 5. Council Working Groups: Spaces for Sectorized European Policy Deliberation Eve Fouilleux, Jacques de Maillard and Andy Smith 6. The Role of Committees and Working Groups in the CFSP Area Simon Duke 7. The Role of European Parliament Committees in the EU Policy-Making Process Christine Neuhold and Pierpaolo Settembri 8. The Role of Implementing Committees Guenther F. Schaefer and Alexander Türk 9. Comitology and the EP’s Scrutiny of Commission Implementing Acts: Real Parliamentary Control? Pamela Lintner and Beatrice Vaccari 10. The Role of the European Court of Justice in the Area of Comitology Alexander Türk 11. Conclusion Thomas Christiansen, Torbjörn Larsson and Guenther F. Schaefer References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book looks at some of the major themes concerning governance in the EU, namely the focus on market-friendly regulations, output legitimacy and how the requirement of efficiency is combined with the requirement of democratic accountability. The dilemma between efficiency and democratic accountability is analysed in three cases of close collaboration between public and private actors: the European satellite navigation programme (Galileo), the European Investment Bank and health policies, and the European financial market - especially the banking sector. The background to this interest in the dilemma between efficiency and democratic accountability is that this is a time when the borders between the public and private spheres are being re-evaluated, transferred and becoming more porous. The author makes a compelling case to show that authority is being shared between public and private actors, rather than power being delegated - inn contrast with the apparent mode of democratic accountability. European Public-Private Collaboration will be warmly welcomed by postgraduate students and researchers of European studies and public policy.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Theoretical Framework 3. European Governance – An Empirical Background 4. The Case of the European Satellite Navigation Programme 5. The Case of the European Investment Bank and Health Co-authored with Emilia Holkeri 6. The Case of the European Financial Market 7. Conclusions and Discussion References Index

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Book SynopsisGoverning beyond the nation state in multi-level governance systems is a key concern in Europe, and this book goes beyond the usual approach of merely describing characteristics and features in its in-depth exploration of EU governance. The contributors illustrate that multi-level governance is a phenomenon perceived differently all over Europe. They observe distinct variations not only in the real-life impact of EU governance but also in different national research approaches, and showcase systematic empirical analyses of pertinent research projects across Europe. Recent advances in EU governance research form the basis for suggestions on how future research agendas could and should be directed. This book will prove a fascinating read for academics, researchers and students with an interest in comparative governance, EU studies, and the social sciences.Trade Review'This very interesting and comprehensive book should be found at the bookshelves of the scholars dealing with governance or European politics, or at least those of their assistants, students, think-tank leaders, and all others who are somehow connected with European governance. The book offers a wide and fairly deep view at governance research in Europe. . . I have not read any other book which gives such a wide multinational overview of this topic in a single publication.' -- VIt Skala, Central European Journal of Public Policy'This is by far the most comprehensive account of the research undertaken on EU governance for almost two decades. This volume offers readers a unique review of the governance literature produced across Europe, and an assessment of its strengths and weaknesses. It will prove indispensable to those who want to make sense of the changes under way in EU polity.' -- Renaud Dehousse, Centre for European Studies Sciences Po, Paris, France'This volume is a "must read" for anyone interested in understanding the history and evolution of the concept of "governance" as applied to a multi-level European Union. Based on an impressive research project, this study will help scholars both in and outside of Europe understand why the study of EU governance - as well as its perceived importance - varies so widely across national boundaries. It is eye-opening.' -- Alberta Sbragia, European Union Center of Excellence / European Studies Center'This ambitious stock-taking of research on EU governance provides rich insights into the different profiles of research across Europe. It identifies the variety of different national epistemic traditions and how these are evolving in response to the opportunities for scholars from across Europe to work with and to read each other.' -- Helen Wallace FBA, London School of Economics and Political Science, UKTable of ContentsContents: Preface: The White Paper on EU Governance: An Innovative Initiative? Jérôme Vignon Introduction: Research on EU Multi-Level Governance Beate Kohler-Koch and Fabrice Larat PART I: EU MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE AS A TOPIC OF RESEARCH 1. A Futile Quest for Coherence: The Many Frames of EU Governance Beate Kohler-Koch and Berthold Rittberger 2. Travelling Concepts: EU Governance in the Social Sciences Literature Joan O’Mahony and Jim Ottaway PART II: REFLECTING THE DIVERSITY OF RESEARCH TRADITIONS 3. United Kingdom and Ireland: Leading in Governance Research Simon Bulmer 4. German Governance Research: Advanced but Mono-Disciplinary Beate Kohler-Koch 5. The Netherlands and Norway: Strong in Governance Research Nico Groenendijk, Martin Rosema, Jacques Thomassen, Ramses Wessel and Ulf Sverdrup 6. Small Countries with Vivid Social Science Traditions: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland Stefanie Edler-Wollstein and Gerda Falkner 7. Europe’s South: Similarities and Differences in Governance Research Fabrice Larat 8. Research on EU Governance in Central and Eastern Europe: National Specificities and a Common Legacy Josef Niznik and Krzysztof Iszkowski 9. Researching Governance in a Multinational Environment: The European University Institute Sandra Eckert PART III: TRENDS AND PATTERNS IN RESEARCH 10. Trends and Patterns in Governance Research: What Do the GovData Tell Us? Fabrice Larat and Thomas Schneider 11. EU Governance: Where Do We Go From Here? Johan P. Olsen Annex Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides an authoritative contribution to applied cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and other evaluation methods in the context of the regional policy of the European Union. Through the use of Structural Funds and other financial and regulatory mechanisms, the EU will help to promote thousands of infrastructure projects in the next decade. CBA will be a key ingredient in the investment decision process and the authors provide important insights from their international experiences in project appraisal and evaluation and point to some valuable lessons to be learnt for the future. Some key questions addressed by the expert contributors include: How should a planner design incentives to stimulate evaluation efforts in project appraisal? What can we learn from the evaluation experience at the European Commission, the European Investment Bank, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the World Bank? What is the appropriate shadow price of time for Trans-European networks in transport? Is there a consensus on the value of the statistical life in environment projects? Should we use one unique European social discount rate or several? Edited by Massimo Florio, a leading expert in CBA and author of the EC, Guide to Cost-Benefit Analysis of Investment Projects (2002), this book will be warmly welcomed by practitioners in investment planning and evaluation, students in public economics, planning, development and European studies, and academics and researchers of CBA and applied welfare economics.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: Multi-government Cost–Benefit Analysis, Shadow Prices and Incentives Massimo Florio PART I: LEARNING FROM INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE 2. Cost–Benefit Analysis and EU Cohesion Policy Andrea Mairate and Francesco Angelini 3. Assessing Projects and Programmes for Cohesion Policy at the EIB Gianni Carbonaro 4. Assessing the Contribution of Investment Projects to Building a Market Economy: Beyond Cost–Benefit Analysis? José Carbajo 5. Is Development Evaluation Relevant to the European Project? Robert Picciotto PART II: PROJECT EVALUATION IN TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENT 6. Economic Evaluation and Incentives in Transport Infrastructure Investment Ginés De Rus 7. Cost–Benefit Analysis of Transport Projects in France Emile Quinet 8. Environmental Valuation: A Brief Overview of Options Giles Atkinson and Susana Mourato 9. On the Definition and Estimation of the Value of a ‘Statistical Life’ Per-Olov Johansson 10. Economic Evaluation in Environmental Policymaking and Implications for Children Pascale Scapecchi PART III: KEY PARAMETERS FOR APPLIED COST–BENEFIT ANALYSIS 11. Social Discount Rates for the European Union: An Overview Michael Spackman 12. Social Discount Rates for the European Union: New Estimates David Evans 13. Regional Welfare Weights Erhun Kula 14. Derivation of Regional Welfare Weights: An Application to Turkey Haluk Sezer Index

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Book SynopsisHow have the main institutions and decision-making processes of the EU responded to the arrival of new member states? This book assesses the actual state of the EU institutions in the years after the 2004 enlargement, examining each of the main institutional actors as well as trends in legislative output, implementing measures and non-legislative approaches. The contributors outline the key changes as well as patterns of continuity in the institutional politics of the EU.The analysis finds that breakdown has been avoided by a combination of assimilation of the new member states and adaptation of the system, without any fundamental transformation of the institutions. Nonetheless, they conclude that it is not just 'business as usual'. The streamlining and formalization of procedures, together with increased informal practices, has implications for transparency and accountability. Widening has not prevented deepening of European integration, but it has deepened normative concerns about the democratic legitimacy of that process which will remain very much on the agenda of the enlarged EU.This nuanced approach to the complexities of studying institutional politics and change contains important new and original data. As such it will be invaluable for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students of EU politics and administrative science, as well as researchers, practitioners and journalists working in the fields of European studies more widely.Trade Review'This book in addition of being remarkable academic reading contributes, on the highest scholarly level, to the furthering of our understanding of performance of the EU institutions which is essential for practitioners and researchers in the midst of the institutional crisis.' -- Dominik Vuletić, Croatian International Relations Review'. . . an impressively detailed introduction to the institutions and committees that form the core frameworks of EU activities including the EU Parliament, the European Central Bank, and the effects of EU membership expansion. The Institutions of the Enlarged European Union is very strongly recommended as an addition to governmental and university library International Studies reference collections in general, and European Union Studies supplemental reading lists in particular.' -- Midwest Book Review - The International Studies Shelf'This excellent book in the series of studies on EU reform and enlargement is not as dry as it first appears. . . The contributors outline the key changes as well as patterns of continuity in the institutional policies of the EU and their research which I feel will be highly beneficial to lawyers, economists and politicians. . . I found the book to be invaluable for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students of EU politics and administrative science, as well as researchers, practitioners and journalists working in the fields of European studies more widely.' -- Phillip Taylor, The Barrister'This timely, comprehensive and authoritative study provides much food for thought for European policy makers, particularly in the current situation of uncertainty about the Lisbon Treaty. The authors' basically upbeat findings - that, despite the arrival of twelve new member states in one big bang and one after shock, it has been pretty much business as usual for the EU's institutions - will comfort both those who worried about the EU's capacity to act in the absence of institutional reform and those who argued that such reform was unnecessary. But the editors identify a number of emerging dynamics that will be of concern to all who care about the Union's democratic future: increasing formalisation of meetings and procedures on the one hand, coupled with an increase in informal, pre-cooked deals on the other; increasing primacy of the administrative over the political; and a growing trend towards "presidentialisation" within the institutions, with continued efficiency requiring more emphasis on the "primus" than on the "pares". The editors conclude that, while the European Union's institutional system continues to function and might even become more efficient, the price to be paid could further distance the Union from the citizens it seeks to serve.' -- Martin Westlake, Secretary General, European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Edward Best, Pierpaolo Settembri and Thomas Christiansen 2. The European Council: A Bigger Club, a Similar Role? Wolfgang Wessels 3. Surviving Enlargement: How Has the Council Managed? Edward Best and Pierpaolo Settembri 4. The European Commission: Enlargement as Reinvention? John Peterson and Andrea Birdsall 5. The European Parliament and Enlargement Brendan Donnelly and Milena Bigatto 6. EU Enlargement and the European Court of Justice Caroline Naômé 7. The European Central Bank: Enlargement as Institutional Affirmation and Differentiation Kenneth Dyson 8. The European Economic and Social Committee after Enlargement Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán and Stijn Smismans 9. The Committee of the Regions: Multi-Level Governance after Enlargement Simona Piattoni 10. Legislative Output after Enlargement: Similar Number, Shifting Nature Edward Best and Pierpaolo Settembri 11. Implementing Committees in the Enlarged European Union: Business as Usual for Comitology? Manuela Alfé, Thomas Christiansen and Sonia Piedrafita 12. Widening, Deepening … and Diversifying: Has Enlargement Shaped New Forms of EU Governance? Edward Best 13. Conclusion Thomas Christiansen, Edward Best and Pierpaolo Settembri Appendix Index

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive account of the role of the advisory, legislative and implementation committees involved in the policy-making process of the European Union. This is an aspect of EU politics that is often overlooked and remains under-researched, even though such committees can have wide-ranging influence in the policy-process. The group of international scholars contributing to this volume are all experts in their field, coming from different disciplinary backgrounds including political science, law and public administration. The volume combines contributions to a discussion of the normative issues arising from the nature of 'committee governance' in the EU with more empirical contributions on the role of committees in each of the stages of the EU policy-process: policy-preparation, legislative decision-making, policy-implementation and adjudication. The result is a text that provides not only a thorough overview of the role of committees in the EU today but also contributes to a deeper understanding of the nature of European governance.The Role of Committees in the Policy-Process of the European Union will find its audience in final year undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers of European studies and politics. Practitioners, NGOs and lobbyists involved in the work of the EU will all find this a uniquely useful book.Trade Review'. . . I discovered a scholarly work on a difficult and technical subject presented by the authors in an open and transparent manner. It is an empirically rich work concentrating on a crucial element of the EU's policy making process, but one which is not often investigated. Through the detailed case studies included of the myriad of committees the authors have provided a good foundation for that study. As such it will satisfy not only the researcher looking at the committee structure in general but also the researcher concentrating on a specific element of the institutional framework of EU decision making.' -- Pamela M. Barnes, University of Lincoln, UK'The book addresses an important and timely aspect of EU affairs and one which, as the authors rightly claim, tends to be neglected in EU studies (perhaps partly because of the complicated nature of the EU committee system, but also because the topic perhaps lacks the glamour of the EU's "big" policy and institutional questions). . . The book therefore is assuredly not simply a "nuts and bolts" exercise in describing what committees do and how they operate, because it also includes sharp insights into their significance for the overall system of governance in the EU. A subject as complicated as this requires clarity of exposition. The various authors succeed in their aims of providing clear treatments on how the committees work in the various EU institutions and also of the overall role of committees in the EU policy and implementation processes. . . This book is an excellent contribution to the literature in EU studies. The authors are to be congratulated on producing a volume of such high quality and one which will undoubtedly enhance readers' knowledge of how EU committees work and of their overall place in EU governance. It deserves to command a high place on the reading lists of courses in EU studies and will also be of considerable value to academic specialists working in this field.' -- Robert A. Jones, Sheffield Hallam University, UK'This book contains a multitude of detailed observations about how committees in the EU Commission, Parliament and Council actually work. This is useful knowledge since most formal decisions at the various stages of the EU policy process are prepared in committees.' -- Morten Egeberg, University of Oslo, NorwayTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: The Role of Committees in the Policy-Process of the European Union Thomas Christiansen and Torbjörn Larsson 2. Committees and the Nature of Deliberative Supranationalism in the EU Torbjörn Larsson 3. Forms of Informal Governance: Searching for Efficiency and Democracy B. Guy Peters 4. The Commission’s Relations with Expert Advisory Groups Torbjörn Larsson and Jan Murk 5. Council Working Groups: Spaces for Sectorized European Policy Deliberation Eve Fouilleux, Jacques de Maillard and Andy Smith 6. The Role of Committees and Working Groups in the CFSP Area Simon Duke 7. The Role of European Parliament Committees in the EU Policy-Making Process Christine Neuhold and Pierpaolo Settembri 8. The Role of Implementing Committees Guenther F. Schaefer and Alexander Türk 9. Comitology and the EP’s Scrutiny of Commission Implementing Acts: Real Parliamentary Control? Pamela Lintner and Beatrice Vaccari 10. The Role of the European Court of Justice in the Area of Comitology Alexander Türk 11. Conclusion Thomas Christiansen, Torbjörn Larsson and Guenther F. Schaefer References Index

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Book SynopsisThis original and thought provoking book addresses the major issues in the present debate surrounding the EU, including the impact of eastward enlargement as well as the prospect of further expansion.Treating the EU as a single political entity comparable to other political systems, the authors discuss the implications of the neighbourhood programmes, the balance between vertical and horizontal integration, the constitutional crisis and the foundations of a potential European society. They also focus on topics rarely raised in the political and academic debate including the hybrid nature of the EU: It does not qualify as a state, but it is not just another intergovernmental organisation; it promotes democracy, but it is not yet a democracy in its own right. The EU is placed within a global federal context, and it is argued that the territorial expansion from the EU15 to the EU27 has added substance, but also complexity to the EU. All this makes the book a unique addition to the current literature.Applying a broad, pan-European comparative perspective, this invaluable research tool will strongly appeal to academics and students of European studies and political science and institutions such as foreign offices, embassies and EU organizations.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. A Hybrid Regime 3. Trajectory of European Federalism 4. Borders of Europe 5. Traces of a European Society 6. Europe between Unity and Diversity 7. Concluding Remarks Index

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Book SynopsisThis book discusses the domestic politics of treaty reform in the European Union, from the failed referendums on the Constitutional Treaty held in France and the Netherlands in May-June 2005 to the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon in December 2009. The chapters, written by some of the finest scholars in the field of EU/European politics, show how European integration has increasingly become a contested issue in a majority of Member States. Going beyond the view that national governments are the main, if not the sole, driving force in the process of European integration, this book shows that other actors and factors have played a central role in preference formation and inter-state bargaining. These include: political parties, public opinion, the media, presidents, constitutional courts and, more broadly, political systems, ratification hurdles and the general negotiation context.National Politics and European Integration combines empirical analysis and theoretical explanations for one of the most controversial periods in the history of the European Union. This important book will be of great interest for advanced students in EU studies, comparative politics and public policy.Table of ContentsContents: Foreword Alberta Sbragia 1. Introduction: Understanding the Domestic Politics of Treaty Reform Maurizio Carbone 2. The EU Reform Process: From the European Constitution to the Lisbon Treaty Thomas Christiansen 3. France: From Rejection to Return? Helen Drake and Christian Lequesne 4. Germany: From Launching the Constitutional Debate to Salvaging a Treaty Simon Bulmer 5. United Kingdom: Red Lines Defended Neill Nugent and David Phinnemore 6. Italy: The Importance of Party Politics in Treaty Negotiations Lucia Quaglia 7. Poland: Domestic Discord Makes for a Problematic Partner Paul G. Lewis 8. Ireland: More Referendums Anyone? Brian Girvin 9. The Benelux Countries: How Politicization Upset a Pro-integration Coalition Peter Bursens and Ben Crum 10. Spain and Portugal: Continuity and Consensus in Iberia Mary Farrell 11. The Nordic Countries: Between Scepticism and Adaptation Finn Laursen 12. Czech Republic and Slovakia: Party Politics and the Travails of Ratification Karen Henderson 13. Conclusion: Preference Formation, Inter-state Bargaining and the Treaty of Lisbon Maurizio Carbone Index

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Book SynopsisThis book brings together the research of different academic disciplines to explore the recent transformation of governance in the European Union.The emergence, execution and evolution of new modes of EU governance across several policy fields encompassing all three former pillars of the European Union are mapped, analyzed and evaluated. In particular, the contributors focus on the ways in which these innovative mechanisms and practices relate to old methods of governance and what their implications are for both the effectiveness and efficiency of policy-making. Particular attention is devoted to the impact of the Lisbon Treaty on the shape of EU governance. Conclusions are drawn in the form of an integrated framework that explores the dynamics and differentiation of EU governance.Linking research on modes of governance to the analysis of the basic legal, institutional and procedural features of the EU up to the Lisbon Treaty, this book will prove useful reading for scholars, researchers and policy-makers in the fields of European studies, law and economics, and political science and theory.Contributors: H. Bahr, K. Dezseri, U. Diedrichs, G. Falkner, J. Monar, D. Natali, A. Peters, W. Reiners, C. Shaw, O. Treib, K. Vida, W. WesselsTrade Review‘If you’re a specialist in EU law, whether practitioner or academic lawyer, or possibly a graduate student, this book is a useful research tool. . . the book is certainly a worthwhile source of current thinking and research on a broad spectrum of issues pertaining to EU governance and a great addition to the current European debate.’ -- Phillip Taylor MBE and Elizabeth Taylor, The Barrister MagazineTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Dynamics of Change in EU Governance Udo Diedrichs, Wulf Reiners and Wolfgang Wessels 2. Soft Law as a New Mode of Governance Anne Peters 3. Classifying and Mapping the OMC in Different Policy Areas Colin Shaw 4. The Pensions OMC: Why Did it Emerge and How Has it Evolved? David Natali 5. Social Policy and Environmental Policy: Comparing Modes of Governance Oliver Treib, Holger Bähr and Gerda Falkner 6. Cohesion Policy in the New Member States: Unfolding New Modes of Governance? Kálmán Dezséri and Krisztina Vida 7. Modes of Governance in the EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy Udo Diedrichs 8. Modes of EU Governance in the Justice and Home Affairs Domain: Specific Factors, Types, Evolution Trends and Evaluation Jörg Monar 9. New Modes of Governance: Perspectives from the Legal and the Living Architecture of the European Union Udo Diedrichs Index

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Book SynopsisHarmonized and uniform international laws are now being spread across different jurisdictions and fields of law, bringing with them an increasing body of scholarship on practical problems and theoretical dimensions. This comprehensive and insightful book focuses on the contributions to the development and understanding of the critical theory of harmonization. The contributing authors address a variety of different subjects concerned with harmonization and the application of legal rules resulting from harmonization efforts. This study is written by leading scholars engaged in different aspects of harmonization, and covers both regional harmonization within the EU and regional human rights treaties, as well as harmonization with international treaty obligations. With comparative analysis that contributes to the development of a more general theory on the harmonization process, this timely book will appeal to EU and international law scholars and practitioners, as well as those looking to future legal harmonization in other regions in Asia, Latin America and Africa. Contributors: O. Akseli, M. Andenas, C.B. Andersen, S. Andreadakis, Y. Arai-Takahashi, R. Ashcroft, H. Beale, G. Betlem, L.F. Del Duca, J. Devenney, M. Goldby, S. Gopalan, M. Heidemann, R.F. Henschel, I. Katsirea, M. Kenny, J. Kodo, A.H. Kritzer, E.J. Lohse, I. Maletic, J. Malinauskaite, G. McCormack, D. Nagel, A. Okwor, R. Pereira, D. Schiek, P. Syrpis, C. Twigg-Flesner, Q. Wu, H. Xanthaki, B. ZellerTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Harmonising and Regulating Financial Markets Mads Andenas 2. Applied Uniformity of a Uniform Commercial Law: Ensuring Functional Harmonisation of Uniform Texts through a Global Jurisconsultorium of the CISG Camilla Baasch Andersen 3. Regulatory Competition or Harmonisation: The Dilemma, the Alternatives and the Prospect of Reflexive Harmonisation Stelios Andreadakis 4. Harmonisation of Substantive Legal Principles and Structures: Lessons from Environmental Laws in a Federal Legal System (Australia) Ross Ashcroft 5. Disharmony in the Process of Harmonisation? – The Analytical Account of the Strasbourg Court’s Variable Geometry of Decision-making Policy Based on the Margin of Appreciation Doctrine Yutaka Arai-Takahashi 6. The Draft Academic Common Frame of Reference and the ‘Toolbox’ Hugh Beale 7. Francovich Liability for Breach of European Union Law Gerrit Betlem 8. International Law on the Carriage of Goods by Sea: UNCITRAL’s Most Recent Harmonisation Efforts Miriam Goldby 9. Demandeur-centricity in Transnational Commercial Law Sandeep Gopalan 10. International Commercial Harmonisation and National Resistance – the Development and Reform of Transnational Commercial Law and its Application Within National Legal Culture Maren Heidemann 11. Methodological Challenges of Codifying or Consolidating National and International Sales Law Based on CISG Article 35 Rene Franz Henschel 12. How Far are National Broadcasting Orders Converging as a Consequence of European Media Law and Policy? Irini Katsirea 13. The Fallacy of the Common Core: Polycontextualism in Surety Protection – a ‘Hard Case’ in Harmonisation Discourse Mel Kenny and James Devenney 14. Harmonisation of Business Law: The Experience of Africa Jimmy Kodo 15. Achieving Optimal Use of Harmonisation Techniques in an Increasingly Interrelated Twenty-first Century World–Consumer Sales: Moving the EU Harmonisation Process to a Global Plane Louis F. Del Duca, Albert H. Kritzer and Daniel Nagel 16. The Meaning of Harmonisation in the Context of European Union Law – a Process in Need of Definition Eva J. Lohse 17. Theory and Practice of Harmonisation in the European Internal Market Isidora Maletić 18. International Competition Law Harmonisation and The WTO: Past, Present and Future Jurgita Malinauskaite 19. Convergence, Path-dependency and Credit Securities: The Case Against Europe-wide Harmonisation Gerald McCormack 20. Lex Mercatoria as Transnational Commercial Law: Is the Lex Mercatoria Preferentially for the ‘Mercatocracy’? Adaora Okwor 21. The Legal Basis for Harmonisation of Environmental Criminal Law in the EU: Past and Future Challenges Ricardo Pereira 22. Comparative Law and European Harmonisation – a Match Made in Heaven or Uneasy Bedfellows? Dagmar Schiek 23. Should the EU be Attempting to Harmonise National Systems of Labour Law? Phil Syrpis 24. The Acquis Principles: An Insider’s Critical Reflections on the Drafting Process Christian Twigg-Flesner 25. Harmonisation of Competition Law in Multilateral Trade Framework: China’s WTO Membership and its Anti-monopoly Law Qianlan Wu 26. Harmonised Legal Framework for Carbon Trading Bruno Zeller 27. Technical Considerations in Harmonisation and Approximation: Legislative Drafting Techniques for Full Transposition Helen Xanthaki 28. International Harmonisation of Credit and Security Laws: The Way Forward Orkun Akseli 29. Towards a Theory of Harmonisation Mads Andenas, Camilla Baasch Andersen and Ross Ashcroft Index

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Book SynopsisHow have the main institutions and decision-making processes of the EU responded to the arrival of new member states? This book assesses the actual state of the EU institutions in the years after the 2004 enlargement, examining each of the main institutional actors as well as trends in legislative output, implementing measures and non-legislative approaches. The contributors outline the key changes as well as patterns of continuity in the institutional politics of the EU.The analysis finds that breakdown has been avoided by a combination of assimilation of the new member states and adaptation of the system, without any fundamental transformation of the institutions. Nonetheless, they conclude that it is not just 'business as usual'. The streamlining and formalization of procedures, together with increased informal practices, has implications for transparency and accountability. Widening has not prevented deepening of European integration, but it has deepened normative concerns about the democratic legitimacy of that process which will remain very much on the agenda of the enlarged EU.This nuanced approach to the complexities of studying institutional politics and change contains important new and original data. As such it will be invaluable for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students of EU politics and administrative science, as well as researchers, practitioners and journalists working in the fields of European studies more widely.Trade Review'This book in addition of being remarkable academic reading contributes, on the highest scholarly level, to the furthering of our understanding of performance of the EU institutions which is essential for practitioners and researchers in the midst of the institutional crisis.' -- Dominik Vuletić, Croatian International Relations Review'. . . an impressively detailed introduction to the institutions and committees that form the core frameworks of EU activities including the EU Parliament, the European Central Bank, and the effects of EU membership expansion. The Institutions of the Enlarged European Union is very strongly recommended as an addition to governmental and university library International Studies reference collections in general, and European Union Studies supplemental reading lists in particular.' -- Midwest Book Review - The International Studies Shelf'This excellent book in the series of studies on EU reform and enlargement is not as dry as it first appears. . . The contributors outline the key changes as well as patterns of continuity in the institutional policies of the EU and their research which I feel will be highly beneficial to lawyers, economists and politicians. . . I found the book to be invaluable for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students of EU politics and administrative science, as well as researchers, practitioners and journalists working in the fields of European studies more widely.' -- Phillip Taylor, The Barrister'This timely, comprehensive and authoritative study provides much food for thought for European policy makers, particularly in the current situation of uncertainty about the Lisbon Treaty. The authors' basically upbeat findings - that, despite the arrival of twelve new member states in one big bang and one after shock, it has been pretty much business as usual for the EU's institutions - will comfort both those who worried about the EU's capacity to act in the absence of institutional reform and those who argued that such reform was unnecessary. But the editors identify a number of emerging dynamics that will be of concern to all who care about the Union's democratic future: increasing formalisation of meetings and procedures on the one hand, coupled with an increase in informal, pre-cooked deals on the other; increasing primacy of the administrative over the political; and a growing trend towards "presidentialisation" within the institutions, with continued efficiency requiring more emphasis on the "primus" than on the "pares". The editors conclude that, while the European Union's institutional system continues to function and might even become more efficient, the price to be paid could further distance the Union from the citizens it seeks to serve.' -- Martin Westlake, Secretary General, European Economic and Social Committee, Brussels, BelgiumTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction Edward Best, Pierpaolo Settembri and Thomas Christiansen 2. The European Council: A Bigger Club, a Similar Role? Wolfgang Wessels 3. Surviving Enlargement: How Has the Council Managed? Edward Best and Pierpaolo Settembri 4. The European Commission: Enlargement as Reinvention? John Peterson and Andrea Birdsall 5. The European Parliament and Enlargement Brendan Donnelly and Milena Bigatto 6. EU Enlargement and the European Court of Justice Caroline Naômé 7. The European Central Bank: Enlargement as Institutional Affirmation and Differentiation Kenneth Dyson 8. The European Economic and Social Committee after Enlargement Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán and Stijn Smismans 9. The Committee of the Regions: Multi-Level Governance after Enlargement Simona Piattoni 10. Legislative Output after Enlargement: Similar Number, Shifting Nature Edward Best and Pierpaolo Settembri 11. Implementing Committees in the Enlarged European Union: Business as Usual for Comitology? Manuela Alfé, Thomas Christiansen and Sonia Piedrafita 12. Widening, Deepening … and Diversifying: Has Enlargement Shaped New Forms of EU Governance? Edward Best 13. Conclusion Thomas Christiansen, Edward Best and Pierpaolo Settembri Appendix Index

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Book SynopsisThis comprehensive volume comprises original essays by authors well known for their work on the European Union. Together they provide the reader with an economic analysis of the most important elements of EU law and the mechanisms for decisions within the EU. The Handbook focuses particularly on how the development of EU law negotiates the tension between market integration, national sovereignty and political democracy. The book begins with chapters examining constitutional issues, while further chapters address the establishment of a single market. The volume also addresses sovereign debt problems by providing a detailed analysis of the architecture of the EU's monetary institutions, its monetary policy and their implications. The depth and breadth of the Handbook's coverage make it an essential reference for students, scholars and policymakers interested in the complexities of the European Union. Contributors: H. Brucker, F. Cafaggi, E. Carbonara, T. Eger, M.G. Faure, J. Fidrmuc, N. Garoupa, F. Gomez, M.J. Holler, P.C. Leyens, B. Luppi, A. Nicita, R. Pardolesi, F. Parisi, J. Pelkmans, H.-B. Schafer, H. Siekmann, G. Tsebelis, S. Voigt, H.-J. WagenerTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Thomas Eger and Hans-Bernd Schäfer PART I: THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK OF THE EU 1. A Constitution Like Any Other? Comparing the European Constitution with Nation State Constitutions Stefan Voigt 2. The Rules of Decisionmaking in EU Institutions George Tsebelis 3. EU Decision Making and the Allocation of Responsibility Manfred J. Holler 4. Can Member State Liability for the Infringement of European Law Deter National Legislators? Hans-Bernd Schäfer 5. Subsidiarity for a Changing Union Emanuela Carbonara, Barbara Luppi and Francesco Parisi PART II: BASIC FREEDOMS 6. Mutual Recognition: Economic and Regulatory Logic in Goods and Services Jacques Pelkmans 7. The Law and Economics of the Free Movement of Persons in the European Union Herbert Brücker and Thomas Eger PART III: CORPORATION LAW AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 8. Corporate Governance in Europe: Foundations, Developments and Perspectives Patrick C. Leyens PART IV: PRIVATE LAW 9. Private Law I: Tort Michael G. Faure 10. Private Law II: Contract Fernando Gomez PART V: CONSUMER PROTECTION 11. The Evolution of Consumer Protection in the EU Fabrizio Cafaggi and Antonio Nicita PART VI: LAW ENFORCEMENT 12. An Economic Analysis of Legal Harmonization: The Case of Law Enforcement within the European Union Nuno Garoupa 13. Private Enforcement of Antitrust Law Roberto Pardolesi PART VII: DIVERSITY IN UNITY 14. Eastern Enlargement of the European Union Hans-Jürgen Wagener 15. The Economics of Multilingualism in the EU Jan Fidrmuc PART VIII: MONETARY INSTITUTIONS AND MONETARY POLICY 16. Law and Economics of the Monetary Union Index

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Book SynopsisWritten by leading experts, this book focuses on central issues of the foreign policy of the European Union. The issues explored include: how the EU's judges understand its relationship with the international order; the coherence of the Union's external action; the EU's approach to its neighbours; the Common Security and Defence Policy; and, the EU's participation in international organisations. By addressing each topic from a legal, political science and international relations standpoint, this relevant book highlights the different perspectives that these disciplines bring to the central issues of the EU's foreign affairs, and starts a conversation between the respective communities. Scholars and students in European and international law, politics, and international relations will find this book insightful. It will also prove timely for policy-makers in the EU and international organisations, as well as think tanks and non-governmental organisations specialising in European affairs.Trade Review‘This book constitutes a remarkable contribution to the debate of the EU’s Foreign Policy’ -- Michael Lysander Fremuth, China-EU Law Journal‘This is not just another book on the external action of the European Union. It is a worthy attempt to overcome a division in academic literature between political science and legal approaches to the subject. . . this work is the result of a well-considered and successful exercise to bridge the gap between law and political science. The structure of the book, the quality of the contributions and the detailed index make it recommended literature for everybody who is interested in the foreign policy of the European Union.’ -- Peter Van Elsuwege, Common Market Law Review‘. . . with regard to the subject matter, this volume is an encouraging attestation of the fact that EU foreign policy, even though at times appearing woolly and inert, is moving forward across the board. With regard to scholarship, it demonstrates, in an equally encouraging manner, that the “cohabitation” of law and political science/international relations does not have to result in “a house divided”.’ -- Joris Larik, European Foreign Affairs Review‘Like early mariners, politicians and officials trying to navigate European foreign policy find themselves in an environment of unpredictable hazards – hidden institutional shoals, and legal reefs that can tear the bottom out of a policy. This insightful collection of contrasted studies shines the twin beams of political science and legal analysis into these opaque depths. Practitioners as well as scholars will benefit from the illumination.’ -- Nick Witney, European Council on Foreign Relations and Former Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency, UKTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Panos Koutrakos PART I: COHERENCE IN EUROPEAN UNION FOREIGN POLICY 1. Consistency, Coherence and European Union External Action: The Path to Lisbon and Beyond Simon Duke 2. Coherence in European Union Foreign Relations Law Marise Cremona PART II: EUROPE’S JUDGES AND THE INTERNATIONAL ORDER 3. Völkerrechtsfreundlich? International Law and the Union Legal Order Jan Klabbers 4. Völkerrechtsfreundlichkeit as Comity and the Disquiet of Neoformalism: A Response to Jan Klabbers Achilles Skordas PART III: THE EUROPEAN UNION AND ITS NEIGHBOURS 5. The European Union as an International Actor and Progressive Experimentation in its Neighbourhood Bart Van Vooren 6. The European Union’s Policy on Kosovo Stephan Keukeleire, Arben Kalaja and Artan Çollaku PART IV: COMMON SECURITY AND DEFENCE POLICY 7. The Common Security and Defence Policy in a Multilateral World Mark Webber 8. The Role of Law in Common Security and Defence Policy: Functions, Limitations and Perceptions Panos Koutrakos PART V: THE EUROPEAN UNION IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 9. The Position of the European Union in (Other) International Organizations: Confronting Legal and Political Approaches Knud Erik Jørgensen and Ramses A. Wessel Index

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Book SynopsisThis unique and fascinating book illustrates that the 'credit crunch' and the ensuing financial and economic crisis of 2007-2009 did not only strike hard at the economy in the Western world, but also at its policymakers, at economics as a scientific discipline and, more specifically, at the process of European integration itself. In a series of theoretical and empirical papers, the expert contributors discuss the impact of the financial crisis on European integration in detail, considering issues including governance, sovereign debt crises, global economic imbalances, and post-crisis perspectives from Central and East European countries. The conclusion is that there is an urgent need for political integration in Europe as a necessary tool to facilitate economic integration. This book will prove invaluable to both academics and practitioners with a special interest in the economics of European integration, international financial markets, economics and international business. Contributors include: F.C. Bagliano, H. Berger, N.D. Coniglio, P. De Grauwe, S. Dumitrescu, M. Heipertz, A. Horobet, D. Ioannou, A.M. Lejour, J. Lewis, J. Lukkezen, K.-S. Lee, C. Morana, V. Nitsch, M. Pirovano, F. Prota, Z. Qian, S. Sarisoy Guerin, A. Van Poeck, J. Vanneste, P. VeenendaalTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction and Outline Wim Meeusen PART I: GLOBAL EUROPEAN GOVERNANCE AFTER THE CRISIS 2. What Kind of Governance for the Eurozone? Paul De Grauwe 3. EMU, Political Union and Economic Performance: Lessons from the Stability and Growth Pact and the Lisbon Strategy Demosthenes Ioannou and Martin Heipertz 4. Sustainability of Government Debt in the EMU Arjan M. Lejour, Jasper Lukkezen and Paul Veenendaal 5. Economic Crises and Regional Convergence in the EU: An Exploration of Facts, Theories and Policy Implications Nicola D. Coniglio and Francesco Prota 6. Do the European Union’s Bilateral Investment Treaties Matter? The Way Forward After Lisbon Selen Sarisoy Guerin PART II: THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND GLOBAL ECONOMIC IMBALANCES 7. The Effects of the US Economic and Financial Crises on Euro Area Convergence Fabio C. Bagliano and Claudio Morana 8. A Euro Peg System as an Alternative for the Chinese Exchange Rate Regime? Kang-Soek Lee 9. Inflexibilities and Trade Imbalances: Evidence from Europe Helge Berger and Volker Nitsch 10. Global Imbalance, Excess Liquidity and Financial Risk in China Zongxin Qian PART III: THE EURO PERSPECTIVE IN EAST AND CENTRAL EUROPE AFTER THE CRISIS 11. How has the Financial Crisis Affected the Eurozone Accession Outlook in Central and Eastern Europe? John Lewis 12. Portfolio and Short-term Capital Inflows to the New and Potential EU Countries: Patterns and Determinants Mara Pirovano, Jacques Vanneste and André Van Poeck 13. Time-varying Diversification Benefits: The Impact of Capital Market Integration on European Portfolio Holdings Alexandra Horobet and Sorin Dumitrescu Index

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Book SynopsisMultinational Investment in Modern Europe addresses the theoretical explanations for increased multinational investment and activity comparing Europe, Japan and America. It then focuses upon the consequences of cross-investment and strategic interaction between multinationals operating within the EC, paying particular attention to the impact on the competitiveness and technological capacity of selected countries and firms. It is suggested that the restructuring of the European networks of multinationals is affecting the geographical division of labour between EC countries.In conclusion, it examines patterns of national specialization by trade within the EC and changing business-government relationships.Containing new work by an international group of leading economists, this stimulating and instructive book will be invaluable to all those interested in multinational investment and the future of the European economies after the completion of the single market.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction (J. Cantwell) 2. Cross-Investments between Japan and the EC: Income Similarity, Technological Congruity and Economies of Scope (T. Ozawa) 3. Direct Investment between the United States and the European Community Post-1986 and Pre-1992 (E.M. Graham) 4. Intra-Industry Direct Investment in the European Community: Oligopolistic Rivalry and Technological Competition (J. Cantwell and F. Sanna-Randaccio) 5. The Belgian Metalworking Industries and the Large European Internal Market: the Role of Multinational Investment (D. van den Bulcke and P. de Lombaerde) 6. Cross-Investments between France and Italy and the New European Strategies of Industrial Groups (J. Savary) 7. Trade and Direct Investment within the EC: the Impact of Strategic Considerations (N. Acocella) 8. Cross-Direct Investment and Technological Capacity in Spanish Domestic Firms (J.J. Durán Herrera) 9. European Integration and the Pattern of FDI Inflow in Portugal (V.C. Simões) 10. Cross-Investment in the EC Banking Sector (P.A. Campayne) 11. Multinational Corporations and the Single European Market (G.N. Yannopoulos) 12. Multinational Investment in the EC: Some Policy Implications (J.H. Dunning)

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Book SynopsisA Modern Companion to the European Community provides in-depth practical information on the European Community in a single, accessible volume. An introductory chapter provides a brief historical overview of the development of the EC in the post-war period and a description of the major Directorates and policy making functions within the Community. The book includes basic statistics on population, GNP, trade performance as well as an assessment of each member country's economic potential. This useful book also provides authoritative explanations of over 1,000 commonly used acronyms and abbreviations which are essential to an understanding of the workings of the EC. It will be an indispensable acquisition for international businesses, academic and public libraries, embassies, government departments, universities and colleges throughout the world.Trade Review’It will be especially useful for people who have little background on the EC and who are bewildered by the myriad of acronyms they encounter when reading about it.’ -- Frank L. Wilson, American Reference Books Annual

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Book SynopsisQuestions of European economic and political integration have been placed firmly on the policy agenda as we enter the late 1990s. The Economic Emergence of a New Europe? explores the arguments and forms of analysis deployed by those who have been pressing for closer integration since the early 1980s.Although events in Denmark and the United Kingdom have thrown the future of the post-Maastricht European Community into some confusion, the agreements already reached will propel the Community along a path of ever closer economic co-operation. Casting a sceptical eye over much of the economic analysis used to explore the effects and implications of the integration process, this book critically examines the reasons behind the contemporary imperative for greater integration among the European states, and assesses the likely limits of this programme.Trade Review'This well written book presents sound and convincing arguments. Its major strength is the use of the twin idea of institutional diversity and co-operation-competition in the European context.' -- Michael Dietrich, Sheffield University Management School, UK'A well-written book on European economic and political integration, critically examining the arguments and forms of analysis deployed by advocates of closer integration over the last ten years. The book presents sound and convincing arguments and its major strength is the use of the twin idea of institutional diversity and co-operation competition in the European context, with additional assessment of the likely limits of the integration programme.' -- Aslib Book Guide'Overall the book provides an excellent discussion of the issues relating to economic and political integration in Europe.' -- D. Perrons, Environment and Planning A'A well-written book that presents sound and convincing arguments, its major strength is the use of the twin idea of institutional diversity and cooperation - competition in the European context.' -- International Review of Administrative SciencesTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. What is Europe? 3. The Evolution of the Managed Economy in Europe 4. Justifying European Economic Integration 5. Economic and Monetary Union: Problems and Prospects 6. Management and Industrial Policy in Europe 7. Eastern Europe and the ex-Soviet Union 8. Conclusion

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Book SynopsisEuropean economic and monetary union creates a new environment for pay determination. The Single Market will boost competition in many sectors, and the integration of European capital will transform patterns of labour relations and pay fixing. Written by a distinguished group of authors from across the Community, this important new book deals with the key issues of pay and employment, wage differentiation within the Community, firms’ location decisions, centralised pay bargaining and lower inflation, new payment systems to boost productivity, and pay and unemployment in Southern Europe.The conclusion accepts the likely benefits of the Single Market, but argues for pay policies to help labour markets adapt. This means greater co-ordination of economic policies and measures to prevent an increase of inequality that could threaten the Community's cohesion. It stresses the need for nationally differentiated policies that enable all member countries to succeed within the Single Market.

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Book SynopsisThis provocative and thoughtful book critically examines the major issues facing Europe today and makes policy proposals for the future.The Future of Europe focuses on the main policy areas where European leaders must take decisions over the coming years. The issues discussed include the EC’s policies for enlargement, greater depth, economic and monetary integration, foreign affairs, defence and citizenship rights. The author, Peter Coffey, offers a considered assessment of the move towards European integration, praising the achievements but also expressing concern about the lack of democratic control in the EC and its inability to co-ordinate its economic, monetary and foreign policies. European union, he argues, must be a selective coming together ‘a Europe a la carte‘ if the rights of the individual are to be reconciled with the necessity of creating a common front in selected critically important areas.Written in an accessible and informative style, this key policy book introduces students, teachers and others to the central economic, social and political issues facing present-day Europe.Trade Review’An excellent and clear analysis of the major issues facing the European Community.’Table of ContentsContents: 1. A Historical Perspective: From Marshall Aid to the Single Market 2. Earlier Attempts at Political Co-operation: Common Foreign and Security Policies 3. Attempts at Forming an Economic and Monetary Union 4. The Record of the Single European Market 5. The Treaty on European Union: Realities and Myths 6. The European Institutions: More or Less Democracy? 7. Enlargement and/or Greater Depth 8. Policies for Eastern Europe 9. Present and Future Economic and Monetary Policies 10. A Common Foreign Policy? 11. The Military Dimension 12. The Social Policy Issue 13. The Rights of Citizens: European Citizenship, Migration and Related Issues 14. Conclusions: What the Future Might Bring

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Book SynopsisThis provocative and thoughtful book critically examines the major issues facing Europe today and makes policy proposals for the future.The Future of Europe focuses on the main policy areas where European leaders must take decisions over the coming years. The issues discussed include the EC’s policies for enlargement, greater depth, economic and monetary integration, foreign affairs, defence and citizenship rights. The author, Peter Coffey, offers a considered assessment of the move towards European integration, praising the achievements but also expressing concern about the lack of democratic control in the EC and its inability to co-ordinate its economic, monetary and foreign policies. European union, he argues, must be a selective coming together ‘a Europe a la carte‘ if the rights of the individual are to be reconciled with the necessity of creating a common front in selected critically important areas.Written in an accessible and informative style, this key policy book introduces students, teachers and others to the central economic, social and political issues facing present-day Europe.Trade Review’An excellent and clear analysis of the major issues facing the European Community.’Table of ContentsContents: 1. A Historical Perspective: From Marshall Aid to the Single Market 2. Earlier Attempts at Political Co-operation: Common Foreign and Security Policies 3. Attempts at Forming an Economic and Monetary Union 4. The Record of the Single European Market 5. The Treaty on European Union: Realities and Myths 6. The European Institutions: More or Less Democracy? 7. Enlargement and/or Greater Depth 8. Policies for Eastern Europe 9. Present and Future Economic and Monetary Policies 10. A Common Foreign Policy? 11. The Military Dimension 12. The Social Policy Issue 13. The Rights of Citizens: European Citizenship, Migration and Related Issues 14. Conclusions: What the Future Might Bring

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Book SynopsisThis major new book is the most up-to-date general survey of economic and political integration in the European Union. Recent key developments deriving from the Maastricht Treaty and the Single European Act are highlighted including the completion of the Single Market, the prospects for EMU, the Community budget, and the reform of the CAP. The main ingredients of EMU are discussed and the Maastricht monetary plan is critically explained. This is followed by an analysis of the Community budget to 1999 and the related reform of the CAP. Professor Swann also surveys the two other treaty pillars - Co-operation on Justice and Home Affairs and the development of Common Foreign and Security Policy. European Economic Integration concludes by reviewing the factors which have stimulated the process towards an even closer union and identifying the challenges which still face the Union as it moves towards the second millennium.Trade Review'This is a very useful little book which will no doubt prove to be of interest not only to those studying Europe as part of a course in politics, but also for those who approach this topic because they are taking economics.' -- Talking Politics'Swann writes simply and straightforwardly, with a minimum of technical economics.'– Clive H. Church, Political StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Original Community Blueprint: The Form and Process of Integration 2. The Original Community Blueprint: Institutions and Integration Policies 3. The Emergence of the Single European Act 4. The Single European Act 5. Onwards to Maastricht 6. Maastricht: Principles, Competences and Powers 7. Maastricht: The Economic and Monetary Union Programme 8. The Budget and Agriculture in the 1990s 9. The Magnetism of the European Union 10. Community Dynamics and Future Problems Index

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Book SynopsisWritten in response to violent conflict in many of the former socialist countries and unease about European integration in the West, this informative and contemporary book presents a multi-sectoral assessment of the future of the nation state in Europe.The 13 articles included in The Future of the Nation State in Europe offer a wide-ranging, insightful analysis by an international group of distinguished scholars who argue that the question of the nation state in Europe will remain one of the foremost issues confronting social scientists. Contributions by Paavo Vayrynen, Ernst Gellner, Aira Kemilainen and Jyrki Iivonen on the concept of ‘nation state’ and its definition, are followed by two historical articles by Giovanni Arrighi and Erik Allardt, the former discussing the development of historical capitalism while the later connects the question of the nation state to different forms of technology. Later essays deal with various contexts of the nation state, including articles by Jaan Kaplinski on the future of national cultures in Europe, by Ali Kazancigil on the effects of unification on the national state, by Allan Rosas on the decline of sovereignty in international law and by Raimo Vayrynen on the relationship between territory and nation state. The volume concludes by examining the effects of regional changes on ethnic developments in Europe with articles by Thomas Henschel on German unification, Risto Alapuro on Russian civil society and Mate Szabo on East European Political development. Offering perspectives drawn from history, sociology, anthropology, law and political science, this major volume will be welcomed by political scientists, commentators and all those concerned with questions of European statehood.Table of ContentsPart 1 Concepts and definitions: introduction - nation states in Europe, Jyrki Iivonen; nation state - some basic concepts and definitions, Paavo Vayrynen; nationalism and the development of European societies, Ernest Gellner; patriotism and nationalism, Aira Kemilainen. Part 2 Historical processes: the three hegemonies of historical Capitalism, Giovanni Arrighi; the nation state and nationalism with different forms of technology, Erik Allardt. Part 3 Different contexts of nation state: the future of national cultures in Europe, Jaan Kaplinski; a prospective view on the European nation state and unification, Ali Kazancigil; the decline of sovereignty - legal perspectives, Allan Rosas; territory, nation state and nationalism, Raimo Vayrynen. Part 4 Regional processes: German national consciousness and the nation state, Thomas R. Henschel; civil society in Russia?, Risto Alapuro; nationalism, nation state and prospects of democratization in Eastern Europe, Mate Szabo.

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Book SynopsisThis major new book is the most up-to-date general survey of economic and political integration in the European Union. Recent key developments deriving from the Maastricht Treaty and the Single European Act are highlighted including the completion of the Single Market, the prospects for EMU, the Community budget, and the reform of the CAP. The main ingredients of EMU are discussed and the Maastricht monetary plan is critically explained. This is followed by an analysis of the Community budget to 1999 and the related reform of the CAP. Professor Swann also surveys the two other treaty pillars - Co-operation on Justice and Home Affairs and the development of Common Foreign and Security Policy. European Economic Integration concludes by reviewing the factors which have stimulated the process towards an even closer union and identifying the challenges which still face the Union as it moves towards the second millennium.Trade Review'This is a very useful little book which will no doubt prove to be of interest not only to those studying Europe as part of a course in politics, but also for those who approach this topic because they are taking economics.' -- Talking Politics'Swann writes simply and straightforwardly, with a minimum of technical economics.'– Clive H. Church, Political StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Original Community Blueprint: The Form and Process of Integration 2. The Original Community Blueprint: Institutions and Integration Policies 3. The Emergence of the Single European Act 4. The Single European Act 5. Onwards to Maastricht 6. Maastricht: Principles, Competences and Powers 7. Maastricht: The Economic and Monetary Union Programme 8. The Budget and Agriculture in the 1990s 9. The Magnetism of the European Union 10. Community Dynamics and Future Problems Index

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Book SynopsisThis authoritative volume traces the creation and development of the EEC as an institution and assesses its impact on the economic development of Europe and the policy areas under its control.The book includes a thorough discussion of the background and origins of the European Economic Community. In the early years of post-war Europe, the continuous search for a multilateral commercial agreement resulted in various plans for European commercial cooperation. These schemes were proposed less in a desire for European integration and supranational institutions, than in response to real economic problems and were the precursors to the formation of the EEC.The next section investigates the process of creating the EEC including the road to integration of the major founding members, and the attitude of the United States to European integration.Finally, it discusses the economic development of the EEC since 1957. It explores major themes including the impact of the Community on trade and agriculture and on competition and financial policy, as well as the effects of its own enlargement. The study ends with the steps towards closer union embodied in the Treaty of Maastricht, which signalled the transformation of the European Economic Community into the European Union.Trade Review'. . . the first two parts contain some excellent material. . .' -- Peter Holmes, Regional Studies'. . . the quality of reproduction is good . . . its commendable aspect is that it brings together under one roof a diverse range of interpretations in easily accessible form.'– Steven Morewood, The Economic JournalTable of ContentsContents: Introduction Part I: Towards the EEC 1945–55 Part II: The Creation of the EEC Part III: The Economic Development of the EEC, 1957–92 Index

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Book SynopsisWhat major long-term factors will shape the European Community post-1992? Who are the central actors, how will they exert influence on Europe's future, and what are their expectations and intentions?In seeking to answer these questions, The European Challenges Post-1992 offers a multidisciplinary, qualitative approach, throwing new light on the aspirations and preoccupations aroused by the promise of the Community. Centring on socio-political and cultural concerns and their interplay with economic phenomena, this important book combines expert opinion from 12 large European research institutes - each of which provides an analysis of the major factors shaping the future of their own country - with the views of leading industrialists and business leaders. The editors bring together these different views and interpretations to offer a comprehensive assessment of the Community's future.The European Challenge Post-1992 includes contributions by the former Commissaire du Plan (Brussels), the Institute of International Economics and Management (Copenhagen), Commissariat General du Plan (Paris), Kiel Institute of World Economics (Kiel), Foundation of Economic and Industrial Research (Athens), Economic and Social Research Institute (Dublin), Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali (Rome), Institut Universitaire International (Luxembourg), Scientific Council for Government Policy (The Hague), Instituto de Prospectiva (Lisbon), Fundacion Empresa Publica (Madrid), McKinsey & Co. and the Policy Studies Institute (London).The product of a major research project, this distinguished book is an invaluable reference point for all those concerned with the future of the European Community.Trade ReviewPreface by Jacques Delors'It cannot be said that any important issue is ignored in this substantial and useful piece of research.'

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Book SynopsisWhat major long-term factors will shape the European Community post-1992? Who are the central actors, how will they exert influence on Europe's future, and what are their expectations and intentions?In seeking to answer these questions, The European Challenges Post-1992 offers a multidisciplinary, qualitative approach, throwing new light on the aspirations and preoccupations aroused by the promise of the Community. Centring on socio-political and cultural concerns and their interplay with economic phenomena, this important book combines expert opinion from 12 large European research institutes - each of which provides an analysis of the major factors shaping the future of their own country - with the views of leading industrialists and business leaders. The editors bring together these different views and interpretations to offer a comprehensive assessment of the Community's future.The European Challenge Post-1992 includes contributions by the former Commissaire du Plan (Brussels), the Institute of International Economics and Management (Copenhagen), Commissariat General du Plan (Paris), Kiel Institute of World Economics (Kiel), Foundation of Economic and Industrial Research (Athens), Economic and Social Research Institute (Dublin), Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali (Rome), Institut Universitaire International (Luxembourg), Scientific Council for Government Policy (The Hague), Instituto de Prospectiva (Lisbon), Fundacion Empresa Publica (Madrid), McKinsey & Co. and the Policy Studies Institute (London).The product of a major research project, this distinguished book is an invaluable reference point for all those concerned with the future of the European Community.Trade ReviewPreface by Jacques Delors'It cannot be said that any important issue is ignored in this substantial and useful piece of research.'

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Book SynopsisThis book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of the complex interrelationship between technological change, globalisation, 'Europeanisation', national institutional structures, and the transfer of ideas in the reform of European telecommunications regulation.Globalisation, Convergence and European Telecommunications Regulation analyses the achievements and limitations of over twenty years of EU efforts to liberalise markets and to harmonise regulation. A key feature is the author's treatment of the EU's regulatory policy response to technological convergence in the information and communications sector, through its new Electronic Communications Regulatory Framework. The book explores in detail the dynamics of the complex relationship between technological and globalisation pressures, economic interests and European and national policy responses. A key finding is persistent Member State diversity in regulatory implementation alongside remarkable policy convergence on a new institutional model for the telecommunications sector. An overarching trend is the emergence of distinct features of a 'regulatory state', at national and EU level, in the telecommunications sector.Contributing to the ongoing debate on the role of the EC and the extent to which EU telecommunications policy can be described as 'supranational', this book will strongly appeal to academics, researchers, students and practitioners involved in the fields of technology, public policy and European studies.Trade Review'For policy analysts, the transformation of European public policies since the nineties has become an exceptionally challenging process in which actors and institutions operate at multiple levels combining old and new loyalties, playing traditional and innovative political games. This is an excellent book that introduces the reader to these complexities taking into account recent academic debates about policy making in Europe, and analyses the configuration of a telecommunications regulatory regime in Europe at different levels. The book reviews the recent policy changes towards the opening of telecommunications markets in Europe, considering different analytical perspectives. Globalization and domestic pressures are both regarded as relevant factors impacting on European arenas, and Europeanization processes are carefully examined in detail within these contexts. In sum, for all those who aim to understand recent developments in European telecommunications policy, this book will make for necessary reading.' -- Jacint Jordana, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, SpainTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: The Analytical Framework 2. Globalisation and the Competition State 3. Liberalisation and Europeanisation of Telecommunications – The Emergence of an EU Policy Framework 4. The Transposition and Implementation of the EU’s 1998 Regulatory Framework 5. A New EU Regulatory Package for Converging Electronic Communications Networks and Services 6. Regulation of Communications Content and the EU’s Electronic Communications Regulatory Framework 7. The Changing Global Governance of Telecommunications and the EU 8. Conclusions – Globalisation, Convergence and European Telecommunications Regulation References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book examines the extent to which spatial economic convergence has taken place in the European Union and analyses the effectiveness of regional policy. The authors examine the differing economic features of the European regions and provide an institutional background to regional policy at both the national and Union level. Theories of economic growth are discussed and assessed in terms of the relative performance of regional economies in Europe. The authors then analyse the extent to which economic convergence, for example in terms of income and employment, has materialized across regions using a variety of techniques including mean reversion and time varying parameter procedures. The analysis is both at the level of the entire EU area and at more disaggregate levels that look at specific regions of the Union and at specific sectors. The book offers an assessment of some of the key regional policy instruments used and pays particular attention to the role of infrastructure investment as a tool for enhancing regional growth. It also considers the extent to which some non-regional specific policies impact upon the development of regional economies and explores the implications of closer monetary ties between member states.This book will be of interest to academics and policymakers concerned with regional science, European studies and macroeconomics.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Regions of the European Union 3. The Development of the European Union’s Regional Policy 4. Theories of Economic Development 5. Regional Economic Performance in the European Union 6. Economic Performance and Convergence across UK Regions 7. Labour Market Convergence in the UK and Germany 8. Infrastructure and Regional Economic Development 9. Conclusions References Index

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Book SynopsisInstitutionalist analysis is increasingly used as a key research tool for economists confronted with the shortcomings of mainstream economic analysis and the problems presented by the transformation of socio-economic systems in Eastern Europe. On Economic Institutions brings together leading economists working in a wide range of research traditions who examine theories of institutions and institutional change. This important volume shows that the failure of most neoclassical economic analysis to consider economic institutions is a major shortcoming in scholarship which seeks to describe and understand crucial economic phenomena. After discussing the dynamics of institutional change, the contributors examine the explanatory variables necessary for researching institutions and pay particular attention to 'efficiency' as the key variable used by neoclassical institutional analysis. Later chapters examine the processes of institutional change focusing on issues such as path dependency, selection mechanisms and institutional dynamics, and methodological issues in analysing economic institutions. An introduction by the editors places these papers in context and traces the development of economic research across the various schools.Economists from both neoclassical and institutionalist schools, as well as economic historians, are making increasing use of institutionalist analysis as a key research tool. In bringing together cutting-edge theory and research on economic institutions, this important volume will be welcomed by scholars working in evolutionary and institutionalist research traditions, as well as by organizational theorists and sociologists.Trade Review'Unlike many other volumes of conference proceedings, however, this one has been carefully edited to focus on issues surrounding the presence of institutions in economic life. Taken together, the essays in this volume comprise a compelling examination of the various ways economists are seeking to investigate and explain institutional change.’ -- Ross B. Emmett, Review of Social Economy’This collection is one of the more interesting ones available, offering a true smorgasbord of the perspectives, themes, and methods included under the label "institutionalist economics" today.’ -- Alan W. Dyer, Review of Political Economy’Edward Elgar continues to bring out books of merit in heterodox economics. His list puts older and larger houses to shame. . . The editors do a fine job.’ -- William Waller, Journal of Economic Issues’This is an important contribution not merely to the institutionalist school of thought but also to related disciplines which have a keen eye on institutional details and have traditionally emphasised them in their research agenda. Economic historians and the other social scientists, especially sociologists, organizational theorists and those interested in politics and law, should find this volume extremely helpful to their work.’ -- Philip Arestis, The Economic JournalTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction (John Groenewegen, Christos Pitelis, Sven-Erik Sjöstrand) 2. Towards A Theory of Institutional Change (Sven-Erik Sjöstrand) 3. Rational Action and Institutional Change (Shaun Hargreaves Heap) 4. Relative Rationality, Institutions and Precautionary Behaviour (Ernesto Screpanti) 5. The Meaning and Role of Power in Economic Theories (David Young) 6. Towards an Evolutionary Theory of Institutional Crisis (Christos Pitelis) 7. Institutional Aspects of Regulating the Private Sector (Jonathan Michie) 8. Michael Porter’s Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (Paul Auerbach, Peter Skott) 9. Standards as Institutions: Problems with Creating all-European Standards (Claes-Fredrik Helgesson, S.Hultén, D.J. Puffert) 10. Collective Action, Strategic Behaviour and Endogenous Growth (Patrizio Bianchi, Lee Miller) 11. Determinants of Supplier Dependence: An Empirical Study (Hans Berger, Niels Noorderhaven, Bart Nooteboom) 12. The Changing Market for Corporate Control (J. Groenewegen) Index

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Book SynopsisThis major new book assesses the role and effectiveness of structural funds in financing the path to integration in the European Union and especially in tackling unemployment. Structural Funding and Employment in the European Union combines an interdisciplinary approach with coverage of all the structural funds including the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (Guidance Section) and the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance. Empirical evidence is presented for the effectiveness of these funds and their success in increasing economic growth in certain areas and employment in others. The book also covers the relationship of these funds with the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Investment Bank and the Cohesion Fund. Jeffrey Harrop argues that the deepening and widening of the EU requires a stronger regional policy to ensure more effective use of structural funds, yet this remains a contentious area for the EU, member states and regional or local authorities. The author's authoritative and detailed discussion of this key policy issue, as well as his extensive experience of regional and EU policies, will ensure this book's welcome among students, teachers and researchers of European integration.Trade Review'. . . students of the EU will find this book to be a useful addition their college library. . . 'Table of ContentsContents: Introduction 1. A Deeper and a Wider Union 2. Trends in Employment: the Lack of Jobs 3. Regional Categories and Spatial Inequalities 4. Budget Finance for Agriculture and Fisheries 5. Evolution of Regional Policies: the ERDF and Structural Fund Reforms 6. Social Policy Problems and the Role of the ESF 7. The Overall Effectiveness of the Structural Funds Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis collection of essays is a state-of-the-art analysis of key issues confronting the European Union. Identifying European economic integration as one of the defining features of modern international economics, the authors examine many aspects and consequences of this integration which remain as yet obscure and unexplored. In this book, after addressing general issues concerned with European integration, the authors include empirical and theoretical analyses of the monetary union, social policy reform and social union, public finance in the EU, the EU's agriculture and technology policies, and direct foreign investment into the EU. In particular, the volume includes detailed discussion of Greek membership of the EU, supplying a context in which many of the general issues of industrial adjustment, investment and politics can be examined.Using a wide range of topics, methodologies and perspectives, Economic Integration and Public Policy in the European Union offers a stimulating and wide-ranging presentation which will be of interest to economic theorists, empirical social scientists, policymakers and the informed general reader.Trade Review'. . . this book should be warmly welcomed. . . . the book will be most appreciated by those with adequate knowledge of both economics as well as EU public policy. Those readers will find this book worthwhile reading.' -- Amy Verdun, European IntegrationTable of ContentsContents: Foreword (R. Eckaus) Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: European Integration: General Issues and Problems Part II: Empirical and Theoretical Analyses of Monetary Union Part III: Social Policy Reform and Social Union Part IV: Public Finance in the European Union Part V: European Union: Policies and Accession Part VI: Greece and the European Union Index

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Book SynopsisPolitics, Subsidies and Competition focuses on the interplay of political, economic and institutional-legal factors in the formation of European competition policy, with particular emphasis on European Union control of national subsidies. This book demonstrates the increasing significance of the EU in the management of European economies. It argues that state subsidization is the only remaining effective form of state intervention because, in the integrated European market, state aid - ranging from investment and export aid to special tax concessions - has become the only instrument that can be used to favour and protect national industries. This makes the control of state subsidization more important than ever, and the European Community's attempts to increase this control since the mid-1970s tell an intriguing story of fierce intergovernmental bargaining, business lobbying and increasingly assertive EC/EU institutions. The argument is supported by evidence of the evolution of European policy and by case studies of sectoral aid regimes and their transformation in interaction with EU policy.This book will be of use to students and scholars of the economics and politics of Western Europe and regional and public policy.Trade Review'Lavdas and Mendrinou ought to be congratulated for making such a juicy political analysis of the important field of competition policy in the European Union.' -- Juan M. Delgado-Moreira, European SocietiesTable of ContentsContents: Preface and Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. A Story of Restrained Formation and Expansive Enforcement 3. Institutional Framework and Legal Instruments 4. Horizontal and Sectoral Aid Regimes: Cases and Policy Trends 5. The European Politics of State Intervention References Index

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Book SynopsisThis important book presents a comprehensive and systematic investigation of the effectiveness of environmental policy within the European Union at the dawn of the twenty-first century.The development of environmental policy, including the policymaking process, is analysed from an historical perspective. The authors then examine implementation and enforcement and present a critical appraisal of the impact of environmental policy throughout Europe. Key issues discussed include: trade and the environment environmental protection and the maintenance of industrial competitiveness agriculture and the environment energy and environmental policy transport and the environment tourism and the environment The authors provide insight into the problems of reconciling differing national interests, and present a number of proposals for environmental policy in the future. They conclude that what is required for effective environmental policy is not more radical measures but the opportunity for the measures already in place to be effectively implemented.This book will be of interest to a wide audience including students interested in environmental issues and the European Union, as well as postgraduates and academics working in the fields of environmental management and environmental studies. It will also be of use to environmental policymakers, consultants, advisers and non-government organizations.Trade Review'In the space of some 300 pages, the authors present the reader with a comprehensive treatment of the key features of EU environmental policy. . . This is an excellent addition to the literature and can be recommended to both the academic and practice-based readers of Business Strategy and the Environment.'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction: The Rationale for a European Union Policy on the Environment 2. Developing the EU’s Environmental Perspective 3. The Makers of Environmental Policy 4. Implementation and Enforcement of Policy 5. Market Forces and the Environment 6. Trade and the Environment 7. Environmental Protection and the Maintenance of Industrial Competitiveness 8. Agriculture and the Environment 9. Energy and Environmental Policy 10. Transport and the Environment 11. Tourism and the Environment 12. The Future for Environmental Policy within the EU Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn the latter part of a turbulent century for Europe, France and Germany have been at the forefront of the developments that have shaped both Western and Eastern Europe. Having initiated and controlled economic and monetary union, the greater goal is now that of further European integration, and the Franco-German dynamic is likely to be crucial again in the success or failure of achieving this.The Franco-German Axis in European Integration examines the effectiveness and durability of the Franco-German relationship in European integration, tracing this important partnership through many political and economic disparities. This study goes on to assess the role of these two states in the challenges now facing the Union; from EMU, to the process of stabilising its eastern borders, and from enlargement of the Union, to the struggle to agree on a common foreign security policy.This volume will appeal as much to policymakers and interest groups as it will to scholars, students, and researchers in the field of European studies and international relations.Trade Review'The book provides an excellent understanding of the unity and dissonance within the Franco-German relationship.' -- Aslib Book GuideTable of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: The Players 1. Introduction 2. French Self-perceptions of France’s Role in Europe: A Historical Perspective 3. The ‘German’ Conception of Germany Part II: The Policies 4. Economic and Monetary Union (EMU): A Franco-German Compromise? 5. The Forging of a Common Foreign and Security Policy 6. The Enlargement of the European Union Part III: The Outcome 7. Conclusion 8. Postscript by Roger Morgan Index

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Book SynopsisFiscal Policy and Interest Rates in the European Union is a comprehensive study concerned with the potential effects of fiscal policy on financial markets in the European Union. It takes into account the gradual liberalization of capital movements throughout Western Europe and the institutional framework of the European monetary system. Klaas Knot takes a fresh approach to the impact of budget deficits on interest rates, especially in relation to international financial integration, and concludes that the increases in European budget deficits since the early 1970s have raised interest rates in the long term throughout the Union. In conclusion he argues that balanced budget deficits are necessary to maintain low interest rates.This important new book will be of interest to students, academics and policymakers concerned with monetary and public economics.Trade Review'The literature survey nature of some of the chapters in the book will prove invaluable to final year and postgraduate students, as well as to researchers new to the fields of interest and exchange rate determination.' -- Bob Sedgewick, Economic JournalTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction and Outline 2. Fiscal Policy: Theory, Determinants and Measurement 3. European Capital Markets: Deficit and Interest Rates 4. Deficit Announcements and Interest Rates in Germany 5. Interest Rate Differentials and Exchange Rate Policies in the European Monetary System 6. Fundamental Determinants of Interest Rate Differentials in the EMS 7. Summary and Conclusion Bibliography Indexes

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Book SynopsisEnvironmental Policy in Europe focuses on the creation of environmental policy, how new legislation is formed and the influence brought to bear by industrial interest groups. By addressing the nature of this consultation process between interested parties and public authorities, the authors show why public policy in the European Union is so different in practice from the prescriptions of academic scholarship. European environmental legislation results from a process of consultation and negotiation which is extensively explored in this volume by a distinguished group of authors. Focusing on such issues as pesticide registration, combustion emissions, the European waste management industry, recycling regulations and eco-auditing, they offer unique insights into the development of public policy. While the analysis focuses on the actual behaviour of firms and public authorities, the authors also discuss the involvement of firms within the regulation devising process - to determine whether their behaviour distorts the public interest - and the strategic use by firms of the regulatory process by firms leading to restrictions of competition.Scholars, students and policymakers will welcome Environmental Policy in Europe for seeking to enlarge the traditional perspective of environmental economics on public policy while integrating the recent advances of both the economics of regulation and industrial economics.Trade Review'. . . the editor has made a substantial contribution to the area of environmental economics and policy literature. I hope that this volume will find its way onto many academic and professional reading lists and that the results of this outstanding integrative work will put an end to simple generalisation regarding European environmental policies.'Table of ContentsContents: Foreword 1. Introduction (F. Lévêque) 2. The European Fabric of Environmental Regulations (F. Lévêque) 3. The Regulatory Game (F. Léveque) 4. From Environment to Competition – the EU Regulatory Process in Pesticide Registration (A. Nadai) 5. The Energy Sector Response to European Combustion Emission Regulations (A. Ikwue, J. Skea) 6. Playing on Two Chessboards – the European Waste Management Industry Strategic Behaviour in the Market and the Policy Debate (S. Brusco, P. Bertossi, A. Cottica) 7. Voluntary Agreements Between Industry and Government – the Case of Recycling Regulations (T. Whiston, M. Glachant) 8. Voluntary Initiatives and Public Intervention – the Regulation of Eco-Auditing (J. Franke and F. Wätzold) 9. Conclusion (F. Lévêque) Index

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Book SynopsisEuropean Integration and Local Government is an original comparative review of the impact of the European Union on local and regional governments throughout Europe.This book consists of ten country case studies which show how the EU has affected local government structures. These are supplemented by chapters which provide comparisons between various countries, consider multiple methodological and theoretical approaches to political integration, discuss nation-building, networks, organization development and analyse not only political integration, but the ability of the administration to implement EU policies. The contributors suggest that local governments have become legitimate players at the international scene, are gaining more power and autonomy in comparison to national governments and are strong promoters of integration through their bilateral and multilateral agreements and actions. They also argue that network and individual initiatives are playing an increasingly important role, even if structural features still determine the eligibility of EU funding. This book will be of interest to policy makers both in local government and at the European Union level, international organizations, and academics and students.Trade Review'The book is good reading for an audience adhering to the still rare mixture of the combined specialization in local government and European affairs.'Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. European Integration and Local Government: Some Initial Thoughts (M. Goldsmith, K.K. Klausen) 2. Danish Local Government: Integrating into the EU? (K.K. Klausen) 3. The Netherlands (M. Wolters) 4. European Integration and the Local Authorities in Germany: Impacts and Perceptions (H. Wollmann, S. Lund) 5. European Integration: A Lifeline for Irish Local Authorities? (C. Coyle) 6. Local Governments and the EU: The British Experience (M. Goldsmith, E. Sperling) 7. Belgian Local Government: Far Away from Brussels (S. de Rynck 8. Stars and Black Holes: French Regions and Cities in the European Galaxy (R. Balme, P. LeGalès) 9. European Integration and Local Government: The (Ambiguous) Portuguese Case (M. da Silva e Costa, J. Felizes, J. Neves) 10. ‘Yes, in Theory. And Perhaps in the Future’: European Integration and Local Government in Italy (E.Ercole) 11. The Impact of European Integration on Regional and Local Government in Finland, Norway and Sweden (M.L. von Bergmann-Winberg) 12. Cities, Networks, Euroregions, European Offices (E. Ercole, M. Walters, M. Goldsmith) 13. Conclusion: Local Government and the European Union (K.K. Klausen, M. Goldsmith) Index

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Book SynopsisThe Evolution of the Single European Market provides a detailed empirical and theoretical analysis of the impact of the Single European Market - one of the most significant developments in the world economy in the late twentieth century.A distinguished group of contributors examines how the Single Market has developed in practice and the impact it has had on industry regions and groups in society. They chart the likely future course of further integration in the light of public choice theory, subsidiarity and the current experience within the Single Market. The differences between the member states are analysed in detail as are the reasons why it has been so difficult to obtain agreement. They examine, from an evolutionary approach, issues such as competition law, the Single European Act, the unofficial means of implementation and enforcement, 'competition among rules', and the social dimension and external impact of the Single Market. The contributors include lawyers, economists, political scientists, sociologists and regional scientists, whose contribution stems from the work of over one hundred researchers across Europe in a linked programme of projects.This forward looking book will be required reading for researchers and students with an interest in economic and political integration as well as politicians and businesses involved in cross-border trade and investment. It will also be of interest to academics in the areas of economics, politics, law, social policy and geography.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction (D.G. Mayes) 2. Setting and Influencing the Rules (S. Bulmer) 3. Implementing the Rules (J.A. Usher) 4. Competition among Rules in the European Union (S. Woolcock) 5. The Impact of Rules (K. Hartley, A. Cox and D. Mayes) 6. Socio-economic Environments and Rule-making in the EU (R.M. Lindley) 7. The Evolution of Rules (D. Matthews) 8. The Single Market, European Integration and Political Legitimacy (A. Weale) 9. The External Impact (C. Brewin) 10. Mutual Trust, Credible Commitments and the Evolution of Rules for a Single European Market (G. Majone) Index

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Book SynopsisThis book sheds new light on a major issue on the international trade policy agenda - the promotion and defence of competition in globalizing markets.The liberalization of cross-border flows of goods, services and capital that has occurred during the last decade has made competition increasingly important. The authors discuss multi-national approaches to competition policy in the WTO, European Union, the Americas, OECD, UNCTAD and CER. They investigate the policy responses to anti-competitive, cross-border business transactions and argue that a growing reliance on competition law is not in itself sufficient to promote competition in globalizing markets. They conclude that to achieve genuine competition in globalizing markets, policymakers must have a more comprehensive and coherent policy governed by agreed competition principles.Table of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction Part I: Competition in Global Markets 2. The Framework for Policy Analysis Part II: Bilateral Cooperation on Competition Law Enforcement 3. Bilateral Cooperation Agreements Part III: The Approaches of Regional Trading Arrangements 4. The European Union 5. Closer Economic Relations Agreement 6. The Americas Part IV: Plurilateral Approaches 7. ITO, the GATT 1960 Decision and the United Nations 8. OECD 9. APEC Part V: Developments at the Multilateral Level 10. The World Trade Organization 11. An Historic Case - The Kodak/Fuji Dispute Part VI: Emerging Patterns and Principles 12. An Approach to Promoting Competition in Global Markets References Index

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Book SynopsisDuring its comparatively short life as a set of institutions, the European Union (EU) has experienced rapid growth in size, remit and policy competence. In addition, the resulting analytical and factual literature has more than matched this growth. As Roger Levy notes, ’[a] visit to the institutions of the EU now requires a travel itinerary on the scale of the cultural tour once favoured by the aristocracy.'This valuable and detailed study provides, for the first time, a systematic empirical analysis of EU programme management in all of the main spending areas over a 20 year period. After setting out the management framework in each area, Roger Levy looks methodically at audit evidence to build up a comprehensive performance profile. The management of EU spending programmes is subject to almost continual media speculation about its propriety and efficiency. The unprecedented resignation of the Santer Commission en masse in March 1999 was a direct result of its management failures. Using up-to-date, original data, this valuable book provides an empirical antidote to much of the speculation which dominates this issue.This accessible analysis of the vast data available on this contentious area will prove invaluable reference to anyone studying the European Union, as well as European and national government officials, research organisations and pressure groups.Trade Review'This study provides a very careful analysis of the European Union spending programmes over the last 20 years.' -- Aslib Book GuideTable of ContentsContents: Implementing European Union Public Policy 1. The Context 2. Measuring the Quality of European Union Programme Management 3. General Overview 4. EAGGF Guarantee 5. Structural Actions 6. Research and Development 7. Cooperation and Development 8. The European Development Fund 9. Present Trends and Future Directions Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisSubregional economic cooperation has been an important yet relatively unexplored aspect of the quest by central and eastern European states to make the transition from integration in the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance to full EU membership.Martin Dangerfield provides a comprehensive and in-depth study of what has clearly been the most important initiative in this respect - the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA). He examines the origins, aims, objectives and structure of CEFTA as well as assessing the main results of the cooperation so far. Analysis is included on both the economic and political impact of CEFTA and its role as a pre-accession instrument to the EU. Martin Dangerfield discusses integration-deepening in the CEFTA context, the debate over institutionalization and the CEFTA enlargement process. The final part of the book examines the future viability of CEFTA in the context of the process of eastward expansion of the EU.This book will be a valuable addition to the existing literature in the area, appealing to academics and researchers in European and transition studies.Table of ContentsContents: Preface and Acknowledgements Chronology Introduction 1. Socialist Economic Integration 2. Integration Strategies in Post-communist Europe 3. CEFTA: Aims and Objectives, Structure, Content and Implementation 4. CEFTA and Reintegration of Central and Eastern Europe 5. Issues and Controversies in CEFTA Cooperation 6. European Union Enlargement and the Future of CEFTA 7. Conclusion Appendices Appendix 1: Extracts from the CEFTA Treaty Appendix 2: Activities of CEFTA Joint Committee and CEFTA Summit in 1997 Appendix 3: Summary Assessment, Conclusions and Recommendations for the Improvement of Cooperation Appendix 4: The Customs Union Between the Czech Republic and Slovakia Appendix 5: Statistical Tables Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a new view suggesting that European integration has been driven by political rather than economic considerations. The author makes it clear that from the end of the Second World War any plan of economic or monetary cooperation in Europe was almost exclusively motivated by politics. He argues that the very foundation of the organization of Western Europe was based on preventing further conflict between France and the newly partitioned Germany. Specifically, Robert Lieshout analyzes the initial stages of European cooperation between 1947 and 1957. He demonstrates that European institutions usually associated with economic integration, such as the European Economic Community, were actually laid to achieve the political aim of reconciliation between France and Germany. The fact that the very reasons for establishing a more formal organization of Europe have changed, i.e. the re-unification of Germany in 1990, makes for an interesting conclusion on future developments in European integration.This book will be warmly welcomed by both academics and students interested in European integration, international political economy, history, international relations, European Studies and economics.Trade Review'Robert Lieshout makes an important contribution to the growing historical and theoretical literature on the development of European institutionalized cooperation since World War II. Lieshout's main method to pursue this line of inquiry is a careful,thoughtful and engaging historical reconstruction of the political concerns, motives and efforts of the top foreign policy officials of [the] countries [involved]. Lieshout draws for us, in a concise but careful way, all of the key elements of the European diplomatic landscape in the aftermath of World War II. Finally, Lieshout presents a fine analysis of German foreign policy in these years, and especially of Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's efforts to pursue European institutionalized cooperation as a mechanism to effect reconciliation with France and to reincorporate Germany into Western Europe as an independent but reliable and, above all, peaceful partner. Lieshout has provided us with a book that is empirically rich and theoretically fruitful. This book, especially when read in conjunction with the works by Lundestad and Moravcsik, provides us with a superb understanding of the diplomacy that produced the Europe of today.' -- Joseph Grieco, Acta Politica'This is a most unusual book for a professor of international relations to have written, for it is based on a detailed reading of recent historical monographs and historical journals. The outcome is a lively, argumentative and historically-based interpretation of the European Communities and the European Union. . . . a brisk, highly readable and challenging ninth chapter for the years 1957 to the present. . . . As a coherent account of the way national strategies devised by elites led to a Europe in which the common market did become the central pin of its organization, when solely for economic purposes there were often better choices around. . . his book can however be recommended, both as a sustained argument and as evidence that international relations and political science reach a higher plane when their practitioners read the full history of their subject.' -- Alan Milward, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK and European University Institute, Italy'. . . the book is very well written. Lieshout has an attractive combative style and is well able to engage the reader's attention and interest . . . the emphasis is on the foundation of what today we call the European Union . . . he points out that the foundation of "Europe" was motivated by political and not economic considerations. This is a good point to make since whilst academics (such as myself) have always understood this to be the case, the general public has persistently tended to regard it as an economic venture. The search for peace and tranquillity in Europe ("What shall we do about the Germans?") together with a collective response to the Communist threat (external but also internal) have been the main driving forces. The book, which skilfully takes us through the various negotiating phases (successes and failures) of the post-war founding process, also spells out the enormously important role played by the USA . . . All in all Lieshout's book is a welcome addition to the English language literature on European Union.' -- Dennis Swann, Loughborough University, UK'Many analyses of European Economic and Monetary Union and the introduction of the euro focus almost exclusively on the economic costs which these will entail and the benefits they will bring . . . European integration is not just an economic event; it is also driven by political motives. Indeed, this fact must be acknowledged if one is to understand what is happening in the process of European integration and why. The book has been written precisely from this perspective. The author even argues that political factors have had and continue to have the upper hand in many areas of European co-operation . . . Since Europe is about more than just economics - however important this may be - it is useful that analyses like this one, focusing on the political aspect of European integration, are being written. They deserve to be read.' -- From the foreword by W. F. Duisenberg, President of the European Central BankTable of ContentsContents: Foreword by W.F. Duisenberg 1. Introduction 2. The States System 3. The German Problem 4. The Might of the Dollar: From Marshall Plan to OEEC 5. From Treaty to Organization: The Creation of NATO 6. Westbindung: From Schuman Plan to ECSC 7. Westbindung: From Pleven Plan to WEU 8. Das Junktim: The EEC and Euratom 9. The Continuing Struggle Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis handbook is a concise guide for all those who aim at obtaining a basic knowledge of European tax law. Designed for students, it should be useful as well for experienced international tax specialists with little knowledge of European law, European law specialists who are reluctant to approach the technicalities of direct taxation and non-Europeans who deal with Europe for business or academic reasons and need to understand the foundations of European tax law. The authors also consider that this book can be useful to academics without a legal background in order to approach the technical issues raised by European Union tax law.During the past two years the growing role of state aids and EU fundamental rights have confirmed the trend that steers them towards having an equivalent impact on direct taxation as compared to the one traditionally had by fundamental freedoms. The developments of secondary law have been more marginal instead, confirming the difficulties in producing secondary legislation on direct taxes.This edition contains selected relevant information available as of 30 June 2020 and retains all of the features and tools contained in the previous editions.

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Book SynopsisAn ethnography on early-career workers facing job insecurity at the United Nations. This ethnography focuses on the work and lifeworld at the United Nations in Geneva and Vienna. By emphasizing the perspectives of entry-level workers, this book addresses the increasing flexibility and job insecurity for those at the beginning of their potential UN careers. It explores questions such as: How do career aspirants reconcile their narratives with the organization’s image built over the past decades? How can we understand institutional power and individual agency through the lens of ritual theory and the theory of social orders? This study finally examines the entangled discourses around privilege and prestige on the one hand and the precarity and vulnerability of a growing number of UN workers on the other hand. It shows that these phenomena are not contractionary but two sides of the coin. Using the UN as an example, the study considers mechanisms of flexible and unstable work environments in times of cognitive and affective capitalism.

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Book SynopsisThis volume, prepared in conjunction with the academic course European Integration at the Turn of the Twentieth and Twenty-first Century, features a collection of papers delivered during a series of lectures and seminars organized by the Faculty of International Studies and Political Science at the University of Lódz from 2011 to 2014. Some essays in the volume argue that the European Union is the most successful model of supranational governance since the rule of history's largest empires. Other works focus on various aspects of the European Union that have contributed to almost ten years of crisis.

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Book SynopsisThe League of Nations – Perspectives from the Present is an accessible and richly illustrated edited volume displaying a wide variety of cutting-edge research on the many ways the League of Nations shaped its times and continues to shape our contemporary world. A series of bite-size studies, divided into three thematic parts, investigates how the League affected the world around it and the lives of the people became part of this ‘first great experiment’ in international organisation. Recent research has reinterpreted the League as a laboratory of global economic, political and humanitarian governance. Expanding on this, the volume aims to show that the League is an ‘academic site’, where international history – as a discipline – has re-invented itself by integrating new approaches from social, cultural and media history. With an introduction by Director-General Michael Møller of the United Nations Organisation in Geneva, this work is a timely reminder of the fragile, varied and enduring history of multilateralism, on the centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.

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Book SynopsisLa Charte des Nations Unies a été signée en 1945 par 51 pays représentant l’ensemble des continents, ouvrant ainsi à la création de l’Organisation des Nations Unies le 24 octobre 1945. Le Statut de la Cour internationale de Justice fait partie intégrante de la Charte. La Charte a pour but de préserver l’humanité du fléau de la guerre; de réaffirmer les droits fondamentaux de l’homme et la dignité et la valeur de la personne humaine, de proclamer l’égalité de droits des hommes et des femmes, ainsi que des nations, grandes et petites; et de garantir la prospérité de l’humanité tout entière. Elle est le fondement de la paix et de la sécurité internationales.

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Book SynopsisThis is the sixty-fourth issue of National Accounts Statistics: Main Aggregates and Detailed Tables, showing detailed national accounts estimates for 210 countries and areas for the reporting years 2011 to 2022. The national data for each country and area are presented in separate chapters using uniform table headings and classifications recommended in the United Nations System of National Accounts (SNA). A summary of the conceptual framework of the SNA and definitions of important terms are also included in this publication. Other statistical information covered includes gross domestic product, national income, savings, private and government consumption, and transactions of institutional sectors

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