European Union
Power and policy-making
4th Edition
Published on 20. February 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
504 pages
978-0-415-71552-2 (ISBN)
Description
A key textbook for undergraduate and postgraduate students of contemporary European politics, European Union: Power and policy-making 4th edition offers a comprehensive and accessible analysis of the European Union policy process.
Intended to advance understanding of the EU as a now mature and ongoing policy system, this book addresses the central issues relating to the distribution of power and influence in the European Union including:
Theoretical perspectives
The roles of key institutions in the processing of policy problems
Different channels of representation
The EU as a policy-making state
Written by a distinguished group of international scholars, this new edition will also appeal to the worldwide community of researchers on the EU.
New to this edition:
New chapters on The Politics of Multispeed Europe, The Distribution of Power Among Institutions, EU Agencies, Covert Integration in the European Union, and Political Representation and Democracy in the EU
New authors and theoretical approaches on many topics such as differentiated integration, opt-outs and multi-speed integration, negotiation and coalition building, the interplay of judicial and legislative policy-making, power distribution, agency behaviour, integration by subterfuge, the democratic deficit
fully updated data and content throughout
Intended to advance understanding of the EU as a now mature and ongoing policy system, this book addresses the central issues relating to the distribution of power and influence in the European Union including:
Theoretical perspectives
The roles of key institutions in the processing of policy problems
Different channels of representation
The EU as a policy-making state
Written by a distinguished group of international scholars, this new edition will also appeal to the worldwide community of researchers on the EU.
New to this edition:
New chapters on The Politics of Multispeed Europe, The Distribution of Power Among Institutions, EU Agencies, Covert Integration in the European Union, and Political Representation and Democracy in the EU
New authors and theoretical approaches on many topics such as differentiated integration, opt-outs and multi-speed integration, negotiation and coalition building, the interplay of judicial and legislative policy-making, power distribution, agency behaviour, integration by subterfuge, the democratic deficit
fully updated data and content throughout
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Edition
4th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
22 s/w Abbildungen, 22 s/w Zeichnungen, 20 s/w Tabellen
20 Tables, black and white; 22 Line drawings, black and white; 22 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 174 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
912 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-71552-2 (9780415715522)
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Persons
Jeremy Richardson is an Emeritus Fellow at Nuffield College, Oxford, UK, and Adjunct Professor at the National Centre for Research on Europe, University of Canterbury, New Zealand. He is also Founder and Co-editor of the Journal of European Public Policy
Sonia Mazey is a Professor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the College of Business and Law, University of Canterbury, New Zealand and formally a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford, UK
Sonia Mazey is a Professor and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the College of Business and Law, University of Canterbury, New Zealand and formally a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford, UK
Content
PART 1 STATE BUILDING, DIFFERENTIATED INTEGRATION AND A MULTISPEED EUROPE 1. The EU as a policy-making state: a policy system like any other? . The EU as a system of differentiated integration: a challenge for theories of European integration? 3. The politics of multispeed integration in the European Union PART 2: INSTITUTIONAL PROCESSING 4. The European Commission Arndt Wonka 5. The EU's multilevel parliamentary system 6. The Councils of the EU: intergovernmental bargaining in a supranational polity 7. The shadow of case law: the Court of Justice of the European union and the policy process 8. The distribution of power among institutions 9. The EU budget: which fiscal capacity at the European level? 10. EU agencies PART 3: VARIEGATED POLICY-MAKING 11. EU enlargement 12. The EU as an international actor 13. European regulation 14. European macroeconomic governance 15. Covert integration in the European Union 16. Implementation PART 4: CHANNELS OF REPRESENTATION 17. European elections and the European voter 18. Shooting where the ducks are: EU lobbying and institutionalized promiscuity 19. Bypassing the nation state? Regions and the EU policy process 20. Political Representation and democracy in the EU