Understanding EU Policy Making
1st Edition
Published on 20. August 2006
272 pages
978-1-84964-163-0 (ISBN)
Description
EU policy shapes all areas of our lives - from our money, to our food, to our welfare. Yet we know little about how EU decisions are made, and who benefits from them. This book is a critical guide to the policies of the EU.
Raj Chari and Sylvia Kritzinger argue that there is an agenda that underlies EU policy making. Some policies - those that aim to create a competitive economy - are prioritised, while others are effectively ignored.
Setting the EU in a proper economic and theoretical context, the authors analyse each of the EU's major policy areas. Arguing that traditional accounts of EU integration are inadequate, the authors develop an innovative new perspective.
Raj Chari and Sylvia Kritzinger argue that there is an agenda that underlies EU policy making. Some policies - those that aim to create a competitive economy - are prioritised, while others are effectively ignored.
Setting the EU in a proper economic and theoretical context, the authors analyse each of the EU's major policy areas. Arguing that traditional accounts of EU integration are inadequate, the authors develop an innovative new perspective.
Reviews / Votes
'I would commend this book to anyone who wants to read intelligent analysis of the EU's structures and policies, and where they come from' -- LobsterMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
22 b&w figures
ISBN-13
978-1-84964-163-0 (9781849641630)
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Additional editions
Raj S. Chari | Sylvia Kritzinger
Understanding EU Policy Making
Book
08/2006
Pluto Press
€59.62
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Raj S. Chari | Sylvia Kritzinger
Understanding EU Policy Making
Book
08/2006
Pluto Press
€126.28
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Persons
Raj Chari is Director of Centre for European Studies in Trinity College Dublin and Lectures in Political Science. He is the co-author of Understanding EU Policy Making (Pluto, 2006).
Sylvia Kritzinger is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna. She is the co-author of Understanding EU Policy Making (Pluto, 2006).
Sylvia Kritzinger is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna. She is the co-author of Understanding EU Policy Making (Pluto, 2006).
Content
1. A Supranational or a Decentralised EU?
2. Who's Coming to Play? Policy-Making Actors in the EU
3. Understanding EU Policy-Making: Major Theories and New Insights
4. Single Market Policy: Creating a Strong Neo-Liberal Market in the Global Economy
5. Competition Policy: Ensuring a Competitive European Market.
6. Economic and Monetary Union: The Making of the Money Tree
7. Common Agricultural Policy: Redistributive Policy in Favour of Whom?
8. Social Policy: Demonstrating European Incapability and Differences
9. Policies of Freedom, Security and Justice: A Limited Role for the EU
10. External Policies: Divided We Stand, United We Fall
11. Conclusions: Understanding the Present, Changing the Future.
Notes
Index
2. Who's Coming to Play? Policy-Making Actors in the EU
3. Understanding EU Policy-Making: Major Theories and New Insights
4. Single Market Policy: Creating a Strong Neo-Liberal Market in the Global Economy
5. Competition Policy: Ensuring a Competitive European Market.
6. Economic and Monetary Union: The Making of the Money Tree
7. Common Agricultural Policy: Redistributive Policy in Favour of Whom?
8. Social Policy: Demonstrating European Incapability and Differences
9. Policies of Freedom, Security and Justice: A Limited Role for the EU
10. External Policies: Divided We Stand, United We Fall
11. Conclusions: Understanding the Present, Changing the Future.
Notes
Index
