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The European Union How Does It Work?

by: Bomberg, Elizabeth; Stubb, Alexander

The European Union How Does It Work?

by: Bomberg, Elizabeth; Stubb, Alexander

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9780199247660
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0199247668
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 03/06/2003
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

This short introductory text de-mystifies the European Union's structures and operation. Blending scholarly expertise and practitioners' experience, the authors introduce and analyse the EU's key actors, processes and developments. The book's overall aim is to provide an accessible, lively introduction to how the EU works and why it matters.

Preface and Acknowledgements

xii

List of Figures

xiv

List of Boxes

List of Tables

xvii

List of Abbreviations and Acronyms

xviii

List of Contributors

xxi

The expanding European Union

xxiii

Introduction

(16)

Studying the EU

(5)

Understanding the EU: theory and conceptual tools

(5)

International relations approaches

(1)

A comparative politics approach

(1)

A public policy approach

(2)

Structure and themes

(6)

Experimentation and change

(1)

Power-sharing and consensus

(2)

Scope and capacity

(3)

How Did We Get Here?

(24)

Introduction

(1)

Post-war settlement

(8)

Schuman Plan

(2)

European Defence Community

(1)

European Community

(3)

Consolidating the European Community

(4)

Crisis and compromise

(1)

EC after de Gaulle

(1)

Difficult decade

(1)

The emerging European Union

(4)

Economic and monetary union

(1)

Maastricht and beyond

(2)

Post-Cold War enlargement

(1)

Conclusion

(6)

The EU's Institutions

(26)

Introduction: institutions in Treaty and practice

(18)

European Commission

(5)

Council of Ministers

(6)

European Council

(1)

European Parliament

(4)

European Court of Justice

(2)

Understanding institutional dynamics

(2)

Why institutions matter

(2)

Experimentation and change

(1)

Power-sharing and consensus

(1)

Scope and capacity

(1)

Conclusion

(3)

Member States

(19)

Introduction

(2)

Six determining factors

(11)

Entry date

(2)

Size

(3)

Wealth

(2)

State structure

(1)

Economic ideology

(1)

Integration preference

(3)

Member states in action

(1)

Managing EU business

(1)

Explaining member states' engagement

(1)

Conclusion

(3)

Organized Interests and Lobbying in the EU

(23)

Introduction: identifying organized interests

(1)

Types of actor

(5)

Private economic interests

(1)

Public interest bodies

(1)

Governmental actors

(3)

Emergence and rise of organized interests at the EU level

(3)

Organized interests at work

(7)

Lobbying the Commission

(2)

Lobbying the European Parliament

100

(2)

Successful lobbying

102

(3)

Conclusion

105

(6)

Key Policies

111

(25)

Introduction: policies in the EU

112

(2)

Key features of EU policies

114

(5)

Differences between national and EU policies

114

(4)

The primacy of economic integration

118

(1)

Market-building policies

119

(5)

Competition policy

122

(1)

Commercial (trade) policy

122

(1)

Economic and monetary union (EMU)

123

(1)

Market-correcting and-cushioning policies

124

(5)

Common Agricultural Policy

124

(3)

Cohesion policy

127

(1)

Environmental and social regulation

128

(1)

Polity-building (non-market) policies

129

(1)

Comparing EU policy types

130

(3)

Conclusion

133

(3)

The Policy-Making Process

136

(20)

Introduction

137

(1)

The main players and the rules of the game

138

(1)

Three variants of the policy-making process

139

(8)

The Community method

140

(3)

The coordination method

143

(3)

The intergovernmental method

146

(1)

Process and governance

147

(4)

The EU policy pendulum

151

(2)

Conclusion

153

(3)

Governance and Legitimacy

156

(21)

Introducing legitimacy and governance in the EU

157

(2)

The problem of legitimacy

157

(1)

The idea of governance

157

(2)

The development of EU governance

159

(1)

Understanding legitimacy

160

(7)

Procedural criteria: democracy

162

(1)

Substantive criteria: performance

163

(1)

Congruence criteria: identity

164

(3)

Governance and legitimacy: alternative 'solutions'?

167

(4)

A United States of Europe? Federalism and constitutionalism

167

(1)

Resisting EU governance

168

(1)

Promoting and improving EU governance

169

(2)

Conclusion

171

(6)

EU Enlargement---And Then There Were 28?

177

(18)

Introduction: understanding enlargement

178

(3)

What is enlargement?

179

(2)

The staircase to membership: application to accession

181

(6)

Steps 1-4: first moves

181

(1)

Step 5: the accession negotiations

182

(2)

Steps 6 and 7: reaching the top

184

(3)

The EU's fifth enlargement round

187

(5)

Foreign policy dimension

187

(1)

Internal policy dimension

188

(4)

Conclusion

192

(3)

The EU as a Global Actor

195

(21)

Introducing European foreign policy

196

(3)

Development

196

(1)

Key features

197

(2)

The national `system' of foreign policies

199

(1)

The Community system

200

(6)

Commercial (trade) policy

200

(2)

Aid and development

202

(2)

External impact of `internal' policies

204

(2)

The EU system

206

(5)

The Common Foreign and Security Policy

207

(3)

A European Security and Defence Policy?

210

(1)

Theorizing the EU as a global actor

211

(1)

Conclusion

212

(4)

Conclusion

216

(1)

Introduction

217

(1)

Three themes

217

(1)

Experimentation and change

217

(1)

Sharing power and seeking consensus

218

(1)

Scope and capacity

219

(1)

Explaining the EU

220

(1)

International relations approaches

220

(1)

A comparative politics approach

221

(1)

A public policy approach

222

(1)

Where do we go from here?

223

(1)

Debating the future of Europe

224

(1)

How will it work?

225

(2)

Conclusion

227

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