Shaping EU Policy from Below
Title | Shaping EU Policy from Below PDF eBook |
Author | Simona Piattoni |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Pages | 201 |
Release | 2015-09-25 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1783472723 |
This book looks at the way in which the Committee of the Regions (CoR) can influence EU policy making from below, despite its relatively weak position in the decision-making process. Bringing together theoretical arguments about the central role of the formation of judgment in addition to the more conventionally emphasized expression of will, with an up-to-date account of the CoR's institutional development and activities, Simona Piattoni and Justus Schönlau make a strong case not to overlook the significance of the Committee's contribution to EU-level democracy.
Shaping EU Policy From Below: EU Democracy and the Committee of the Regions
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The Brussels Effect
Title | The Brussels Effect PDF eBook |
Author | Anu Bradford |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 368 |
Release | 2020-01-27 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0190088605 |
For many observers, the European Union is mired in a deep crisis. Between sluggish growth; political turmoil following a decade of austerity politics; Brexit; and the rise of Asian influence, the EU is seen as a declining power on the world stage. Columbia Law professor Anu Bradford argues the opposite in her important new book The Brussels Effect: the EU remains an influential superpower that shapes the world in its image. By promulgating regulations that shape the international business environment, elevating standards worldwide, and leading to a notable Europeanization of many important aspects of global commerce, the EU has managed to shape policy in areas such as data privacy, consumer health and safety, environmental protection, antitrust, and online hate speech. And in contrast to how superpowers wield their global influence, the Brussels Effect - a phrase first coined by Bradford in 2012- absolves the EU from playing a direct role in imposing standards, as market forces alone are often sufficient as multinational companies voluntarily extend the EU rule to govern their global operations. The Brussels Effect shows how the EU has acquired such power, why multinational companies use EU standards as global standards, and why the EU's role as the world's regulator is likely to outlive its gradual economic decline, extending the EU's influence long into the future.
The Everyday Making of EU Foreign and Security Policy
Title | The Everyday Making of EU Foreign and Security Policy PDF eBook |
Author | Bremberg, Niklas |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2022-02-18 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1789907551 |
This is an open access title available under the terms of a [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This cutting-edge book explores the practices and socialization of the everyday foreign policy making in the European Union (EU), focusing on the individuals who shape and implement the Common Foreign and Security Policy despite a growing dissension among member states.
The EU under Strain?
Title | The EU under Strain? PDF eBook |
Author | Mechthild Roos |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2023-06-06 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 3110790335 |
When EU member states signed the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007, they did not anticipate the manifold crises in store for them over the following years. Instead of the intended consolidation of a Union which had just gone through its most profound modernisation and biggest round of enlargements, the EU has since then had to weather a wide range of political, economic, social, legal, health and even military crises with major repercussions within and beyond its own territory. Indeed, this time of polycrisis has induced change on many levels: Across the continent and its many fora of European supra-, trans- and international collaboration, established institutions, rule systems and normative frameworks have been put into question and power balances have been shifting. Against this background, actors from social, political, economic and cultural life have sought new ways to overcome the manifold pressing problems of their time, be it through intensified collaboration or attempts to increasingly resolve issues at the national level. This volume offers a compilation of case studies on EU crisis responses, covering the most impactful of the various crises the EU has had to face in recent years. It provides theoretical and conceptual guidelines for the study of political actors’ responses to crisis at all levels of the EU multilevel governance system and beyond.
EU–Turkey Relations
Title | EU–Turkey Relations PDF eBook |
Author | Elena Baracani |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2021-03-26 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1788113683 |
The book analyses EU foreign policy with Turkey over the last decade by uncovering how its internal functioning and structural context affect the European Union’s decisions. Acknowledging that EU enlargement policy is part of a broader foreign policy framework, which includes also other domains (energy, migration and CFSP), Elena Baracani adopts a unique approach, combining more actor-oriented factors with structural factors to analyse EU–Turkey Relations at national, multinational and international levels.
Handbook of European Policies
Title | Handbook of European Policies PDF eBook |
Author | Hubert Heinelt |
Publisher | Edward Elgar Publishing |
Pages | 417 |
Release | 2018-01-26 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1784719366 |
This definitive Handbook addresses the current lack of research into European policymaking and development using an interpretive perspective. Questioning areas that mainstream approaches tend to neglect, contributors target the ways in which ideas, arguments and discourses shape policies in the institutional context of the EU.