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Controlling Comitology - Accountability in a Multi-Level System (Hardcover): G. Brandsma Controlling Comitology - Accountability in a Multi-Level System (Hardcover)
G. Brandsma
R1,896 Discovery Miles 18 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Comitology is the most important form of multi-level governance in the European Union. Member State and Commission actors together create roughly 2,500 executive acts per year, amounting to about half of all European laws together. But to what degree is this unknown and invisible committee system being held to account for its decisions? This book for the first time addresses accountability in truly multi-level terms. It looks at accountability foreseen in the constitutional setup of the comitology system, as well as at how this plays out in practice at the European level and within national governments. Controlling Comitology combines findings from different levels of government, and analyses a plurality of data sources including interviews, survey data of committee participants and their superiors, legislative databases and meeting documents. The book argues that accountability has steadily improved over time, but also that unexpected gaps have emerged. This books is important reading for student and scholars of comitology as well as accountability and law-making in the European Union.

European Banking - Enlargement, Structural Changes and Recent Developments (Hardcover): OE. Olgu European Banking - Enlargement, Structural Changes and Recent Developments (Hardcover)
OE. Olgu
R1,528 Discovery Miles 15 280 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Despite considerable progress on political and economic convergence over the last decade, financial structures of individual countries within the EU remain diverse. This book considers the future prospects of the banking industry in the context of enlargement, application of the IFRS and a potential new member country, Turkey.

Financial Market Integration and Growth - Structural Change and Economic Dynamics in the European Union (Hardcover, 2011 Ed.):... Financial Market Integration and Growth - Structural Change and Economic Dynamics in the European Union (Hardcover, 2011 Ed.)
Paul J.J. Welfens, Cillian Ryan
R2,939 Discovery Miles 29 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Financial capital, whether mediated through the financial market or Foreign Direct Investment has been a key factor in European economic growth. This book examines the interaction between European and global financial integration and analyses the dynamics of the monetary sector and the real economy in Europe. The key analytical focus is on the theoretical and empirical dynamics of financial markets in Europe, however, it also provides regional case studies of key institutional developments and lessons from foreign direct investment. There is a broad range of findings for Central, Eastern and Western Europe as well as EU Partner Countries. Crucially the analysis includes new approaches and options for solving the transatlantic banking crisis and suggests policy innovations for a world with unstable financial markets.

Dividing Lines between the European Union and Its Member States - The Impact of the Treaty of Lisbon (Hardcover, Edition.):... Dividing Lines between the European Union and Its Member States - The Impact of the Treaty of Lisbon (Hardcover, Edition.)
Stephen C. Sieberson
R1,559 Discovery Miles 15 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the European Union the balance of power between Brussels and the Member State governments is an ongoing matter of contention. With each treaty amendment during the Union's first 50 years, EU competences have grown, and each time critics have questioned whether the national governments are being weakened. The Treaty of Lisbon is now being considered as a replacement for the ill-fated European Constitution, and the atmosphere is one of heightened sensitivity. This timely book examines the Lisbon Treaty to determine whether the current 'dividing lines' between Member State and Union authority will be affected. Taking a broad view of what the EU is and what its members are trying to accomplish collectively, the author contrasts these aspirations for Europe with the insistence of each Member State that it must never lose its national sovereignty.

Brexit - Sociological Responses (Paperback): William Outhwaite Brexit - Sociological Responses (Paperback)
William Outhwaite
R812 Discovery Miles 8 120 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Application of EU Law in the New Member States - Brave New World (Hardcover, Edition.): Adam Lazowski The Application of EU Law in the New Member States - Brave New World (Hardcover, Edition.)
Adam Lazowski
R4,471 Discovery Miles 44 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Application of EU Law in the New Member States - Brave New World is a unique volume, providing readers with an in-depth analysis of EU-related legal developments in the twelve new Member States of the European Union. As anticipated, the new Member States have experienced considerable challenges in the transposition and application of EU law. The first five years have also brought a series of controversial decisions of constitutional and supreme courts on the principle of the supremacy of EC law and the position of third pillar legislation in national legal systems. There is also a growing body of highly interesting decisions of lower courts, proving that EU law is slowly making its way and its effectiveness should not be at risk in the long term. Having passed the phase of shyness, domestic courts in at least a few of those countries have already started to send references for the preliminary rulings to the European Court of Justice. Despite some early disappointments, the new references are, in most cases, admissible and very interesting from the substantive point of view. A purely technocratic approach may immediately lead to a conclusion that all these efforts are not sufficient and that the newcomers are underperforming. However, if one takes into account the breadth of the reforms and changes those countries have undergone in the past two decades the conclusion may be different. The emerging picture is quite impressive when economic, political and social factors are taken into account. The countries of Central and Eastern Europe, which had managed to escape the brain draining ruthless Soviet empire, have spent the last twenty years in a deep, multidimensional transformation. Membership of the European Union is yet another challenge they are faced with. One should not think of those countries as children of a lesser God, but rather a Brave New World negotiating its way in the contemporary Europe. This book is important reading for academics, practitioners and civil servants in the EU Member States and candidate countries. Dr Adam Lazowski is Reader in Law at the School of Law, University of Westminster, London, UK.

Making EU Foreign Policy - National Preferences, European Norms and Common Policies (Hardcover, New): Daniel C Thomas Making EU Foreign Policy - National Preferences, European Norms and Common Policies (Hardcover, New)
Daniel C Thomas
R1,534 Discovery Miles 15 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A novel explanation of how EU member states overcome their divergent preferences to reach agreement on common foreign policies, with fourteen in-depth case studies covering diplomatic and security issues, enlargement, trade, development and environmental protection.

Societal Actors in European Integration - Polity-Building and Policy-making 1958-1992 (Hardcover): W. Kaiser Societal Actors in European Integration - Polity-Building and Policy-making 1958-1992 (Hardcover)
W. Kaiser; Jan-Henrik Meyer
R1,987 Discovery Miles 19 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this volume an international cast of contributors analyze and discuss the role of societal actors in European integration from the creation of the present-day European Union in 1958 to the Maastricht Treaty in 1992. Based throughout on newly accessible sources the authors discuss a variety of societal actors from political parties to business groups and civil society organizations demonstrating the scope and limits of their role in European polity-building and policy-making before the Maastricht Treaty, with an outlook on the period since then. This is an important text for students and Scholars of European Studies, European Union Politics and contemporary History.

Managing a Multilevel Foreign Policy - The EU in International Affairs (Hardcover): Paolo Foradori, Paolo Rosa, Riccardo... Managing a Multilevel Foreign Policy - The EU in International Affairs (Hardcover)
Paolo Foradori, Paolo Rosa, Riccardo Scartezzini; Contributions by Fulvio Attina, Giovanna Bono, …
R3,182 R2,854 Discovery Miles 28 540 Save R328 (10%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Managing a Multilevel Foreign Policy is a helpful resource for enhancing current understanding of the European Union as an emerging actor in the global system. Analyzing the role of the EU in international affairs, Foradori, Rosa, and Scartezzini seek to foster understanding of the complexity of the present international conditions and the ways in which the EU is responding to threats and opportunities from the outside world. The numerous contributors examine the latest developments in the fields of EU foreign, security, and defense policies, providing a complete overview of the ways in which the EU has grown as a global actor with a significant impact on international affairs.

Constructing South East Europe - The Politics of Balkan Regional Cooperation (Hardcover): Dimitar Bechev Constructing South East Europe - The Politics of Balkan Regional Cooperation (Hardcover)
Dimitar Bechev
R1,515 Discovery Miles 15 150 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Regional cooperation has become a distinctive feature of the Balkans, an area known for its turbulent politics. Exploring the origins and dynamics of this change, this book highlights the transformative power of the EU and other international actors"--Provided by publisher.

Social Mobility in Europe (Hardcover): Richard Breen Social Mobility in Europe (Hardcover)
Richard Breen
R7,188 Discovery Miles 71 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Social Mobility in Europe is the most comprehensive study to date of trends in intergenerational social mobility. It uses data from 11 European countries covering the last 30 years of the twentieth century to analyze differences between countries and changes through time.
The findings call into question several long-standing views about social mobility. We find a growing similarity between countries in their class structures and rates of absolute mobility: in other words, the countries of Europe are now more alike in their flows between class origins and destinations than they were thirty years ago. However, differences between countries in social fluidity (that is, the relative chances, between people of different class origins, of being found in given class destinations) show no reduction and so there is no evidence supporting theories of modernization which predict such convergence. Our results also contradict the long-standing Featherman Jones Hauser hypothesis of a basic similarity in social fluidity in all industrial societies 'with a market economy and a nuclear family system'. There are considerable differences between countries like Israel and Sweden, where societal openness is very marked, and Italy, France, and Germany, where social fluidity rates are low. Similarly, there is a substantial difference between, for example, the Netherlands in the 1970s (which was quite closed) and in the 1990s, when it ranks among the most open societies.
Mobility tables reflect many underlying processes and this makes it difficult to explain mobility and fluidity or to provide policy prescriptions. Nevertheless, those countries in which fluidity increased over the last decades of the twentieth century had not only succeeded in reducing class inequalities in educational attainment but had also restricted the degree to which, among people with the same level of education, class background affected their chances of gaining access to better class destinations.

Europe and National Economic Transformation - The EU After the Lisbon Decade (Hardcover): Mitchell P Smith Europe and National Economic Transformation - The EU After the Lisbon Decade (Hardcover)
Mitchell P Smith
R1,521 Discovery Miles 15 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 2000, the European Union set out to shape itself into the world's most dynamic and competitive knowledge-based economy within a decade. But how great is the capacity of the EU to orchestrate 'competitiveness'? Can common policy instruments produce consistent effects across diverse varieties of capitalism? Has substantial policy learning taken place in response to the successes and failures of the Lisbon agenda? Europe and National Economic Transformation identifies the nature and limits of the transformative capacities of the EU's push for economic gains. The book does so by examining the consequences of the decade-long Lisbon process and its successor, Europe 2020. It explores a broad range of economic outcomes and consequences for an array of policy areas, including innovation financing, employment services, labor migration policy and pension reform.

The European Union and Global Development - An 'Enlightened Superpower' in the Making? (Hardcover): S. Ganzle, S.... The European Union and Global Development - An 'Enlightened Superpower' in the Making? (Hardcover)
S. Ganzle, S. Grimm, D. Makhan
R1,538 Discovery Miles 15 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Many of the central issues faced by EU Foreign Policy - such as state fragility, illegal migration and environmental degradation - are challenges of global development. For European policymakers the increasing importance of development as an external relations priority will demand the refinement of existing instruments and the testing of new approaches. This book addresses debates on how the EU manages various modes of governance in development policymaking, its engagement with other global actors and the effectiveness of its policy formulation and implementation. Given the restrictions of policymaking in an environment characterised by uncertainty, difficulty and complexity, the contributions to this volume explore decision-making and implementation across a wide range of issue-areas with the objective of highlighting choices that could improve the coherence, and thus the effectiveness, of European policy for global development.

Institutional and Policy Change in the European Parliament - Deciding on Freedom, Security and Justice (Hardcover): Ariadna... Institutional and Policy Change in the European Parliament - Deciding on Freedom, Security and Justice (Hardcover)
Ariadna Ripoll Servent
R2,898 R1,934 Discovery Miles 19 340 Save R964 (33%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In an EU increasingly worried about the security of its citizens and its territory, how should the European Parliament make policy decisions in these areas? This study investigates how the empowerment of the European Parliament has led it to abandon its defence of civil liberties in order to become a full partner in inter-institutional negotiations

Current Economic Issues in EU Integration (Hardcover, 2004 ed.): M. Baimbridge, J. Harrop, G. Philippidis Current Economic Issues in EU Integration (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)
M. Baimbridge, J. Harrop, G. Philippidis
R2,869 Discovery Miles 28 690 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book examines selected pertinent topics on issues relating to current and future EU developments. In its initial sections, the book focuses on an array of wide ranging micro (agriculture, industry and competition) and macro (EMU, regional convergence and enlargement) issues. A final section is reserved for discussion on Britain's future relationship with the EU. In particular, the book posits possible alternative strategies (e.g. NAFTA membership and policy frameworks) and examines these from both a theoretical and empirical perspective.

The European Union and the Council of Europe (Hardcover): M Kolb The European Union and the Council of Europe (Hardcover)
M Kolb
R1,945 Discovery Miles 19 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

With the increasing prominence of fundamental rights within the EU it increasingly interferes in the core competence of the Council of Europe. This book traces the EU and the Council of Europe relationship in the field of human rights - marked by mutual interferences and overlap - and explores which factors trigger cooperation or conflict between the two organizations. Investigating the cases of data protection, the fight against terrorism, challenging Roma discrimination, the Memorandum of Understanding and the Fundamental Rights Agency through the lens of an implementation literature and management studies-perspective, this book contends that the biggest threat to interorganizational cooperation is organizational self-interest, despite a shared policy outlook. The book furthers the agenda set by the literature in this field by providing a new theoretical framework and an in-depth empirical study of two main actors in the field of human rights protection in Europe from a political science perspective.

Between Flexibility and Disintegration - The Trajectory of Differentiation in EU Law (Hardcover): Bruno de Witte, Andrea Ott,... Between Flexibility and Disintegration - The Trajectory of Differentiation in EU Law (Hardcover)
Bruno de Witte, Andrea Ott, Ellen Vos
R4,525 Discovery Miles 45 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Differentiation was at first not perceived as a threat to the European project, but rather as a tool to promote further integration. Today, more EU policies than ever are marked by concentric circles of integration and a lack of uniform application. As the EU faces increasingly existential challenges, this timely book considers whether the proliferation of mechanisms of flexibility has contributed to this newly fragile state or whether, to the contrary, differentiation has been fundamental to integration despite the heterogeneity of national interests and priorities. Written by emerging and established experts in the field, the chapters examine the present and future of differentiation in EU law. Part I covers general institutional aspects, with contributors examining the nature and characteristics of the various institutional and extra-institutional forms of differentiation. Part II takes a policy-oriented perspective, focussing on areas of EU law and policy in which differentiated integration is prevalent or particularly intriguing. This includes Economic and Monetary Union, the internal market, justice and home affairs, and foreign policy. Differentiated integration is now a defining feature of the EU polity, with the potential to impact almost every facet of EU regulation. This book will be essential reading for students and academics in EU law or anyone interested in the future of EU integration. Contributors include: V. Borger, M. Dawson, M. de Visser, B. De Witte, W. Devroe, A. Durana, N. El-Enany, C. Fasone, E. Ferran, E. Herlin-Karnell, C. Herrmann, S. Kingston, P. Koutrakos, A. Ott, S. Peers, D. Thym, P. Van Cleynenbreugel, S. Van den Bogaert, A.P. van der Mei, E. Vos, M. Weimer

The Third Option - The Emancipation of European Defense, 1989 - 2000 (Hardcover, New): Charles G. Cogan The Third Option - The Emancipation of European Defense, 1989 - 2000 (Hardcover, New)
Charles G. Cogan
R2,766 Discovery Miles 27 660 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

It was logical to expect that the European Economic and Monetary Union would lead ineluctably to an autonomous European defense; the very size of the European Union seems to demand it. The EU eventually will reach the point where its economic and demographic weight will far exceed that of the United States. Can it not be expected too that the EU will seek to make this weight felt internationally? Cogan tracks the halting creation of an independent European military structure, a third way between national armies and ATO, since the Iron Curtain's fall.

With the Cold War's end and subsequent western engagements in Central and Eastern Europe, it is no longer a question of whether NATO and the EU compare; they now must relate. They have to coordinate their planning and force postures so as to avoid duplication of resources and efforts. Although NATO's integrated command structure theoretically was an anomaly with the end of the Cold War, it nevertheless turned out to be the case in Bosnia, and later Kosovo, that nothing was possible until the Americans intervened. The virtue of integrated command -- American participation and know-how -- was once again seen as crucially important, despite the increasingly anachronistic deficit of sovereignty for Western Europe in defense matters. In the long run, Europe's economic power must be balanced by its military and diplomatic might.

The European Monetary Union in a Public Choice Perspective (Hardcover): Jennifer C. Martin-Das The European Monetary Union in a Public Choice Perspective (Hardcover)
Jennifer C. Martin-Das
R3,883 Discovery Miles 38 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The future of European Monetary Union (EMU) stands as one of the most important economic issues of the era. The author argues that in the event of macroeconomic shocks, rather than acting as a cohesive force, EMU could give rise to disunity. As EMU is not an optimal currency area, asymmetric shocks affecting each country differently could be critical to its future. The success of EMU depends upon the ability of institutions in the EU to satisfy the monetary and fiscal policy demands of sufficient numbers of national constituents, interest groups, and multinational corporations. This book employs principles from public choice to analyze the EU institutions that participate in the monetary policy making process of EMU and assesses whether they have the mechanisms to cope with asymmetric macroeconomic shocks. In particular, it examines the European Council, Council of Ministers, European Commission, European Parliament and the European Central Bank. This book provides an invaluable critique of the EMU plan and will be of interest to scholars of European economics, macroeconomics and public choice.

The External Dimension of EU Justice and Home Affairs - Governance, Neighbours, Security (Hardcover): T Balzacq The External Dimension of EU Justice and Home Affairs - Governance, Neighbours, Security (Hardcover)
T Balzacq
R1,532 Discovery Miles 15 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book provides an analysis of the European Neighbourhood Policy by focusing on the impact of norms of justice and home affairs on EU external relations. Drawing on the literature of new governance it designs a framework for analysis which clarifies the contents, tools and processes of the external dimension of EU justice and home affairs.

Adjusting to EU Enlargement - Recurring Issues in a New Setting (Hardcover, illustrated edition): Constantine A Stephanou Adjusting to EU Enlargement - Recurring Issues in a New Setting (Hardcover, illustrated edition)
Constantine A Stephanou
R3,326 Discovery Miles 33 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Before the latest EU enlargement, substantial changes in the integration process were predicted as a result of the accession of 10 new Member States, with some forecasting cataclysmic consequences. This book, one of the first ex post assessments of EU enlargement, provides evidence to the contrary, while also providing examples in which the new Members have been able to influence EU policy output with their liberal attitudes on economic and social policy. This book will be of great interest to EU policymakers, including officials of European institutions whose primary concerns are 'policy adjustment' and EU external relations. It will also be of interest to academics and students specialising in EU affairs, especially European integration, organisation, governance and public policy.

Europeanization of the Western Balkans - Environmental Governance in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015):... Europeanization of the Western Balkans - Environmental Governance in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Adam Fagan, Indraneel Sircar
R2,444 R1,911 Discovery Miles 19 110 Save R533 (22%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The book analyses the changing roles of international agencies, governmental bodies, non-governmental organisations, and local communities around major road-building environmental impact assessment processes in order to examine whether the influence of the European Union has transformed environmental governance in Bosnia-Herzegovina and in Serbia.

Understanding Conflict Between Russia and the EU - The Limits of Integration (Hardcover, 2006 ed.): S. Prozorov Understanding Conflict Between Russia and the EU - The Limits of Integration (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
S. Prozorov
R1,516 Discovery Miles 15 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"Understanding Conflict between Russia and the EU" addresses the conflictual issues in EU-Russian relations and presents an innovative theory for the understanding of their emergence. Drawing on up-to-date research data, the author argues that conflicts in EU-Russian relations are generated by the clash of principles of state sovereignty and international integration, which characterize the policies of both sides.

A Cultural History of British Euroscepticism (Hardcover): M. Spiering A Cultural History of British Euroscepticism (Hardcover)
M. Spiering
R1,486 Discovery Miles 14 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Why are the British so Euro-sceptic? Forget about tedious treaties, party politics or international relations. The real reason is that the British do not feel European. This book explores and explains the cultural divide between Britain and Europe, where it comes from and how it manifests itself in everyday life and the academic world.

EU Democracy Promotion and the Arab Spring - International Cooperation and Authoritarianism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015): Vera van... EU Democracy Promotion and the Arab Spring - International Cooperation and Authoritarianism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Vera van Hullen
R2,629 R1,953 Discovery Miles 19 530 Save R676 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The author explores the practice and effects of the European Union's democracy promotion efforts vis-a-vis its authoritarian neighbours in the Middle East and North Africa. She argues that the same set of factors facilitated both international cooperation of authoritarian regimes on democracy promotion and their persistence during the Arab Spring.

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