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Dilemmas of European Integration - The Ambiguities and Pitfalls of Integration by Stealth (Hardcover, New): Giandomenico Majone Dilemmas of European Integration - The Ambiguities and Pitfalls of Integration by Stealth (Hardcover, New)
Giandomenico Majone
R3,828 Discovery Miles 38 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

If one lesson emerges clearly from fifty years of European integration it is that political aims should be pursued by overtly political means, and not by roundabout economic or legal strategies. The functionalist strategy of promoting spillovers from one economic sector to another has failed to achieve a steady progress towards a federal union, as Jean Monnet and other functionalists had hoped. On the other hand, the unanticipated results of 'integration through law' have included over-regulation and an institutional framework which is too rigid to allow significant policy and institutional innovations. Thus, integration by stealth has produced sub-optimal policies and a steady loss of legitimacy by the supranational institutions. Both the functionalist approach and the classic Community Method are becoming obsolete. This major new statement from a leading European scholar provides the most thorough analysis currently available of the pitfalls and ambiguities of 50 years of European integration, without losing sight of its benefits. Majone provides a clear demonstration of how a number of European policies - including environmental protection - lack a logically defensible rationale, while showing how, in other cases, objectives may be better achieved by re-nationalizing the policy in question. He also shows how, in an information-rich environment, co-ordination by mutual adjustment becomes possible, meaning that member states are no longer as dependent on central institutions as in the past. He explains how the challenge for future research is to investigate methods-other than delegation to supranational institutions-by which member states can credibly commit themselves to collective action. Dilemmas of European Integration concludes by explaining exactly why the model of a United States of Europe is bound to fail-not just due to lack of popular support, but because it finds itself unable to deliver the public goods which Europeans expect to receive from a full fledged government. Although failing as a would-be federation, the present Union could become an effective confederation, built on the solid foundation of market integration. The new Constitutional Treaty, Majone argues, seems to point in this direction.

Foreign Ministries in the European Union - Integrating Diplomats (Hardcover, 2002 ed.): B. Hocking, D. Spence Foreign Ministries in the European Union - Integrating Diplomats (Hardcover, 2002 ed.)
B. Hocking, D. Spence
R1,539 Discovery Miles 15 390 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

What role, if any, does the foreign ministry perform in contemporary world politics? Is the argument that it is in a state of terminal decline accurate or rooted in only partial understandings of its changing character? Foreign Ministries in the European Union explores this theme in the context of the EU where foreign ministry has played a key role in the development of integration but where its role is increasingly questioned. The contributors examine the foreign ministry in 13 member states and draw conclusions that challenge some conventional wisdoms.

EU Coordination in International Institutions - Policy and Process in Gx Forums (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015): Peter Debaere EU Coordination in International Institutions - Policy and Process in Gx Forums (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2015)
Peter Debaere
R2,622 R1,945 Discovery Miles 19 450 Save R677 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book examines the European Union (EU) coordination of the G7, G8 and G20 (Gx). The author comprehensively maps out the different coordination processes for each Gx forum and assesses the procedures used, the actors involved as well as the evolution of the Gx forum over time.

Threatening Europe - Britain and the Creation of the European Community, 1955-58 (Hardcover): James Ellison Threatening Europe - Britain and the Creation of the European Community, 1955-58 (Hardcover)
James Ellison
R2,895 Discovery Miles 28 950 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book is the first to concentrate on the British attempt to place the EEC within a larger Free Trade Area. It is also the first to use recently released records to examine the Foreign Office's Grand Design for political co-operation in Europe. Its main focus is Anglo-European diplomacy, yet it deals with wider international relations and the Cold War. The book therefore extends the debate by presenting a full historical analysis of Britain's response to the creation of the European Community.

The Europeanization of Cyprus - Polity, Policies and Politics (Hardcover): A Sepos The Europeanization of Cyprus - Polity, Policies and Politics (Hardcover)
A Sepos
R1,514 Discovery Miles 15 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Drawing from rationalist and constructivist approaches The Europeanization of Cyprus identifies mechanisms and processes of Europeanization and examines their impact on the following key dimensions of Cyprus: executive, legislative and judicial authorities; political parties and public opinion; economy; agriculture and regional policy; foreign policy; and justice and home affairs. It also assesses how the territorial and temporal dimensions of the country have mediated the impact of these mechanisms and processes, and ultimately shaped the country's Europeanization experience. The book provides a deep understanding of the relations between Cyprus and the EU, while also enhancing our theoretical understanding of the impact of Europeanization on states, whether inside or outside the EU.

A New Deal for an Effective European Research Policy - The Design and Impacts of the 7th Framework Programme (Hardcover, 2006... A New Deal for an Effective European Research Policy - The Design and Impacts of the 7th Framework Programme (Hardcover, 2006 ed.)
Ugur Muldur; Preface by J. Potocnik; Fabienne Corvers, Henri Delanghe, Jim Dratwa, …
R1,558 Discovery Miles 15 580 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book argues that a New Deal for research in Europe is needed. This New Deal would involve the mobilisation of policy actors across all levels--regional, national and European--and their commitment to develop a more effective research system based on actions where they have the greatest impact. The book presents, from a viewpoint inside the European Commission, the nuts and bolts of how EU research policy is actually designed. It also provides a comprehensive analysis, on the basis of factual evidence, not only of the positive impacts of European research, but of the various criticisms that have been made of the Framework Programme.

An Identity for Europe - The Relevance of Multiculturalism in EU Construction (Hardcover): Susan Emmanuel An Identity for Europe - The Relevance of Multiculturalism in EU Construction (Hardcover)
Susan Emmanuel; Edited by R Kastoryano
R1,524 Discovery Miles 15 240 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book looks at the role of multiculturalism in the complex construction of the European Union, acknowledging the tension of creating a new political space for identities that are simultaneously national, regional, linguistic, and religious, and yet strive to encompass a political and geographic whole. The author investigates the difficulty of conjugating the complex, pluralistic sense of belonging that individuals and groups in the EU experience in efforts to form a cohesive political identity, and one that is expressly European.

Turkey and the European Union - Internal Dynamics and External Challenges (Hardcover, New): J. Joseph Turkey and the European Union - Internal Dynamics and External Challenges (Hardcover, New)
J. Joseph
R2,888 Discovery Miles 28 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Accession negotiations are underway and Turkey is preparing to become a full member of the EU. Turkey and the EU makes a scholarly contribution in the debate over Turkey's participation in the European integration process and the EU's future enlargement. It explores the recent history of ups and downs in EU-Turkish relations and looks at the prospects and challenges that Turkey's membership presents to both the EU and Turkey. The central question is how the internal economic and sociopolitical dynamics, and external orientations of Turkey, will meet the challenges of EU membership. Turkey's regional role and relations with the US are also examined.

Labour's European Dilemmas - From Bevin to Blair (Hardcover, New): R. Broad Labour's European Dilemmas - From Bevin to Blair (Hardcover, New)
R. Broad
R2,881 Discovery Miles 28 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

For 30 years, the Labour Party was wracked by conflict over membership in the European Community, swinging back and forth, pro and anti, when in and out of office. It was a conflict that helped keep the party in opposition for 18 years until it abandoned its socialist basis under New Labor. As a journalist and European Union official, Roger Broad knew many of the major and minor players and brings this experience to bear.

Integration, Growth, and Cohesion in an Enlarged European Union (Hardcover, 2005 ed.): John Bradley, George G. Petrakos, Julia... Integration, Growth, and Cohesion in an Enlarged European Union (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
John Bradley, George G. Petrakos, Julia Traistaru
R4,556 Discovery Miles 45 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book contributes fresh theoretical and empirical evidence on patterns of regional production structures, specialization, regional disparities, convergence and divergence processes and evaluation of cohesion policies in both current and future European Union (EU) member states in the context of increased integration. These subjects are addressed in both individual and cross-country analyses using innovative methodologies. The book is an essential reading for a large audience including researchers and policy makers working in the fields of economic integration, transition economics and regional development. The thirteen contributions brought together in this book are the result of recent research undertaken in the framework of a larger project initiated and coordinated by the Center for European Integration Studies (ZEI) of the University of Bonn on determinants of regional specialization, growth and convergence in the context of European integration. A number of these papers were presented to a conference on "European integration, regional convergence, location of industrial activity and labour market adjustment" initiated by the Center for European Integration Studies of the University of Bonn and organized jointly with the Center for European Studies of the University "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" of Iasi, Romania. We gratefully acknowledge the financial support from the European Commission Framework Programme and the Center for European Integration Studies of the University of Bonn.

The 2009 Elections to the European Parliament (Hardcover): J. Lodge The 2009 Elections to the European Parliament (Hardcover)
J. Lodge
R1,560 Discovery Miles 15 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

An analysis of the 2009 European elections in each of the 27 member states of the newly enlarged European Union, and assessment of the European Parliament in 2004-2009. This book looks at the implications of low turnout for the future of European Union democracy and accountability.

New Modes of Governance in Europe - Governing in the Shadow of Hierarchy (Hardcover): A. Heritier, M. Rhodes New Modes of Governance in Europe - Governing in the Shadow of Hierarchy (Hardcover)
A. Heritier, M. Rhodes
R1,523 Discovery Miles 15 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Based on the research of the EU-6th framework funded research consortium on 'New Modes of Governance in the European Union', this volume explores the roots, execution and applications of new forms of governance and evaluates their success.

European Economies in Transition - In Search of a New Growth Path (Hardcover): O. Fabel, F. Farina, L. Punzo European Economies in Transition - In Search of a New Growth Path (Hardcover)
O. Fabel, F. Farina, L. Punzo
R2,881 Discovery Miles 28 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Focusing upon the rich interplay between ongoing institutional and technological changes, the dynamics of national industrial systems and the modifications in policy instruments of the new economic framework of the common market and the single currency, European Economies in Transition addresses key issues for growth and convergence. A set of methodologies highlighting the structural aspects and discontinuities in such dynamics reveals new features of transition processes experienced by some of the most advanced Western economies.

European Union Delegations in EU Foreign Policy - A Diplomatic Service of Different Speeds (Hardcover): F. Austermann European Union Delegations in EU Foreign Policy - A Diplomatic Service of Different Speeds (Hardcover)
F. Austermann
R1,942 Discovery Miles 19 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This first comprehensive study of the EU's diplomatic representation in the world, the EEAS, this book seeks to understand why it has failed to formulate a centralised policy towards external states. It also analyses why the EEAS has more success in centralising diplomatic structures in developing countries than with some economic partners.

Emerging Organizational Forms - The Proliferation of Regional Intergovernmental Organizations in the Modern World-System... Emerging Organizational Forms - The Proliferation of Regional Intergovernmental Organizations in the Modern World-System (Hardcover, New)
James Hawdon
R2,486 Discovery Miles 24 860 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Regional Intergovernmental Organizations (REIGOs) have increased in number and importance since World War II and have assumed critical roles in both the economic and the political realms. Indeed, it is difficult--if not impossible--to discuss current economic issues without referring to the European Economic Community or the North American Free Trade Area. Similiarly, political REIGOs, such as NATO, the European Council, and the Organization of American States, are aggressively working to maintain peace and stability on a global scale. In the present volume, sociologist James Hawdon offers a novel approach to understanding the proliferation of these relatively new but increasingly important actors on the world stage.

The European Challenges Post-1992 - Shaping Factors, Shaping Actors (Paperback): Alexis Jacquemin, David Wright The European Challenges Post-1992 - Shaping Factors, Shaping Actors (Paperback)
Alexis Jacquemin, David Wright
R1,423 Discovery Miles 14 230 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What major long-term factors will shape the European Community post-1992? Who are the central actors, how will they exert influence on Europe's future, and what are their expectations and intentions?In seeking to answer these questions, The European Challenges Post-1992 offers a multidisciplinary, qualitative approach, throwing new light on the aspirations and preoccupations aroused by the promise of the Community. Centring on socio-political and cultural concerns and their interplay with economic phenomena, this important book combines expert opinion from 12 large European research institutes - each of which provides an analysis of the major factors shaping the future of their own country - with the views of leading industrialists and business leaders. The editors bring together these different views and interpretations to offer a comprehensive assessment of the Community's future. The European Challenge Post-1992 includes contributions by the former Commissaire du Plan (Brussels), the Institute of International Economics and Management (Copenhagen), Commissariat General du Plan (Paris), Kiel Institute of World Economics (Kiel), Foundation of Economic and Industrial Research (Athens), Economic and Social Research Institute (Dublin), Centro Studi Investimenti Sociali (Rome), Institut Universitaire International (Luxembourg), Scientific Council for Government Policy (The Hague), Instituto de Prospectiva (Lisbon), Fundacion Empresa Publica (Madrid), McKinsey & Co. and the Policy Studies Institute (London). The product of a major research project, this distinguished book is an invaluable reference point for all those concerned with the future of the European Community.

The European Approach to Peacebuilding - Civilian Tools for Peace in Colombia and Beyond (Hardcover): Dorly Castaneda The European Approach to Peacebuilding - Civilian Tools for Peace in Colombia and Beyond (Hardcover)
Dorly Castaneda
R2,648 R1,972 Discovery Miles 19 720 Save R676 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Examining peacebuilding through the intersection of security, development and democracy, Castaneda explores how the European Union has employed civilian tools for supporting peacebuilding in conflict-affected countries by working at the same time with CSOs and government institutions.

Becoming Europeans - Cultural Identity and Cultural Policies (Hardcover): M. Sassatelli Becoming Europeans - Cultural Identity and Cultural Policies (Hardcover)
M. Sassatelli
R2,871 Discovery Miles 28 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this significant intervention into the academic and institutional debate on European cultural identity, Monica Sassatelli examines the identity-building intentions and effects of the European Capital of Culture program, and also looks at the work of the Council of Europe and the recent European Landscape Convention.

Citizens' Reactions to European Integration Compared - Overlooking Europe (Hardcover): S. Duchesne Citizens' Reactions to European Integration Compared - Overlooking Europe (Hardcover)
S. Duchesne; Elizabeth Frazer, Florence Haegel; Edited by V. Van Ingelgom; Virginie Van Ingelgom
R1,976 Discovery Miles 19 760 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What do citizens say about Europe? Before the crisis of 2008 citizens in Britain, France and Francophone Belgium were 'overlooking' Europe by ignoring it in favour of globalisation, economic flows, and crises of political corruption. Innovative focus group methods allow analysis of the nature of their reactions and positions, and demonstrate how euroscepticism is a red herring. Instead they articulate indifference to and ambivalence about Europe contrasting with activists who engage in conflict about European issues. The analysis shows national and social differences. French projection contrasts with British exteriorisation and Belgian incorporation. The social gap is not a matter of deficits: workers have real arguments about issues close to home while managers show more concern about European politics.This book is part of the qualitative turn in European studies and both complements and challenges established knowledge on European attitudes.

EU Labor Markets After Post-Enlargement Migration (Hardcover, 2010 ed.): Martin Kahanec, Klaus F. Zimmermann EU Labor Markets After Post-Enlargement Migration (Hardcover, 2010 ed.)
Martin Kahanec, Klaus F. Zimmermann
R2,921 Discovery Miles 29 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Selected by Princeton University as Noteworthy Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics for 2010.

Are immigrants from the new EU member states a threat to the Western welfare state? Do they take jobs away from the natives? And will the source countries suffer from severe brain drain or demographic instability? In a timely and unprecedented contribution, this book integrates what is known about post-enlargement migration and its effects on EU labor markets. Based on rigorous analysis and hard data, it makes a convincing case that there is no evidence that the post-enlargement labor migrants would on aggregate displace native workers or lower their wages, or that they would be more dependent on welfare. While brain drain may be a concern in the source countries, the anticipated brain circulation between EU member states may in fact help to solve their demographic and economic problems, and improve the allocative efficiency in the EU. The lesson is clear: free migration is a solution rather than a foe for labor market woes and cash-strapped social security systems in the EU.

The Legal Aspects of the Community Trade Mark (Hardcover): Eric Gastinel, Mark Milford The Legal Aspects of the Community Trade Mark (Hardcover)
Eric Gastinel, Mark Milford
R6,410 Discovery Miles 64 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a practical guide to the legal aspects of the Community Trade Mark, which is an intellectual property right created by an European Council Regulation of December 1993, and which entered into force on 1 April 1996. The main attraction of the Community Trade Mark is that it enables an applicant to obtain and maintain, with only one registration, trade mark protection throughout the 15 Member States of the European Union (rather than having to obtain and maintain the registration of essentially the same trade mark in each of those countries). In other words, the Community Trade Mark offers one-stop-shopping; the proprietor of a Community Trade Mark is able to enjoy exclusive rights of use at a significantly reduced cost in order to enjoy comparable rights simultaneously throughout the European Union pursuant to the traditional country-by-country or international registration systems. The Community Trade Mark system is administered by the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs) (OHIM), which is an agency of the European Union. The Community Trade Mark system has been surprisingly successful since its inception.

European Consumer Policy after Maastricht (Hardcover, Reprinted from JOURNAL OF CONSUMER POLICY, 16:3-4; 17:1, 1994): N. Reich,... European Consumer Policy after Maastricht (Hardcover, Reprinted from JOURNAL OF CONSUMER POLICY, 16:3-4; 17:1, 1994)
N. Reich, Geoffrey Woodroffe
R4,546 Discovery Miles 45 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

European Consumer Policy after Maastricht raises both `horizontal' and `vertical' issues of consumer policy in the European Community and associated countries. The work was prompted by three important `constitutional' events in Europe: the completion of the Internal Market on 31 December 1992, the adoption of the Maastricht Treaty on Political Union, and the conclusion of the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The `horizontal' papers in Part I are concerned both with analyzing the `acquis' of consumer policy in Europe and with new directions as well as obstacles. The keynote paper by Micklitz and Weatherill gives an overall analysis of the political and legal bases of consumer policy from both the Internal Market and the Political Union perspectives. It is followed by two papers on subsidiarity by Gibson and Dahl which take up and clarify a somewhat confusing and irritating discussion in the EC. Lothar Maier is concerned with the function and role of the Consumer's Consultative Council in the EC of which he is the President; Monique Goyens with the opportunities and especially the shortcomings of consumer interest lobbying in the EC by her association, BEUC. The papers by Schmitz, Micklitz, Wilhelmsson and Kramer raise controversial and still unresolved policy and legal issues which go beyond traditional consumer policy via directives, e.g. in commercial marketing, cross-border litigation, contract law matters and conflicts between consumer and conflicts between consumer and environmental policy. Part II is concerned with national perspectives. The individual country reports relate to the EC and EEA countries and to Switzerland. They document the diverse -- sometimes protective, sometimes disturbing -- impact of EC lawmaking on national legislation, court practice and enforcement. They demonstrate that law harmonization is a painstaking process towards the goal of creating a European legal area with common protective standards.

At the Heart of the Union - Studies of the European Commission (Hardcover): Neill Nugent At the Heart of the Union - Studies of the European Commission (Hardcover)
Neill Nugent
R2,899 Discovery Miles 28 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The European Commission is very much at the heart of the European Union. Its wide variety of roles make it the institution most readily identified with the Union's many different activities. Surprisingly, relatively little has been written about this vital European institution. This book makes a major contribution to furthering understanding of the Commission. A broad range of different perspectives based on new research cover all aspects of its nature and functioning.

The European Union: Integration and Enlargement (Hardcover): R.Daniel Kelemen, Anand Menon, Jonathan Slapin The European Union: Integration and Enlargement (Hardcover)
R.Daniel Kelemen, Anand Menon, Jonathan Slapin
R4,469 Discovery Miles 44 690 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores one of the central challenges facing the EU today how to reconcile enlargement with the pursuit of a stronger and more effective European Union. While the relationship between widening and deepening has been recognized for years as one of the big questions in the field of European integration, existing theoretical and empirical analyses of this relationship suffer from a variety of shortcomings. This book brings together a group of EU scholars who significantly advance our understanding of the relationship between widening and deepening. The contributors challenge a variety of common wisdoms concerning the relationship between widening and deepening and offer nuanced theoretical and empirical analysis of the relationship between these two vital dimensions of European integration. Collectively, the contributors to this volume offer the most comprehensive picture available to date of the multi-faceted relationship between widening and deepening.

This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy."

Europeanisation and Party Politics - How the EU affects Domestic Actors, Patterns and Systems (Hardcover, New): Erol Kulahci Europeanisation and Party Politics - How the EU affects Domestic Actors, Patterns and Systems (Hardcover, New)
Erol Kulahci
R2,660 Discovery Miles 26 600 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

A sophisticated theoretical framework and up-to-date analysis of the Europeanisation of domestic party systems and political parties' policy stances. This book covers a range of contemporary topics: party systems, policy stances of political parties, opposition/co-operation over European integration, cleavage theory of party response to European integration, domestic depoliticisation and EU representation. It presents a sophisticated political analysis of Europe, and an exceptional amount of factual information about European countries and parties.

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