Policy-Making and Diversity in Europe examines the European polity
and its policy-making processes. In particular, it asks how an
institution which is so riddled with veto points manages to be such
an active and aggressive policy maker. Heritier argues that the
diversity of actors' interests and the consensus-forcing nature of
European institutions would almost inevitably stall the
decision-making process, were it not for the existence of creative
informal strategies and policy-making patterns. Termed by the
author 'subterfuge', these strategies prevent political impasses
and 'make Europe work'. The book examines the presence of
subterfuge in the policy domains of market-making, the provision of
collective goods, redistribution and distribution. Subterfuge is
seen to reinforce the primary functions of the European polity: the
accommodation of diversity, policy innovation and democratic
legitimation. Professor Heritier concludes that the use of
subterfuge to reconcile unity with diversity and competition with
co-operation is the greatest challenge facing European
policy-making.
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