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This Handbook maps the expanding field of gender and EU politics,
giving an overview of the fundamentals and new directions of the
sub- discipline, and serving as a reference book for (gender)
scholars and students at different levels interested in the EU. In
investigating the gendered nature of European integration and
gender relations in the EU as a political system, it summarizes and
assesses the research on gender and the EU to this point in time,
identifies existing research gaps in gender and EU studies and
addresses directions for future research. Distinguished
contributors from the US, the UK and continental Europe, and from
across disciplines from political science, sociology, economics and
law, expertly inform about gender approaches and summarize the
state of the art in gender and EU studies. The Routledge Handbook
of Gender and EU Politics provides an essential and authoritative
source of information for students, scholars and researchers in EU
studies/ politics, gender studies/ politics, political theory,
comparative politics, international relations, political and gender
sociology, political economy, European and legal studies/ law.
In an attempt to strengthen the legitimacy of European Union (EU)
policy-making, the 2009 Lisbon Treaty strengthened the principle of
parliamentary control in EU affairs. This pertains to parliaments
at all levels ranging from the regional to the supranational level.
This book analyses the potential of regional parliaments - the
parliaments closest to the citizens - to engage in EU affairs and
to fill the perceived legitimacy gap. Eight member states have a
total of 73 regional parliaments with legislative powers, and there
are further trends towards decentralization in Europe. On its quest
to understand the role that regional parliaments can plan in the EU
multi-level parliamentary system, the book addresses key questions:
What are the formal powers and functions of regional parliaments in
EU policy-making? How do they use their powers in practice? How
active are they in EU politics, and what do they try to achieve?
What factors can explain their degree of (in-)activity? The
chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue
of The Journal of Legislative Studies.
This Handbook maps the expanding field of gender and EU politics,
giving an overview of the fundamentals and new directions of the
sub- discipline, and serving as a reference book for (gender)
scholars and students at different levels interested in the EU. In
investigating the gendered nature of European integration and
gender relations in the EU as a political system, it summarizes and
assesses the research on gender and the EU to this point in time,
identifies existing research gaps in gender and EU studies and
addresses directions for future research. Distinguished
contributors from the US, the UK and continental Europe, and from
across disciplines from political science, sociology, economics and
law, expertly inform about gender approaches and summarize the
state of the art in gender and EU studies. The Routledge Handbook
of Gender and EU Politics provides an essential and authoritative
source of information for students, scholars and researchers in EU
studies/ politics, gender studies/ politics, political theory,
comparative politics, international relations, political and gender
sociology, political economy, European and legal studies/ law.
The role of regions in the European Union has been frequently
debated since the 1980s. This comprehensive book provides a
thorough overview of the issue from a variety of perspectives,
analysing regional governance and territorial dynamics in the EU
and its member states. Focusing on the implications of the
democratisation-regionalisation nexus, it argues that a 'Europe
with the regions' may promote good governance and ameliorate the
democratic deficits of the EU. The book's contributions offer a
multidisciplinary approach to the study of governance in the EU and
highlight the significance of regions and regionalisation for the
EU's future. Through a combination of empirical, conceptual,
theoretical and normative approaches, chapters address both
intra-state and transnational developments to provide a fresh and
exciting addition to the literature on new regionalism and
democratic theory. Favouring a modest notion of a 'Europe with the
regions' rather than the dominant maximalist vision, it embeds
these developments in the ongoing debate about the future of the
EU. Students and academics exploring regional governance and the EU
will find this book's unique conclusions and crucial insights of
great value. The book's distinct perspective on European governance
will also be of benefit to policy-makers and EU think-tanks.
Biotechnology is one of the most important new issues to emerge in
the knowledge economy. The Politics of Biotechnology in North
America and Europe provides analysts with a perspective on
policy-making in scientifically advanced countries that integrate
the insights of several approaches and that display a particular
sensitivity to the complexity of policy-making conjectures. This
perspective allows going beyond the simplistic understandings of
biotechnology policy currently prevailing. This volume provides a
rigorous analysis and detailed information on biotechnology policy
in nine countries. The essays included here present the results of
in-depth empirical research in the area of biomedicine and
agro-food biotechnology. The book is, therefore, not only of
interest to policy-makers and policy analysts, but also to anyone
with an interest in biotechnology.
Biotechnology is one of the most important new issues to emerge in
the knowledge economy. The Politics of Biotechnology in North
America and Europe provides analysts with a perspective on
policy-making in scientifically advanced countries that integrate
the insights of several approaches and that display a particular
sensitivity to the complexity of policy-making conjectures. This
perspective allows going beyond the simplistic understandings of
biotechnology policy currently prevailing. This volume provides a
rigorous analysis and detailed information on biotechnology policy
in nine countries. The essays included here present the results of
in-depth empirical research in the area of biomedicine and
agro-food biotechnology. The book is, therefore, not only of
interest to policy-makers and policy analysts, but also to anyone
with an interest in biotechnology.
In an attempt to strengthen the legitimacy of European Union (EU)
policy-making, the 2009 Lisbon Treaty strengthened the principle of
parliamentary control in EU affairs. This pertains to parliaments
at all levels ranging from the regional to the supranational level.
This book analyses the potential of regional parliaments - the
parliaments closest to the citizens - to engage in EU affairs and
to fill the perceived legitimacy gap. Eight member states have a
total of 73 regional parliaments with legislative powers, and there
are further trends towards decentralization in Europe. On its quest
to understand the role that regional parliaments can plan in the EU
multi-level parliamentary system, the book addresses key questions:
What are the formal powers and functions of regional parliaments in
EU policy-making? How do they use their powers in practice? How
active are they in EU politics, and what do they try to achieve?
What factors can explain their degree of (in-)activity? The
chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue
of The Journal of Legislative Studies.
At the beginning of the 21st century, the EU is facing deep
political, social, and economic changes. The benefit of
supranational organization is no longer obvious to European
citizens and questions of legitimacy have accompanied the EU's
development over the last decades. Regions - albeit often deemed
"obsolete" - present themselves as stable and reliable partners in
this turbulent environment: in being important objects of
identification to their citizens, but also relevant political and
legal entities in the EU's multilevel governance system. This
edited volume asks about the role of regions and regional identity
in a European Union that is perhaps struggling more than ever about
its future.
The book explores how the European Union and its members have been
renegotiating Europeanisation and renationalisation in response to
the multiple crises they faced in recent years. The authors
highlight varying understandings of ´crises´ in different
national and supranational policy and institutional contexts. They
show how in some cases these have challenged the legitimacy of
European Union norms and institutions and even triggered
disintegration, while in other cases these crises have served as
sources of inspiration for European social innovation and political
development.
This is the first comprehensive analysis of the role of
subnational parliaments in the EU policymaking system. The
contributions analyze the dynamic resulting from the new provisions
of the Lisbon Treaty, which was meant to strengthen the role of
parliaments at all levels of the EU system and, thereby, improve
the EU's democratic legitimacy. The book addresses conceptual
questions arising from studies on parliaments, Europeanization, and
federalism. Six case studies present the situation in those EU
member states with subnational parliaments endowed with legislative
competences.
The authors engage a dialogue between European integration theories
and gender studies. The contributions illustrate where and how
gender scholarship has made creative use of integration theories
and thus contributes to a vivid theoretical debate. The chapters
are designed to make gender scholarship more visible to integration
theory and, in this way stimulates the broader theoretical debates.
Investigating the whole range of integration theory with a gender
lens, the authors illustrate if and how gender scholarship has made
or can make creative use of integration theories.
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