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This book offers an analytical overview of schools of thought on European integration which offer useful insights into EU social politics. Building on this framework, the chapters then examine in detail pre-Maastricht social policy and the 'social partners', the innovations of the Treaty itself, and where EU social policy stands at the end of the 1990s. Case studies of European Works Councils, parental leave, and atypical work, are included to highlight the day-to-day processes at work in social policy formation and the major interest groups and EU institutions involved. This is an up-to-date and accessible study which finds the social policy-making environment in the EU has become increasingly corporatist in the 1990s. eBook available with sample pages: 0203299078
This book offers a rigorous empirical and theoretical analysis of
an important dimension of European integration - the implementation
of EU legislation and its effect in the wake of the accession of
ten new member states to the EU in 2004. The authors concentrate on
the key field of social policy, which is of vital interest for the
viability of the welfare state and the future of labour law
standards in Europe. Following on from a previous prize-winning
study, Complying with Europe: EU Harmonization and Soft Law in the
Member States, this new volume looks at how EU social legislation
works in practice, particularly in Central and Eastern European
countries. The authors offer in-depth empirical case studies of
three of the most significant pieces of EU social legislation: the
Working Time Directive, the Equal Treatment Directive and the
Employment Equality Directive. Their analysis makes it possible for
the authors to make useful generalizations for the policy field as
a whole.
This book offers a rigorous empirical and theoretical analysis of
an important dimension of European integration - the implementation
of EU legislation and its effect in the wake of the accession of
ten new member states to the EU in 2004. The authors concentrate on
the key field of social policy, which is of vital interest for the
viability of the welfare state and the future of labour law
standards in Europe. Following on from a previous prize-winning
study, Complying with Europe: EU Harmonization and Soft Law in the
Member States, this new volume looks at how EU social legislation
works in practice, particularly in Central and Eastern European
countries. The authors offer in-depth empirical case studies of
three of the most significant pieces of EU social legislation: the
Working Time Directive, the Equal Treatment Directive and the
Employment Equality Directive. Their analysis makes it possible for
the authors to make useful generalizations for the policy field as
a whole.
European integration is in a time of multiple crises, which has a
profound impact on different EU policies. This book presents a
major collaborative research project uniting international
colleagues in the quest for developing a theory: when and how will
crisis induce policy breakthrough as opposed to stalemate? In this
volume, a team of renowned authors compare the effects of the
recent financial, economic and neighbourhood crises on the EU's
main policy domains, including financial market integration, trade,
health, migration, research, energy, foreign and state aid
policies. This book was originally published as a special issue of
the Journal of European Integration.
European integration is in a time of multiple crises, which has a
profound impact on different EU policies. This book presents a
major collaborative research project uniting international
colleagues in the quest for developing a theory: when and how will
crisis induce policy breakthrough as opposed to stalemate? In this
volume, a team of renowned authors compare the effects of the
recent financial, economic and neighbourhood crises on the EU's
main policy domains, including financial market integration, trade,
health, migration, research, energy, foreign and state aid
policies. This book was originally published as a special issue of
the Journal of European Integration.
Recent decades have seen a rise in the significance of governance
layers beyond the nation state and even Europe. Nonetheless, few
efforts have been made thus far to systematically examine the EU's
interaction with global policy regimes. This book maps the relative
importance of EU policies in the multi-level global governance
system, in comparison with national and global activities. It
provides a unique comparative analysis of the EU's capacity for
projecting its policies outward. Focusing on trade policy,
agriculture, food safety, competition, social rights, environmental
policy, transport, migration, nuclear non-proliferation, or
financial regulation, each chapter contributes to a better
understanding of the EU's role in shaping global policies, the
mechanisms it uses and the conditions leading to success or
failure. The contributors' comparative research highlights that
policy export is a demanding phenomenon that faces severe
limitations and frequently comes with drawbacks. Still, EU policy
export played a key role in shaping the rules of the global trade
regime and influenced global policy outcomes - at least to a minor
extent or in technical aspects - in the majority of the covered
policy areas. Overall however, this book reveals that the EU not
only aims to export its policies, but interacts with its global
environment in a number of distinct ways, including policy import
and policy protection, to shield it from global pressures.
Concluding with a comparison of all policies on the meta-level and
relevant policy recommendations, this book will be of interest to
students, scholars and practitioners of European politics, European
public policy, global governance and international relations.
Recent decades have seen a rise in the significance of governance
layers beyond the nation state and even Europe. Nonetheless, few
efforts have been made thus far to systematically examine the EU's
interaction with global policy regimes. This book maps the relative
importance of EU policies in the multi-level global governance
system, in comparison with national and global activities. It
provides a unique comparative analysis of the EU's capacity for
projecting its policies outward. Focusing on trade policy,
agriculture, food safety, competition, social rights, environmental
policy, transport, migration, nuclear non-proliferation, or
financial regulation, each chapter contributes to a better
understanding of the EU's role in shaping global policies, the
mechanisms it uses and the conditions leading to success or
failure. The contributors' comparative research highlights that
policy export is a demanding phenomenon that faces severe
limitations and frequently comes with drawbacks. Still, EU policy
export played a key role in shaping the rules of the global trade
regime and influenced global policy outcomes - at least to a minor
extent or in technical aspects - in the majority of the covered
policy areas. Overall however, this book reveals that the EU not
only aims to export its policies, but interacts with its global
environment in a number of distinct ways, including policy import
and policy protection, to shield it from global pressures.
Concluding with a comparison of all policies on the meta-level and
relevant policy recommendations, this book will be of interest to
students, scholars and practitioners of European politics, European
public policy, global governance and international relations.
Fritz W. Scharpf's renowned model of the 'joint-decision trap'
suggestes that the requirements of (nearly) unanimous decisions in
the EU's Council of Ministers, combined with conflicting
preferences among member governments, will systematically limit the
problem-solving effectiveness of European policies. However,
certain conditions have significantly changed in the 25 years since
the theory was first posited. In particular, the unanimity rule has
been replaced by qualified-majority voting in most issue areas, and
successive rounds of enlargement have augmented the diversity of
member state interests and preferences.
The EU's Decision Traps examines the continued relevance of the
model. It presents a comparative study on the differential politics
in EU policies. Looking at the political dynamics in an array of EU
activities, it analyzes breakthroughs as well as stalemates and
asks why leaps occur in some areas while blockages characterize
others. The dynamics that allow the EU to escape various forms of
decision trap are analyzed in-depth, including those suggested by
'rationalist' theorists (supranational-hierarchical steering,
treaty-base games, and arena shifting) and those suggested by
'constructivist' approaches (socialization). The volume concludes
that when the EU is confronted with a high degree of problem
pressure in a given issue area, these mechanisms will often not be
available because most remain outside politicians' immediate grasp.
What does EU law truly mean for the member states? Do they abide or
don't they? This book presents the first encompassing and in-depth
empirical study of the effects of 'voluntaristic' and (partly)
'soft' EU policies in all 15 member states. The authors examine 90
case studies across a range of EU Directives and shed light on
burning contemporary issues in political science, integration
theory, and social policy. They reveal that there are major
implementation failures and that, to date, the European Commission
has not been able adequately to perform its control function. While
all countries are occasional non-compliers, some quite frequently
privilege their domestic political concerns over performance of
their EU-related duties. Others neglect these EU obligations as a
matter of course. This innovative study answers questions of
crucial importance for politics in theory and in practice, and
suggests how implementation of EU law can be fostered in the
future.
What does EU law truly mean for the member states? Do they abide or
don't they? This book presents the first encompassing and in-depth
empirical study of the effects of 'voluntaristic' and (partly)
'soft' EU policies in all 15 member states. The authors examine 90
case studies across a range of EU Directives and shed light on
burning contemporary issues in political science, integration
theory, and social policy. They reveal that there are major
implementation failures and that, to date, the European Commission
has not been able adequately to perform its control function. While
all countries are occasional non-compliers, some quite frequently
privilege their domestic political concerns over performance of
their EU-related duties. Others neglect these EU obligations as a
matter of course. This study answers questions of crucial
importance for politics in theory and in practice, and suggests how
implementation of EU law can be fostered in the future.
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