The State of European Integration
The State of European Integration

Author: Yannis A. Stivachtis

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-03-03

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 1317014774

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The State of European Integration provides scholars, practitioners, experts and students with a comprehensive account of the state of the European Union today. With contributions from leading scholars including Richard G. Whitman, Meltem Müftüler-Baç, Gülnur Aybet, Leila Simona Talani and Gareth Dale, the book examines the EU in a theoretically informed and empirically grounded manner. Opening with an exploration into the nature of the European Union as an international actor, it then assesses the impact of enlargement on institutions, policies and identity. The contributors investigate issues related to the degree of convergence and cohesion among members, and analyze the economic and monetary state of integration. The volume comes at a timely interval when there is a need to understand the present and future of the European Union.

The Neighbours of the European Union's Neighbours
The Neighbours of the European Union's Neighbours

Author: Sieglinde Gstöhl

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-02-24

Total Pages: 295

ISBN-13: 1317023161

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Should the European Neighbourhood Policy stop at the borders of the European Union’s immediate neighbouring countries? This book is the first full length study of the ’neighbours of the EU’s neighbours’, a concept originally introduced by the European Commission with reference to Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. These regions in the EU’s broader neighbourhood are often perceived as an ’arc of crisis’ from which manifold challenges emanate for Europe. This timely book takes stock of the state of the EU’s cooperation with the neighbours of its neighbours and explores how the concept might help promote security, stability and prosperity beyond the countries which are formally part of the European Neighbourhood Policy. How can the EU create bridges between these regions? What instruments does the EU have at its disposal and how can it link them in order to respond to the challenges and overcome the current fragmentation? One of the conclusions is the suggestion to consider a pragmatic ’EU Strategy for the Neighbours of its Neighbours’ which addresses the needs of the broader EU neighbourhood in a more systematic and consistent manner and helps transform in the long run the ’arc of crisis’ into another ’ring of friends’.

Current developments in European trade policy
Current developments in European trade policy

Author: Great Britain: Parliament: House of Lords: European Union Committee

Publisher: The Stationery Office

Published: 2007-11-28

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9780104011713

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This report reproduces the oral evidence the Committee received from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Consumer Affairs, Gareth Thomas MP. Key topics in the evidence are: Parliamentary scrutiny of trade negotiating mandates in the House of Lords; the WTO Doha Round; food miles; the impacts of trade agreements on developing countries; the Common Agricultural Policy; trade in services; bilateral trade agreements; UK influence on European trade policy; trade defence instruments, and trade relations with China. The Committee also announces an inquiry which will look beyond the Doha Round to the future of multilateral trade agreements. The Committee is concerned that there has been scant progress towards a conclusion of the Doha Round. It notes the increasing number of bilateral agreements that are being negotiated by the EU and the USA, and is concerned that these might be replacing the multilateral approach.

European Integration
European Integration

Author: J. Ørstrøm Møller

Publisher: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 547

ISBN-13: 981230777X

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Provides a guide to current EU institutions, practices, and policies, with an overview of the achievements of European integration and the challenges that currently face the European Union.

A New Deal for an Effective European Research Policy
A New Deal for an Effective European Research Policy

Author: Ugur Muldur

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-05-06

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 140205551X

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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.

Britain and the European Union
Britain and the European Union

Author: David Gowland

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-10-04

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 1315463512

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This engaging and concise text offers the student and the general reader a compact, readable treatment of British membership of the European Union from 1973 to the present day. It provides a highly distilled and accessible analysis and overview of some of the parameters and recurring features of Britain’s membership of the European Union, touching on all of the major facets of membership. Key features: examines the constant and changing character of British membership of the European Union (EU) discusses the problematical and often paradoxical features of membership familiarizes the reader with both academic and public debates about the subject offers thematic treatment of all aspects of policy and attitudes towards the EU provides an overview of the main landmarks in the history of the EU since 1973 presents the most comprehensive and up-to-date text on the course and result of the EU referendum campaign. This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and the generally interested reader in the areas of European Studies, British Politics, EU Studies, Area Studies and International Relations.

Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).
Parliamentary Debates (Hansard).

Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons

Publisher:

Published: 1926

Total Pages: 1294

ISBN-13:

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Contains the 4th session of the 28th Parliament through the session of the Parliament.

Environmental Finance and Development
Environmental Finance and Development

Author: Sanja Tišma

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-05-23

Total Pages: 216

ISBN-13: 1136296654

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This book focuses on environmental financing in the process of alignment with the EU. Based on comparative analysis of national environmental strategies and financial needs, and their links with strategic development documents in five selected countries (Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Croatia, Turkey) the book identifies main achievements and remaining challenges in the main areas of environmental regulation: nature protection, water, waste, air and climate change. For each area the same concept is applied: current situation is presented, followed by an overview of institutional and legal frameworks. Division of competences between actors at the same or at different levels is addressed. Costs of implementation are estimated and possible sources of financing identified.

Carbon Pricing, Growth and the Environment
Carbon Pricing, Growth and the Environment

Author: Lawrence A. Kreiser

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1781952191

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ïThe scope, depth and persistence with which this book explores carbon pricing is admirable, reflecting that despite political reluctance it is a topic in all parts of the world.Í _ Mikael Skou Andersen, Aarhus University, Denmark and European Environment Agency ïEnvironmental taxation and emissions trading continue to be high on the public policy agenda in many countries, and this is another welcome and very interesting volume in the Critical Issues in Environmental Taxation series that presents new ideas and evidence on these subjects from a wide range of countries and a variety of perspectives.Í _ Paul Ekins, University College London, UK This original and timely volume provides unique insights and analysis on the pressing question of how to achieve environmental sustainability while fostering economic growth. The emphasis of the book lies in finding critical solutions to global climate change including chapters on environmental fiscal reform and unemployment in Spain, EU structural and cohesion policy and sustainable development, ecological tax reform in Europe and Asia, AustraliaÍs carbon pricing mechanism, and many other timely topics. This insightful volume will appeal to policy makers in government as well as academics and students in environmental law, environmental economics and environmental sustainability.