Small States and EU Governance

Small States and EU Governance

Author: S. Bunse

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2009-03-26

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 0230234348

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Small States and EU Governance shows that the EU's rotating Council presidency and small states' capacity to make use of it have been underestimated. It examines the political objectives the presidency serves and presents a systematic and comparative assessment of its nature and influence in internal market and foreign policy issues.


The Federal Vision

The Federal Vision

Author: Kalypso Nicolaïdis

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 0199245010

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This book is intended for scholars and students of European Union, Political Science, International Law, International Relations, Political Economy, Comparative Federalism, European and American Politics


The Rotating European Union Council Presidency and Small Member States

The Rotating European Union Council Presidency and Small Member States

Author: Ieva Grumbinaitė

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-09-01

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 1000934993

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The Rotating European Union Council Presidency and Small Member States explores the opportunities and burdens for small states of holding the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union. While the functions and the achievements of the Council presidencies have been widely studied on the EU level, this book adopts the inverse and under-researched perspective of looking at the "domestic" impact of the Council presidency on the Member State, specifically small Member States. Combining new institutionalist theoretical approaches under the concept of Europeanisation, and employing both qualitative and quantitative methods, this book explores whether the Council presidency leads to Europeanisation of national polities and politics. More specifically, the book looks at the impact of the Council presidency on national administrations, ministers and public opinion. It suggests that the Council presidency presents a unique opportunity to (re)engage with EU affairs and institutions for Member States, especially the small ones and those holding the position for the first time. This book will be of interest to postgraduate students, researchers and academics of International Relations and European Integration, specifically those interested in small states in the European Union or the rotating European Union Council presidency.


Parliamentary Cooperation and Diplomacy in EU External Relations

Parliamentary Cooperation and Diplomacy in EU External Relations

Author: Kolja Raube

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published:

Total Pages: 545

ISBN-13: 1786438852

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In today’s increasingly complex and interdependent world, the role of parliaments in external affairs remains a relatively under explored topic of research. The multiple patterns of global governance are mostly dominated by the executive branches of government, with parliaments relegated to the sidelines. This insightful book aims to challenge this dominant perspective and demonstrate the increased networking of parliaments both within the EU and with external actors outside the EU. It not only sheds light on EU parliamentary cooperation and networking, but also reveals the growing scope and role of parliamentary scrutiny, control and conflict mediation.


The Rotating European Union Council Presidency and Small Member States

The Rotating European Union Council Presidency and Small Member States

Author: Ieva Grumbinaité

Publisher:

Published: 2024

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781032269375

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"The Rotating European Union Council Presidency and Small Member States explores the opportunities and burdens for small states of holding the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union. While the functions and the achievements of the Council presidencies have been widely studied on the EU level, this book adopts the inverse and under-researched perspective of looking at the "domestic" impact of the Council presidency on the Member State, specifically small Member States. Combining new institutionalist theoretical approaches under the concept of Europeanisation, and employing both qualitative and quantitative methods, this book explores whether the Council presidency leads to Europeanisation of national polities and politics. More specifically, the book looks at the impact of the Council presidency on national administrations, ministers and public opinion. It suggests that the Council presidency presents a unique opportunity to (re)engage with EU affairs and institutions for Member States, especially the small ones and those holding the position for the first time. This book will be of interest to postgraduate students, researchers and academics of International Relations and European Integration, specifically those interested in small states in the European Union or the rotating European Union Council presidency"--


The European Union: A Very Short Introduction

The European Union: A Very Short Introduction

Author: John Pinder

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2013-07-25

Total Pages: 209

ISBN-13: 0199681694

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John Pinder and Simon Usherwood explain the EU in plain readable English. They show how and why it has developed, how the institutions work, and what it does - from the single market to the euro, and from agriculture to the environment.


The European Union in the 21st Century

The European Union in the 21st Century

Author: Stefano Micossi

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789290799290

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The contributors to this book are all members of EuropEos, a multidisciplinary group of jurists, economists, political scientists, and journalists in an ongoing forum discussing European institutional issues. The essays analyze emerging shifts in common policies, institutional settings, and legitimization, sketching out possible scenarios for the European Union of the 21st century. They are grouped into three sections, devoted to economics and consensus, international projection of the Union, and the institutional framework. Even after the major organizational reforms introduced to the EU by the new Treaty of Lisbon, which came into force in December 2009, Europe appears to remain an entity in flux, in search of its ultimate destiny. In line with the very essence of EuropEos, the views collected in this volume are sometimes at odds in their specific conclusions, but they stem from a common commitment to the European construction.


The Ever-changing Union

The Ever-changing Union

Author: Christian Egenhofer

Publisher: CEPS

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 57

ISBN-13: 9290798513

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"The Ever-Changing Union" provides a concise overview of the EU's history, institutional structures and decision-making processes. As such, its aim is not to cover the breadth or complexity of information that can now be found in EU text books; this overview should provide the reader with all the information required to gain access to a complex institutional system that has been changing ever since its creation. In the first section the European integration process is described from its beginnings in the early 1950s to the current ratification problems of the Treaty of Lisbon. A second part presents the EU's main institutions with their distinct features and a third explains how these institutions interact within the European decision-making process as a whole. In addition, the Reader includes an overview of fundamental principles of the European integration process, a comparison between the EU and federalist systems, the basic features of the EU budget and the key innovations to be introduced by the Treaty of Lisbon. The book is written for those with an initial or occasional interest in European policies and politics. More particularly, the authors believe it to be useful for civil servants, diplomats, businesses, NGO representatives as well as students and scholars who encounter the European Union in their work.


Political Leadership in the European Union

Political Leadership in the European Union

Author: Ingeborg Tömmel

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-12-07

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1351183524

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The challenges that have been facing the European Union in recent years have given rise to the question: who leads the EU? This book offers a systematic analysis of political leadership in the EU. This volume offers a theoretical and conceptual analysis of political leadership in the EU. It deals with questions such as what kind of leadership is there in the different domains (such as climate change or central banking). It also examines how various EU institutions (European Commission, European Parliament) exert or have exerted leadership. Furthermore, it examines the role of the presidents of some of these institutions, such as the European Commission the European Council, the European Central Bank, but also of selected national leaders. Although the book does not advance a single leadership concept, the findings of the individual case studies show that the EU is by no means leaderless. The chapters originally published as a special issue in the Journal of European Integration.


Which European Union?

Which European Union?

Author: Sergio Fabbrini

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-02-26

Total Pages: 375

ISBN-13: 1107103940

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This book asks how the European Union can tackle the constitutional conundrum caused by the Euro crisis.