The Making of EU Foreign Policy
The Making of EU Foreign Policy

Author: K. Smith

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2004-01-13

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0230536786

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The Making of EU Foreign Policy argues that there has been a common European Union (EU) foreign policy towards six countries of Eastern Europe - Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia - and analyzes why the EU has agreed to the policy. The objective of the EU's policy is to support the transformation of Eastern Europe and thus ensure security and stability. The most important instrument that the EU has used to reach this objective has been the prospect of enlargement.

Social Aspects of the Assistance Programmes to Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
Social Aspects of the Assistance Programmes to Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States

Author: Bettina Mähr-Agathonos

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 92

ISBN-13:

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Outlines the various aid programmes undertaken by the EC, the Group of 24, the World Bank, the IMF, the EBRD and trade unions, and briefly discusses the need for a social dimension to these programmes. Includes a directory of national counterparts, operational services and related offices in Eastern Europe.

Understanding the European Union's External Relations
Understanding the European Union's External Relations

Author: Michèle Knodt

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2003-09-02

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 1134433417

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The European Union is one of the world's biggest economies. However, its role as an international actor is ambiguous and it's not always able to transform its political power into effective external policies. The development of an 'assertive' European Union challenges the image of an internal project aimed at economic integration and international relations theories based on unitary state actors. This book systematically links the EU's external relations to existing political theories, showing how existing theories need to be modified in order to deal with specific characteristics of the EU as an international actor.

Politics and Institutions in an Integrated Europe
Politics and Institutions in an Integrated Europe

Author: Barry Eichengreen

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 364257811X

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In this volume, a group of distinguished economists, political scientists, and sociologists analyze the political economy of European integration. The authors evaluate recent developments in European politics and institutions. They consider the current situation and prospects for the future of an integrated Europe. This book will be of great interest to observers, scholars, and students of European economic and political affairs, macroeconomic policy, institutional analysis, and comparative and international political economy. The book is unique in combining perspectives from economics and political science and provides in-depth analysis of the new European institutions. It is published in conjunction with "Monetary and Fiscal Policy in an Integrated Europe" by the same editors.