Transnational European Union

Transnational European Union

Author: Wolfram Kaiser

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-11-16

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1134216971

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At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the European Union is an increasingly dense transnational social and political space. More and more non-governmental organisations develop transnational links, which are usually more intensive within the EU, even if they often extend beyond its borders to the wider world. This multi-disciplinary volume explores the importance of these structures, actors and relations for EU and European governance in the context of the theoretical debate about European integration in the social sciences. This book delivers: theoretical chapters examining and discussing the main conceptual perspectives to studying the transnational EU to provide a current overview empirical case studies of transnationalism in practice on transnational party, trade union and police cooperation to transnational education policy-making and transnational consensus-building in EMU governance. This volume will be of great interest to students in social sciences, contemporary history and law.


The Politics of Regional Cooperation and the Impact on the European Union

The Politics of Regional Cooperation and the Impact on the European Union

Author: Mats Braun

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2021-05-28

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1789906466

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This unique book explores what subregions are in a European context and what roles they fulfil in relation to the European integration process, exploring how subregional cooperation and integration in Europe largely take place in the shadow of the European integration process.


Transnational Party Co-operation and European Integration

Transnational Party Co-operation and European Integration

Author: Geoffrey Pridham

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-01-29

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1317351533

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In this book, first published in 1981, the authors trace and analyse the growth of transnational party co-operation and the factors important to it during the years before and immediately following direct elections. They recognise three major dimensions of transnational co-operation: the Euro-parliamentary groups; the new European party federations; and the national party frameworks in the member states. This title will be of interest to academics and students concerned with European affairs.


European Integration and Supranational Governance

European Integration and Supranational Governance

Author: Wayne Sandholtz

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 1998-09-24

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 0191522317

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The European Union began in 1957 as a treaty among six nations but today constitutes a supranational polity - one that creates rules that are binding on its 15 member countries and their citizens. This majesterial study confronts some of the most enduring questions posed by the remarkable evolution of the EU: Why does policy-making sometimes migrate from the member states to the European Union? And why has integration proceeded more rapidly in some policy domains than in others? A distinguished team of scholars lead by Wayne Sandholtz and Alec Stone Sweet offers a fresh theory and clear propositions on the development of the EU. Combining broad data and probing case studies, the volume finds solid support for these propositions in a variety of policy domains. The coherent theoretical approach and extensive empirical analyses together constitute a significant challenge to approaches that see the EU as a straightforward product of member-state interests, power, and bargaining. This volume clearly demonstrates that a nascent transnational society and supranational institutions have played decisive roles in constructing the European Union.


Crisis, Austerity and Transnational Party Cooperation in Southern Europe

Crisis, Austerity and Transnational Party Cooperation in Southern Europe

Author: Vladimir Bortun

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-10-23

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 3031391519

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The most internationalist of all party families, the radical left has paradoxically always lagged behind in its cooperation at the EU level. The previous decade, however, the transnational character of the Eurozone crisis and its austerity-centred management provided a strong incentive to remedy that. By focusing on the relations between three prominent members of this party family at the time (SYRIZA, Podemos, Left Bloc), this book shows how and why the transnational cooperation on the radical left largely failed to deliver in a propitious context. With implications for the study of other party families, the book lays out the key factors that prevented the European radical left from coming together to provide an alternative to the neoliberal status quo in the EU.


Integration and Co-operation in Europe

Integration and Co-operation in Europe

Author: Brigid Laffan

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-09-20

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 1134923414

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An ideal introductory text for students studying the EU. The evolution and extent of European integration in areas ranging from industrial development to international relations is explained.