Skip to content
Cart (0) Free shipping over $35*
Buybacks (0) Free shipping on buybacks
loading
Help Contact
Return rental ›

Institutions of the European Union

Best in textbook rentals since 2012!

ISBN-10: 0199279004

ISBN-13: 9780199279005

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: John Peterson, Michael Shackleton

List price: $49.95
Blue ribbon 30 day, 100% satisfaction guarantee!
Marketplace
3 new & used from $4.91
what's this?
Rush Rewards U
Members Receive:
Carrot Coin icon
XP icon
You have reached 400 XP and carrot coins. That is the daily max!

Description:

This new edition of The Institutions of the European Union will be the key text for any reader wishing to understand the functions, powers and compositions of EU institutions. The book has been fully updated and includes a new chapter on institutional and constitutional reform.
Customers also bought

Book details

List price: $49.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/6/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 6.73" wide x 9.69" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 1.584
Language: English

Preface
List of Exhibits
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Abbreviations
List of Contributors
Table of Cases
Editors' Note
The EU's Institutions: An Overview
Introduction
Why study institutions?
Why study the EU's institutions?
'Frustration without disintegration'-the persistence of the EU system
Conclusion
Institutional Change in the EU
Introduction
The four phases of institutional development
The foundations
The consolidation of the Community model
The 'relaunch': institutional change through task extension
Adjusting the institutional system
What would the Constitutional Treaty have changed?
The dynamics of institutional change
The weight of interests
The role of institutions
When do ideas matter?
Conclusion
Providing Direction
The European Council
Introduction
Origins
Composition
Proceedings
Special meetings
Legal nature and characteristics
Functions
Strategic guidelines
Decision-making
Open method of coordination
Foreign policy
Amending the treaties
Simplified Treaty revision
Strengths and weaknesses
Conclusion
The Council of Ministers
Introduction
The origins of the Council
The Council hierarchy
The ministers
The preparatory bodies
The Presidency
The Council Secretariat
What does the Council do?
Formal and informal powers
Coordinating the work of the Council
Exerting influence in the Council
Dealing with the other institutions
The Council and EP
The Council and Commission
The Council and accountability
The Council in context
The Council and the larger 'EU system'
Coping with enlargement
Theorizing the Council
The College of Commissioners
Introduction
The origins and history of the College
The structure of the College
The President
The College
The cabinets
The Commission's powers
The College in context
The College after enlargement
Conclusion
The European Parliament
Introduction
Historical evolution
Aggregating interests
Political groups
The committee system
Exercising influence
History-making decisions
Policy-making decisions
Policy-implementing decisions
The Parliament and the democratic deficit
Conclusions
The European Court of Justice
The Court of Justice and the rule of law
The judicial architecture
The courts
The members
Internal organization and procedure
The roles of the Court
Forms of action
Preliminary rulings
Infringement proceedings
Annulment proceedings
Special procedures
The impact of the Court
Jurisprudential impact
Distribution of powers
Assessing the Court's role
Conclusion
Managing the Union
The Commission's Services
Introduction
Origins and evolution
The Monnet model
National bureaucratic models
International organization models
Powers, structure, and functioning
The College and the services
Powers and functions
Structure
Reforming the Commission
The reform programme
Externalizing Commission work
Streamlining personnel policy
Recruitment and training
A decade of turmoil
The Commission and theory
Do Commission officials identify with Europe?
Conclusion
Managing the Euro: The European Central Bank
Introduction
The ECB and the 'other' European banks
The origins of the ECB
Economic and political rationales
Politics in practice: the long road to EMU
Creating the ECB
The structure of the ECB
The powers of the ECB: centralization versus national control
Monetary policy
Economic policy coordination
Exchange rate policy
Democratic accountability and legitimacy issues
Conclusion
Managing Europeanization: The European Agencies
Introduction
Why agencies?
Delegation and policy credibility
Legal and political obstacles to delegation
The growing role of agencies
The politics of institutional choice: the birth of the European Environment Agency
From committees to agency: the development of the EMEA
The uncertain pursuit of regulatory credibility: the European Food Safety Authority
Independence and accountability
The network model
Conclusions
Financial Control: The Court of Auditors and OLAF
Introduction
The origins of the institutions
Structure of the institutions
European Court of Auditors
OLAF
Powers of the institutions
European Court of Auditors
OLAF
The institutions in context
Financial control and the larger EU system
Theories of integration and institutional development
The impact of the institutions
Conclusions
Integrating Interests
Security Interests: Police and Judicial Cooperation
Introduction
Origins
Ad hoc intergovernmental cooperation: 1960s-1985
Advanced intergovernmental cooperation: 1985-92
Justice and home affairs: the third pillar
Diluted intergovernmentalism: 1993-98
The area of freedom, security and justice
Contained intergovernmentalism: 1999-
Institutionalization and the European Council
Single market institutions for JHA
The European arrest warrant
Mutual assistance in criminal matters
Security interests and terrorism
The Constitutional Treaty
Conclusions
International Interests: The Common Foreign and Security Policy
Introduction
The origins of CFSP institutions
European political cooperation
From EPC to the CFSP
The structure of the CFSP system
The CFSP system in action
Powers of the institutions
CFSP powers
The EU's foreign policy record
Accountability and lobbying
The institutions in context
The CFSP in the EU system
The CFSP and national policies/ministries
Theorizing the CFSP
Conclusion
National Interests: Coreper
Introduction
Coreper's origins
Structure of the institution
Coreper I and II
Contestation
Powers of the institution
De facto decision-makers
Integrating interests
Continuous negotiation
Instruction and voice
Insulation
A dense normative environment
Norm socialization and enlargement
Plotting
Style of discourse
Accountability
The institution in context
The 'Janus face' of Coreper
Conclusions
Political Interests: The European Parliament's Party Groups
Introduction
The shape of the EP party system
Internal organization
Coalition politics and parliamentary committees
Electoral accountability
Parties at the European level
Conclusions
Social and Regional Interests: The Economic and Social Committee and Committee of the Regions
Introduction
The origins of Ecosoc and CoR
The structure of Ecosoc and CoR
Membership
Organization
Coalition-building
The powers of Ecosoc and CoR
Formal powers
Ecosoc in practice
CoR in practice
Ecosoc and CoR in context
Conclusion
Conclusion
Introduction
Institutional interdependence
Capacity-decline or renewal?
The leadership problem
The management problem
The problem of integrating interests
The prospects for renewal
Embedding the national in the European
EU institutions and the new institutionalism
Conclusion
References
Index
  • TextbookRush.com BBB Business Review
  • Trustpilot
Like TextbookRush on Facebook Follow TextbookRush on X Follow TextbookRush on Instagram Subscribe to TextbookRush on YouTube Follow TextbookRush on Pinterest Add TextbookRush on Snapchat Add TextbookRush on TikTok
© 2002-2024 TextbookRush
Subscribe