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European Union Politics

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ISBN-10: 0199281955

ISBN-13: 9780199281954

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Michelle Cini

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This is the essential text for all students of European Union politics. With its established authority and reputation, the new edition is an even more invaluable resource. It has been updated throughout to reflect recent developments, and there are four new chapters on the constitutional treaty, CFSP and ESDP, the single market, and public opinion.
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List price: $60.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/8/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 536
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.2
Language: English

Guided Tour of Learning Features
Guided Tour of the Online Resource Centre
List of Figures
List of Boxes
List of Tables
About the Contributors
Abbreviations
Introduction
Introduction: what is the EU?
Why was it set up?
Who can join?
Who pays?
How is European policy made?
The organization of the book
The Historical Context
The European Community: From 1945 to 1985
Introduction
The opening moves
The Community idea
Rome and the stalling of ambition
The emergence of summits
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
Towards European Union
Introduction
The European Union as a European union
Reviewing the Union: the 1996 IGC and the Treaty of Amsterdam
Preparing for enlargement: the 2000 IGC, the Treaty of Nice, and the 'Future of Europe' debate
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
The Rise and Fall of the Constitutional Treaty
Introduction
The drafting process
Key elements of the Constitutional Treaty
What the Constitutional Treaty is not about - an appraisal
Ratification
The significance of the Constitutional Treaty and the ratification experience
Where next for the EU and its treaties?
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
Theories and Conceptual Approaches
Federalism and Federation
Introduction
Federalism, federation, and European integration
The variety of federal models
Monnet's conception of Europe and its political implications
The meaning of a federal Europe
Conclusion: from quantity to quality
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
Neo-functionalism
Introduction
What is neo-functionalism?
A brief history of neo-functionalism
Supranationalism and spillover
Critiques of neo-functionalism
The revival of neo-functionalism
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
Intergovernmentalism
Introduction
What is intergovernmentalism?
Hoffmann and his critics
Beyond classical intergovernmentalism
Liberal intergovernmentalism and its critics
Conclusion: the future of intergovernmentalism
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
New Theories of European Integration
Introduction
The limits of the classical debate
Institutionalism and the EU
Theories of policy-making and the EU
Multi-level governance
Social constructivist approaches to the EU
International Relations and International Political Economy revisited
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
Institutions and Actors
The European Commission
Introduction
The functions of the Commission
Commission influence
The President and the commissioners
Commissioners' cabinets
The Commission services
Connecting to national administrations: committees and networks
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
The Council of the European Union
Introduction
The heart of EU decision-making
The Council and the European Council: not the same thing
How does the Council work?
The layers of Council decision-making
Institutional evolution over time and current challenges
Conclusion: national, supranational, or both?
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
The European Parliament
Introduction
The origins and development of the European Parliament
The powers and influence of the European Parliament
The internal politics of the European Parliament
Elections, the people, and the European Parliament
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
The Courts of the European Union
Introduction
Composition, structure, and procedure
Jurisdiction
The 'judicial activism' debate
Reforming the Union's judicial system
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
Interest Groups and the European Union
Introduction
The EU institutions and interest groups
EU democracy and civil society
European interest groups
The Europeanization of domestic interests
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
Policies and Policy-Making
European Union External Relations
Introduction
The Common Commercial Policy (CCP)
Development assistance policy and monetary policy
External policy objectives
Obstacles and opportunities: the EU as a power in the world economy
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
The EU's Foreign, Security, and Defence Policies
Introduction
Some history: European Political Cooperation (EPC)
The changing context of European foreign policy
Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP)
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
The Single Market
Introduction
Market integration in historical perspective
Harmonization: the politics of intervention
The free trade umpire: the European Court of Justice and judicial activism
Market-making: the politics of neo-liberalism
The 1992 Programme: a blueprint for action
Maintaining and correcting the market
Theorizing the Single Market
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
The EU's Social Dimension
Introduction
The EEC and its member states
The Treaty reforms from Maastricht to the Draft Constitutional Treaty
The development and scope of European social policy
The European Social Fund
New developments: the open method of coordination
Social partnership at the European level
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
Regional Europe
Introduction
Regions in EU decision-making
Origins and development of EU regional policy
Building EU regional policy: from the Treaty of Rome to the present
The implementation of EU regional policy
Conclusion: implications of regional Europe
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
Justice and Home Affairs
Introduction
Preludes to cooperation
The Schengen experiment
Maastricht and the 'third pillar'
Fixing the third pillar: the Amsterdam and Nice Treaties
Policy output: baby steps to bold agendas
Extending JHA cooperation outwards
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
Economic and Monetary Union
Introduction
What is EMU?
From The Hague to Maastricht (1969-91)
From treaty to reality (1992-2002)
Explaining EMU
Criticisms of EMU
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
The Common Agricultural Policy
Introduction
The early days of the CAP and the issue of CAP reform
A dramatic shift in 1992
An ongoing reform process
New challenges and debates for the CAP
Conclusion: the CAP at a crossroads
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
Issue and Debates
Democracy and the European Polity
Introduction
Understanding the 'democratic deficit'
Models of European democracy
Democracy and treaty reform
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
Public Opinion and the EU
Introduction
General perceptions of the EU
Knowledge of the EU and cognitive mobilization
Political economy and rationality
Attitudes to the national government
Identity
The perceived poverty of EU institutions
Public opinion in the new member states
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
Differentiated European Integration
Introduction
The EU in the twenty-first century: flexibility as the norm?
Three methods of differentiation
Some possible problems of differentiation
Differentiation: what impact on the EU?
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
Europeanization
Introduction
Defining Europeanization
Theorizing Europeanization
Europeanization and state institutions
The Europeanization of domestic policy
The Europeanization of parties, party systems, and political representation
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
Enlargement
Introduction
Why enlargement?
The impact of enlargement on the EU
Who can join the EU?
What is the accession process?
Conditionality
Countries and regions
Moving the border eastward
Conclusion
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
Conclusion: The Future of the European Union
Introduction: the EU in crisis - again
Euro-visions: superpower or subordinate?
Determining the future of the EU
Conclusions: a flexible future for Europe?
Questions
Guide to Further Reading
Important Websites
Glossary
References
Index
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