ABSTRACT
This innovative and lively book draws upon recent and ongoing research on the EU policy process and utilizes theoretical concepts from both international relations and public policy studies. The contributors are some of the best-known writers on European politics and policy making. Their contibutions offer accessible and stimulating introductions to the key insitutions of the EU, providing the reader with a detailed knowledge of how policy is made and implemented.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
PART ITHEORETICAL AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
chapter 1|18 pages
Policy-making in the EU: interests, ideas and garbage cans of primeval soup
Interests, ideas and garbage cans of primeval soup JEREMY RICHARDSON
chapter 2|3 pages
European integration: unfinished journey or journey without end?
Unfinished journey or journey without end? SONIA MAZEY
chapter 3|1 pages
Integration theory and the study of the European policy process
Towards a synthesis of approaches
part |2 pages
Part II AGENDA-SETTING AND INSTITUTIONAL PROCESSING
chapter 5|1 pages
The European Commission: administration in turbulent times
Administration in turbulent times THOMAS CHRISTIANSEN
chapter 6|1 pages
Parliaments and policy-making in the European Union
TORBJÖRN BERGMAN AND TAPIO RAUNIO
chapter 7|1 pages
The Council of Ministers: the politics of institutionalised intergovernmentalism
The politics of institutionalised intergovernmentalism THOMAS CHRISTIANSEN
chapter 8|7 pages
The national co-ordination of European policy-making: negotiating the quagmire
Negotiating the quagmire B.GUY PETERS AND VINCENT WRIGHT
part |2 pages
Part III CHANNELS OF REPRESENTATION
chapter 11|1 pages
Interest groups and EU policy-making: organisational logic and venue shopping
Organisational logic and venue shopping SONIA MAZEY AND JEREMY RICHARDSON
chapter 12|1 pages
Bypassing the nation-state? Regions and the EU policy process
Regions and the EU policy process MICHAEL KEATING AND LIESBET HOOGHE
part |2 pages
Part IV A SUPRANATIONAL STATE?
chapter 13|1 pages
Enlarging the European Union: the short-term success of incrementalism and depoliticisation
The short-term success of incrementalism and depoliticisation GERDA FALKNER AND MICHAEL NENTWICH
chapter 16|1 pages
European Monetary Union: developments, implications and prospects
Developments, implications and prospects VALERIO LINTNER
