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Book Synopsis International Law Aspects of the European Union by : Martti Koskenniemi
Download or read book International Law Aspects of the European Union written by Martti Koskenniemi and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1997-11-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debate about the relationship between international and community law usually centres on the question of which of these two `belongs' to the other, and how `special' community legal order is in relation to international law. In this volume, a distinguished group of Finnish and British academics and practitioners break new ground by, instead of becoming mired in these questions, clearly examining the international law aspects of the activities of the Community and the Union. In doing so, they have elucidated points of connection and possible points of conflict. The result is a thought-provoking collection of essays which examines community law through the conceptual grid of international law, and thus enriches our understanding of the workings of both.
Book Synopsis Democracy in the European Union by : Erik Oddvar Eriksen
Download or read book Democracy in the European Union written by Erik Oddvar Eriksen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The European Union is widely held to suffer from a democratic deficit, and this raises a wider question: can democracy at all be applied to decision-making bodies beyond the nation state? Today, the EU is a highly complex entity undergoing profound changes. This book asks how the type of cooperation that the EU is based on can be explained; what are the integrative forces in the EU and how can integration at a supra-national level come about? The key thinkers represented in this volume stress that in order to understand integration beyond the nation state, we need new explanatory categories associated with deliberation because a supranational entity as the EU posesses far weaker and less well-developed means of coercion - bargaining resources - than do states. The most appropriate term to denote this is the notion of 'deliberative supranationalism'. This pioneering work, headed by major writers such as Habermas, Schlesinger and Bellamy, brings a new perspective to this key issue in contemporary politics and political theory.
Book Synopsis Toward a European Army by : Trevor C. Salmon
Download or read book Toward a European Army written by Trevor C. Salmon and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 2003 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive analysis of the European defence project: its origins, purpose, and goals.
Book Synopsis Two Tiers Or Two Speeds? by : James Sperling
Download or read book Two Tiers Or Two Speeds? written by James Sperling and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sudden transformation of the Cold War security order in 1989 altered the structure of the European state system, and necessitates the striking of a new balance between the economic, political and military requirements of security. This volume focuses on the most important institutions of European security, the European Union and NATO. Both institutions are expanding, especially eastwards, in terms of their respective roles and membership.
Download or read book Making History written by Sophie Meunier and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2007 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contributors to this volume, all leading specialists in the field of EU studies, examine the trajectory of the EU and draw on the theoretical tools of historical institutionalism to assess the central political challenges facing the EU.
Book Synopsis European Welfare States and Supranational Governance of Social Policy by : A. Johnson
Download or read book European Welfare States and Supranational Governance of Social Policy written by A. Johnson and published by Springer. This book was released on 2005-04-12 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ailish Johnson examines national welfare state regimes of EU Member States and the features of the European Union and the International Labour Organization that encourage cooperation and assure outcomes of supranational cooperation higher than theories of inter-state bargaining or social dumping would predict. By tracing the development of EU and global social policy from the 1950s to today, she identifies policy leaders, resisters and passive states. She concludes with an analysis of the forms and outputs of supranational social policy and suggests limits of social policy in an enlarged European Union.
Book Synopsis The European Union's Foreign and Security Policy by : Ramses A. Wessel
Download or read book The European Union's Foreign and Security Policy written by Ramses A. Wessel and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1999-08-01 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Dual Nationality, Social Rights and Federal Citizenship in the U.S. and Europe by : Randall Hansen
Download or read book Dual Nationality, Social Rights and Federal Citizenship in the U.S. and Europe written by Randall Hansen and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2002-05-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dual nationality has become one of the most divisive issues linked with the politics of migration in Germany and the US. This volume, the first one in decades to focus on this issue, examines the history, consequences and arguments for and against dual citizenship, and uses dual nationality as the basis of a reflection on important issues closely related to it: social rights, European citizenship and federal citizenship. It pays particular attention to questions such as: What are the major arguments in favor and against dual nationality? Why has dual nationality provoked such contrasting responses, being a non-issue in the UK, for instance, and an extremely controversial one in Germany? How is dual nationality used by states to influence politics and policy in other states? How does it relate to the aim of integrating ethnic migrants and to broader issues in social policy and European integration?
Book Synopsis Ireland, Neutrality and European Security Integration by : Róisín Doherty
Download or read book Ireland, Neutrality and European Security Integration written by Róisín Doherty and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title was first published in 2002: Roisin Doherty provides an innovative insight into European security policy by concentrating on Ireland through an analysis of compatibility of Irish neutrality with security integration. She also analyzes the factors influencing security integration. This contemporary analysis of neutrality also deals with the development of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and examines the factors pushing forward the development of EU security policy. A specialized text suitable for undergraduate and post-graduate courses in international relations, European studies and administrative studies, this stimulating volume will appeal to those interested in the European Union, Irish foreign policy, neutrality and the CFSP in general.
Book Synopsis Deepening and Widening by : Pierre-Henri Laurent
Download or read book Deepening and Widening written by Pierre-Henri Laurent and published by Lynne Rienner Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eighteen articles discuss the leading EU issues and institutional reforms at the end of this century, such as enlargement, security, and monetary union, as well as relations with the US, Russia, and the new World Trade Organization. Although the contents are not exclusively determined by that agenda, the volume was prepared and edited on the eve of and during the early months of the 1996 IGC, which highlighted the struggle between those who seek a more integrated and even a federal Europe and those proposing a looser confederation. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Book Synopsis Parliaments in Contemporary Western Europe by : Philip Norton
Download or read book Parliaments in Contemporary Western Europe written by Philip Norton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The relationship between parliament and government is fundamental to a political system. In this volume, a distinguished team of specialists explore that relationship and consider to what extent parliaments have the capacity to constrain governments. Are there particular institutional features, such as specialisation through committees, that enhance their capacity to influence public policy?
Book Synopsis Parliaments and Governments in Western Europe by : Philip Norton
Download or read book Parliaments and Governments in Western Europe written by Philip Norton and published by Taylor & Francis US. This book was released on 1998 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume identifies and assesses the relationship between parliaments and governments, exploring especially the degree of specialisation within the legislature and its effect on the capacity of the legislature to scrutinise and influence government.
Book Synopsis European Integration After Amsterdam by : Karlheinz Neunreither
Download or read book European Integration After Amsterdam written by Karlheinz Neunreither and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: European integration is at a turning point with implications for all member states. The Amsterdam treaty marks a shift towards constitutional issues. A group of scholars argue that these issues are rooted in those on the European level and shifting models of political and economic organization.
Book Synopsis Transaction Costs and Security Institutions by : M. Weiss
Download or read book Transaction Costs and Security Institutions written by M. Weiss and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-04-12 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines international cooperation in European security from a transaction cost economics perspective. This book addresses the puzzle of how to approach differing institutional preferences. It argues that the reduction and limitation of transaction costs was the primary determinant of security preferences.
Book Synopsis The New Security Concept and German-French Approaches to the European "Pillar of Defence," 1990-2000 by : Siret Hürsoy
Download or read book The New Security Concept and German-French Approaches to the European "Pillar of Defence," 1990-2000 written by Siret Hürsoy and published by Tectum Verlag DE. This book was released on 2002 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A historic opportunity without precedent is gradually becoming reality in the 21st Century with the chance taken to pave the way in the period 1990-2000 towards the organisation of defence in Europe. The corresponding conditions have been brought about by concrete steps taken at the Masstricht, Amsterdam, Cologne, Helsinki, and Nice European Council meetings. In the end, the EU/WEU is developing into an 'equal' partner to the US by assuming greater responsibility in the security and defence sphere. The French and German bilateral relationship - which is the driving force behind every European integration process - is the historical force behind this development of the ultimate desire to reach a robust European 'Pillar of Defence' through reconfiguration of the transatlantic relationship. This book provides the first comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of German and French approaches to the European 'Pillar of Defence' from the view of 'Europeanisation' emanating from the process of integration.
Book Synopsis Building Europe's Parliament by : Berthold Rittberger
Download or read book Building Europe's Parliament written by Berthold Rittberger and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005-03-24 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why have the national governments of EU member states successively endowed the European Parliament with supervisory, budgetary, and legislative powers over the past fifty years? Building Europe's Parliament sheds new light on this pivotal issue, and provides a major contribution to the study of the European Parliament.Rittberger develops a theory of delegation to representative institutions in international politics which combines elements of democratic theory and different strands of institutionalist theory. To test the plausibility of his theory, Rittberger draws on extensive archival material and offers theory-guided, in-depth case studies of three landmark decisions in the history of the European Parliament: the creation of the Common Assembly of the ECSC in 1951 and the concomitant acquisition ofsupervisory powers vis-à-vis the quasi-executive High Authority; the delegation of budgetary powers following the signing of the Treaty of Luxembourg in 1970; and the delegation of legislative powers resulting from the adoption of the Single European Act signed in 1986. This is followed by the charting ofmore recent key developments, culminating in the adoption of the Constitutional Treaty in 2004.The book provides a welcome addition to the literature on institutional design by reflecting on the conditions under which governments opt for the creation and empowerment of parliamentary institutions in international politics. It also makes a valuable contribution to the application of democratic theory to the study of the European Union by demonstrating that political elites shared the view that the new supranational polity which emerged from the debris of World War II suffered from'democratic deficit' since its inception, thus disproving the claim that the lamented 'democratic deficit' is a recent phenomenon. Winner of the European Union Studies Association Prize for Best Dissertation 2002-2004
Book Synopsis The Constitutionalization of the European Union by : Berthold Rittberger
Download or read book The Constitutionalization of the European Union written by Berthold Rittberger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-13 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previously published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy, this volume presents a theory of constitutionalization as well as comparative analyses and case studies to underscore the claim that the European integration process itself engenders a democratic self-healing mechanism. There exists a consensus among academics, politicians, and the public that the European Union suffers from a ‘democratic deficit’. But how can it be resolved? This book deals with two core areas central for the development of the liberal-democratic constitutional state: the extension of the powers of representative assemblies and the institutionalization of human rights. The European Union has made remarkable progress in these two areas over the past half century. Whenever a planned step of European integration through transfers of sovereignty threatens to undermine domestic standards of parliamentary control and human rights standards, political elites in the member states regularly mobilize to counteract these developments. The proponents of the Union’s ‘constitutionalization’ regularly invoke democratic and human rights norms shared by all members of the European Union to successfully exercise moral pressure on the sceptics of further constitutionalization.
