The government and politics of the European Union

A systematically updated and entirely redesigned new edition of the leading text on the European Union. The seventh edition is packed with new features, accompanied by an all-new companion website and includes new chapters on member state relations and interest representation.

Analyzing the European Union policy process

Readers are provided with a practical insight into how to analyze policies and policy-making in the EU. Using case studies to deepen readers' understanding, this book examines the various stages of the policy process - from the moment the issue reaches the agenda through to drafting ...

Region-building. Vol. II

Regional integration in the World: documents

Ed. Ludger Kühnhardt. After two centuries of nation-building, the world has entered an era of region-building in search of political stability, cultural cohesion, and socio-economic development. Nations involved in the regional structures and integration schemes that are emerging in most regions of the world are ...

The role of national parliaments in the European Union = La fonction des parlaments nationaux dans l'Union Européenne = Die Rolle der nationalen Parlamente in der Europäischen Union = La función de los parlamentos nacionales en la Unión Europea

proceedings of the FIDE XXIV Congress Madrid 2010. Vol.1

Eds. Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias, Luis Ortiz Blanco. Texto en inglés, francés, alemán y español.

Region-building. Vol. I

The global proliferation of regional integration

After two centuries of nation-building, the world has entered an era of region-building in search of political stability, cultural cohesion, and socio-economic development. Nations involved in the regional structures and integration schemes that are emerging in most regions of the world are deepening their ambitions ...

The recast of the european works Council Directive

Eds. Filip Dorssemont, Thomas Blanke. On 16 May 2009, the EC Directive 2009/38 (Recast Directive) was published in the Official Journal. With effect from 6 June 2011, the EC Directive 94/45 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in ...

Le Droit, les institutions et les politiques de l'Union européenne face à l'impératif de cohérence

Depuis la déclaration de Laeken, il est officiellement acté que l’Union européenne est à un carrefour. Les défis à relever sont connus – le défi démocratique, celui de la répartition des compétences, de la simplification des instruments de l’Union ou encore du renforcement des ...

The European Union and crisis management

policy and legal aspects

Ed. Steven Blockmans. In the wake of the Balkan wars, the EU has worked hard to close the so- called 'capabilities-expectations gap' in the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP). With the institution of new political and military structures and procedures, the agreement on principles ...

L'amministrazione comunitaria

caratteri, accountability e sindacato giurisdizionale

A cura di Barbara Marchetti. Ripercorre lo sviluppo dell'apparato burocratico della Comunità europea, raccogliendo autorevoli contributi di studiosi anche europei. Lo studio in particolare si focalizza sulla nascita e sviluppo delle agenzie europee specializzate che svolgono compiti finali e strumentali all'interno del sistema ...

Come funziona l'Unione Europea

le istituzioni, i processi decisionali, le politiche

L#Unione Europea è diventata sempre più importante nella vita dei suoi cittadini, mettendo in discussione la sopravvivenza degli Stati nazionali e dei loro confini. Eppure è ancora poco conosciuta. Cos#è l#UE? Come funziona? Attraverso un approccio multidisciplinare, questo libro risponde a queste ...

El consejo de la Unión Europea

poder normativo y dimensión organizativa

Prol. Javier Tahadura. El presente libro analiza el Consejo de la Unión Europea, principal institución legislativa comunitaria, desde una perspectiva constitucional. El autor estudia la influencia de la dimensión organizativa y burocrática en el proceso de adopción de decisiones de la institución, así como el ...

Who decides, and how?

preferences, uncertainty, and policy choice in the european parliament

How do individual legislators in the European Parliament (EP) make decisions on the wide variety of policy proposals they routinely confront? Despite a flourishing literature on the European Union's only directly elected institution, we know surprisingly little about the micro-foundations of EP politics. Who ...

La presidencia española de la Unión Europea en 2010

las propuestas para una agenda

La Presidencia española del Consejo de la Unión en 2010 se presenta, sin duda, como la más compleja y determinante de las que ha ejercido España hasta la fecha. Corren tiempos económicos difíciles para Europa en su conjunto y yacen ante nosotros considerables desafíos. Dado ...

El parlamento en el derecho

Parlamentos democráticos del sur de Europa

Parlamentos democráticos en el Sur de Europa analiza el desarrollo de los parlamentos de Grecia, Italia, Portugal, España y Turquía desde mediados de la década de los años 80. El presente libro considera los retos que comporta el proceso de transición a la democracia y ...

La Agencia Europea de Defensa

su contribución al desarrollo de una capacidad militar autónoma de la Unión Europea

Coord. Belén Pérez de las Heras. La idea de realizar un estudio sobre la Agencia Europea de Defensa (AED) surgió en el marco de la actividad investigadora del Instituto de Estudios Europeos (IEE) de la Universidad de Deusto en otoño de 2006. Desde el principio ...

Political accountability in Europe

which way forward?: a traditional concept of parliamentary democracy in an EU context

The aim of this project is to further develop a European concept of political accountability. Therefore, it can be relevant to identify what political accountability precisely means in the various Member States. In order to identify common principles (ius commune), twelve distinguished constitutional lawyers and ...

The European Parliament

The 2nd edition of this broad-ranging text examines the political dynamic of the European Parliament within the EU and sets it in the broader context of comparative legislative analysis. It presents a comprehensive introduction to the European Parliament (EP) by two leading authorities. The book ...

Unveiling the Council of the European Union

games governments play in Brussels

edited by Daniel Naurin and Helen Wallace------------------------------------------------------- For a long time our textbook knowledge of what is happening in the Council of the European Union - the major decision forum of the EU - was to a large extent based on limited interview-based evidence. One reason for ...

The Union of European Federalists

from the foundation to the decision on direct election of the European Parliament (1946-1974)

Sommario: From the world wars to the foundation of the Union of European Federalists - The action of the Uef up until the fall of the European Defence Community (1947-1954) - Crisis and split of the Uef in the years of the birth and beginnings of the ...