Explaining institutional change in Europe

How and why do institutions change? Institutions, understood as rules of behaviour constraining and facilitating social interaction, are subject to different forms and processes of change. A change may be designed intentionally on a large scale and then be followed by a period of only ...

Organización de la Unión Europea

Constituye un medio didáctico recomendado para estudiantes de Económicas y para todo aquel que quiera conocer los pilares sobre los que se asienta la Unión Europea. Incluye un test de autocomprobación de 10 preguntas para cada capítulo del libro, con su correspodiente tabla de soluciones ...

Democratic politics in the European Parliament

With the European Parliament comprising politicians from many different countries, cultures, languages, national parties and institutional backgrounds, one might expect politics in the Parliament to be highly- fragmented and unpredictable. By studying more than 12,000 recorded votes between 1979 and 2004 this book establishes ...

Building states without society

European Union enlargement and the transfer of EU social policy to Poland and Hungary

Focusing on the 2004 enlargement of the European Union, "Building States without Society" highlights the real limits of cross-national rule transfer even when power is uneven between rule-makers and rule- takers.

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

This book examines the development and evolution of the organization of security and cooperation in Europe (formerly the CSCE) during and after the Cold War. During the Cold War, the two global superpowers were able to come together to resolve many issues of transparency and ...

Instituciones de la Unión Europea (1651-2007)

Este manual es una valiosa aportación para la formación de los jóvenes ciudadanos eurpeos con conciencia de serlo y vocación de contribuir al progreso de la cosntrucción de la Unión Europea.

La région europénne et la question fédérale à l'ére de l'élargissement de l'Union Européenne à l'Èst

The council of ministers

The Council of Ministers lies at the fulcrum of decision-making in the European Union. It is a key legislative institution, an executive institution in important policy areas, and a forum through which politicians and policy-makers from the member states address shared challenges and develop collective ...

La constitucionalizazión de Europa

Las elecciones al Parlamento Europeo

(1979-2004): un análisis de sociología electoral

Es este un valioso trabajo de recopilación y sistematización que permite pasar de la noticia inmediata o de la foto fija de una legislatura determinada a elaborar una narración con dimensión histórica. Hay muchos apuntes y sugerencias, pistas de trabajo e investigación, que surgen de ...

National and regional parliaments in the european constitutional order

How does the Parliament of the United Kingdom hold ministers to account for their European policies? How does the EU principle of subsidiarity affect the relation between Westminster and the Scottish Parliament? How does Belgium accomodate its powerful regional assemblies into the European role of ...

La nouveau guide pratique du labyrinthe communautaire

Une nouvelle Commission européenne, un nouveau Parlement européen, dix nouveaux Etats membres, une Constitution pour l'Europe... Un tout nouveau Guide Pratique du Labyrinthe Communautaire. Tout comprendre des institutions européennes, structures, pouvoirs, procédures, par l'exemple, le schéma, la synthèse.

Comparative federalism

the European Union and the United States in comparative perspective

The Convention on the Future of Europe served to galvanize debate about the nature and future developmental trajectory of the European Union. More specifically, it engendered discussion over the degree to which the process resembled that which had occurred in Philadelphia some two hundred years ...

Lobbying in the European Union

A compact pocket guide explaining the different types of lobbies, the decision-making system within the EU, as well as outlining the most opportune times for lobbying during the decision-making process. Contact details of some seven hundred trade associations and NGOs involved in lobbying are also ...

Le droit du Conseil de l'Europe

vers un espace juridique Paneuropéen

Building Europe's Parliament

democratic representation beyond the nation-state

I comitati dell'Unione Europea

la collegialità amministrativa negli ordinamenti compositi

EU enlargement and referendums

A series of EU accession referendums were held in nine candidate countries, eight post-communist states and Malta, between March and September 2003. These referendums provide us with an excellent comparative opportunity to deepen our understanding of the European integration issue and how it interacts with ...

Droit institutionnel de l'Union Européenne

Cet ouvrage, destiné au premier chef aux étudiants, mais également aux universitaires et praticiens, a pour objet l'étude du droit institutionnel de l'Union européenne. Il retrace l'évolution historique de l'intégration communautaire et de la " pensée européenne " et expose les perspectives d ...

La gouvernance supranationale dans la construction européenne

A l'heure du débat sur la ratification du traité instituant une Constitution pour l'Europe la question de la gouvernance supranationale est devenue une question qui concerne l'opinion publique dans tous les pays membres de l'Union européenne. Dans cet ouvrage, 15 historiens ...