Journal of European Public Policy Series
About the Book Series
This series seeks to bring together some of the finest edited works on European Public Policy. Reprinting from Special Issues of the Journal of European Public Policy, the focus is on using a wide range of social sciences approaches, both qualitative and quantitative, to gain a comprehensive and definitive understanding of Public Policy in Europe.
Mutual Recognition as a New Mode of Governance
1st Edition
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By Susanne Schmidt
August 12, 2016
Mutual recognition is generally forgotten in debates about new modes of governance, even though it is a particular powerful example. Its invention was crucial for the completion of the European Union’s single market, and in the late 1990s it was transferred to the field of Justice and Home Affairs....
Learning and Governance in the EU Policy Making Process
1st Edition
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By Anthony Zito
August 09, 2016
This book takes stock of learning theories in the European Union (EU) integration literature and assesses what insights the concept of ‘learning’ has added to our understanding of the European integration processes. Given the European integration dynamics since 2000 (including enlargement and ...
Reforming the European Commission
1st Edition
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By Michael W. Bauer
August 03, 2016
Many international and supranational organisations have lately been busy modernising their internal administration. But nowhere has management change received a similar amount of attention than in the case of the European Commission. Although the perception prevails that the Commission has been ...
The Disparity of European Integration: Revisiting Neofunctionalism in Honour of Ernst B. Haas
1st Edition
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By Tanja Börzel
August 03, 2016
This new study revisits the work of the late Ernst Haas, assessing his relevance for contemporary European integration and its disparities. With his seminal book, The Uniting of Europe Haas laid the foundations for one of the most prominent paradigms of European integration – neofunctionalism. He ...
EU Lobbying: Empirical and Theoretical Studies
1st Edition
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By David Coen
July 22, 2016
EU Lobbying: Empirical and Theoretical studies offers an analysis of large empirical studies of interest group politics and Lobbying in Europe. Recognising the continued European economic integration, globalisation and the changing role of the state, it observs significant adaptations in ...
Negotiation Theory and the EU: The State of the Art
1st Edition
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By Andreas Dür, Gemma Mateo, Daniel Thomas
July 21, 2016
Negotiations are central to the ethos and functioning of the European Union, yet the dynamics of EU negotiations have received far too little systematic scholarly attention. This volume offers a thematic and forward-looking survey of cutting-edge research on EU negotiation dynamics, identifying ...
Immigration and Integration Policy in Europe: Why Politics - and the Centre-Right - Matter
1st Edition
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By Tim Bale
June 03, 2016
The role of political parties in immigration control and integration policy in Europe is underestimated, and parties on the centre-right are particularly important and interesting in this respect. They make up many European governments and therefore help determine state and EU policy. Moreover, ...
The European Union and the New Trade Politics
1st Edition
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By JOHN PETERSON, Alasdair Young
May 20, 2016
The politics of international trade have changed dramatically over the past 20 years. Advances in technology have spurred a new kind of 'trade' involving transfers of components and materials across borders but within firms. Trade in services, foreign direct investment and sales by affiliates of ...
Cross-national Policy Convergence: Concepts, Causes and Empirical Findings
1st Edition
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By Christoph Knill
May 13, 2016
A fresh analysis of policy convergences across nations, which identifies their key driving forces. To what extent and in which direction can we empirically observe a convergence of national policies? In which areas and for which patterns of policy is convergence more or less pronounced? ...
Frameworks of the European Union's Policy Process: Competition and Complementarity across the Theoretical Divide
1st Edition
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By Nikolaos Zahariadis
September 03, 2015
The book advances the state of the European Union’s policy theory by taking stock of seven promising frameworks of the policy process, systematically comparing their limitations and strengths, and offering a strategy to develop robust research agendas. Frameworks may constitute competing policy ...
Legislative Codecision in the European Union: Experience over Twenty Years and Implications
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By Anne Rasmussen, Charlotte Burns, Christine Reh
September 03, 2015
This volume takes stock of twenty years of practising and studying codecision in the European Union (EU) and examines the procedure’s long-term implications for the EU’s institutions, politics and policies. The introduction of co-legislation between the Council of Ministers and the European ...
Morality Policies in Europe: Concepts, Theories and Empirical Evidence
1st Edition
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By Christoph Knill
September 03, 2015
The regulation of issues like abortion, euthanasia, gun control, same-sex unions, pornography, prostitution, drugs, or gambling is commonly referred to a special class of so called morality policies. The distinctive feature of these policies is that politics are shaped by conflicts over first ...