Adjusting to Europe: The Impact of the European Union on National Institutions and Policies (Routledge Research in European Public Policy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415144094 ISBN 13: 9780415144094

Publisher: Routledge, 2002

Synopsis

The European Union is paradoxical: it is not a state, yet it performs many traditional functions of the state. Its regulatory powers are immense but its redistributive functions are negligible; its decisions penetrate all aspects of economic and social life, yet Brussels has no local administration or tribunals, no controllers capable of guaranteeing the correct and faithful implementation of the regulations or objectives which frame European policies. Adjusting to Europe explores the means through which this paradox is confronted. It examines the nature and modalities of policy-making at Community level and discusses the implications of the specific nature of European institiutions for bargaining group mobilization and policy style. It then studies how the three major nation states have adjusted their policy processes and institutions to the European challenges. Finally, it considers the impact of community decisions in three areas: industrial, competition and social policy.

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Yves Meny, Pierre Muller, Jean-Louis Quermonne

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415144094
• ISBN 13: 9780415144094
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 194
• Editor: Meny Yves, Muller Pierre, Quermonne Jean-Louis