European Union Policy Books

New and Published Books – Page 2

11. Transnational Power Elites

    The New Professionals of Governance, Law and Security

    Edited by Niilo Kauppi, Mikael Rask Madsen

    Series: Routledge Studies in Liberty and Security

    This book argues that European Union institutional mechanics and the EU as a political unit cannot be properly understood without taking into account the elites that make the policy decisions. Spurred by globalisation, technological and economic development has provided the backbone for social and...

    Published February 10th 2013 by Routledge
12. The New Member States and the European Union

    Foreign Policy and Europeanization

    Edited by Michael Baun, Dan Marek

    Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

    This book examines the impact of EU membership on the foreign policies of the 12 new member states that joined the EU in 2004 and 2007. Among scholars of European politics there is a general consensus that membership in the European Union changes the countries that join. Yet considerable debate...

    Published February 10th 2013 by Routledge
13. European Security Policy and Strategic Culture

    Edited by Peter Schmidt, Benjamin Zyla

    With the Lisbon Treaty in place and the European Union increasingly involved in international crisis management and stabilization operations in places near and far, this volume revisits the trajectory of a European strategic culture. Specifically, it studies the usefulness of its application in a...

    Published January 9th 2013 by Routledge
14. Europeanization and the European Economic Area

    Iceland's Participation in the EU's Policy Process

    By Johanna Jonsdottir

    Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies

    This book examines Europeanization in the European Economic Area (EEA), exploring whether non-member states can have an input into EU decision-making and whether the EU can successfully export its policies within the framework of the EEA. Iceland, Norway and Liechtenstein, while not EU member...

    Published December 12th 2012 by Routledge
15. Microfoundations of Policy Implementation

    Towards European Best Practices

    By Phedon Nicolaides

    Series: Routledge/EIPA Managing the European Union Series

    The European Union (EU) has a compliance problem: there are persistent failures in the implementation of EU rules and policies by the member states. This book examines how policy implementation may be improved. It explains the nature of policy mistakes, proceeds to consider how individual public...

    Published December 9th 2012 by Routledge
16. European Union Public Health Policy

    Regional and global trends

    Edited by Scott Greer, Paulette Kurzer

    Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

    Ranging from influence over world trade laws affecting health to population health issues such as obesity to the use of comparative data to affect policy, the EU’s public health policies are increasingly important, visible, expensive and effective. They also provide an invaluable case study for...

    Published December 5th 2012 by Routledge
17. The EU and Multilateral Security Governance

    Edited by Sonia Lucarelli, Luk Van Langenhove, Jan Wouters

    Series: Routledge Advances in European Politics

    This book studies the role of the EU in peace and security as a regional actor with global aspirations, in the context of challenged and changing multilateralism. Multilateralism, governance and security are three concepts that have attracted a great deal of attention in the past decade and...

    Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge
18. Understanding European Union Law

    5th Edition

    By Karen Davies

    Understanding European Union Law is both an ideal introduction for students new to EU law and an essential addition to revision for the more accomplished. It is also indispensable reading for students on business studies courses. Fully revised and updated, this fifth edition continues to look at...

    Published December 4th 2012 by Routledge
19. The Origins of Energy and Environmental Policy in Europe

    The Beginnings of a European Environmental Conscience

    By Thomas Hoerber

    Series: Routledge Research in Environmental Politics

    This book examines the development of a European environmental conscience through successive steps of European integration in energy policy. In the 1960s-70s, the world was slowly beginning to realise that environment degradation was not sustainable. With phenomena such as acid rain, it became...

    Published November 25th 2012 by Routledge
20. Democratic Decision-making in the EU

    Technocracy in Disguise?

    By Anne Elizabeth Stie

    Series: Routledge Studies on Democratising Europe

    This book examines the democratic legitimacy of the European Union (EU) and evaluates the democratic credentials of the EU’s main decision-making procedure. It finds that though there is potential for democratic decision-making in the EU, the actual process is dominated by technocrats and secret...

    Published November 15th 2012 by Routledge