European Union Politics

Name: European Union Politics
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Author: Michelle Cini; Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán
ISBN: 9780198899006

Höfundar: Michelle Cini; Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán (Útgáfa: 8)

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Written by experts, this is the most complete, issues-led textbook on European Union politics. With contemporary issues and debates presented alongside thorough coverage of the theory, institutions, policies, and history of the EU, European Union Politics effortlessly guides students to a clear understanding of this complex area. Key Features: - With its comprehensive exploration of the EU's history, theories, institutions, policies, and ongoing debates, European Union Politics is appropriate for a wide range of Politics and International Relations modules.

- Straightforward writing style and useful learning tools in European Union Politics make it the perfect introduction for students new to the subject. - New contributors to this edition add to the already established pool of contributors of European Union Politics, consisting of leading academics and scholars in EU politics, offering readers an authoritative perspective on key debates. - Divided into sections like "Issues and Debates" and "Policies and Policy-making", the book's structure helps students critically engage with EU studies and simplifies complex themes.

- Case and example boxes throughout the text demonstrate the relevance of EU theories, institutions, and policies, and help students to understand the workings of the EU in practice. New to this Edition: - A thorough and extensive empirical updating of content, which takes account of recent developments in the European Union. - Three brand new chapters cover gender and sexuality in the European Union, digital policy in the EU, and the war in Ukraine.

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Útgefandi: Oxford University Press Academic UK

ISBN: 9780198899006

Print ISBN: 9780198898986

Format: ePub

Útgáfa: 8

Höfundar: Michelle Cini; Nieves Pérez-Solórzano Borragán

Tungumál: English

Útgefið: 2025-06-27

Prent takmörkun á líftíma: 100

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Cover Page
Title page
Copyright page
Preface
New to this edition
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of boxes
List of tables
List of contributors
List of abbreviations
How to use this book
Reader’s Guides
Boxes
Glossary Terms
Key Points
Questions
Further Reading
Digital resources
For Students
Multiple-choice questions
Flashcard glossary
Answer guidance
For Instructors
PowerPoint presentations
Essay, seminar, and quiz questions
Figures from the text
Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Why a European Union?
1.3 What is the European Union?
1.4 What does the European Union do?
1.5 The organization of the book
List of Key Terms
Part 1 The Historical Context
Chapter 2 The European Union: Establishment and Development
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Integration and cooperation in Europe: Ambitions, tensions, and divisions
2.3 The Communities and a Europe of ‘the Six’
2.4 Establishing the European Union
2.4.1 The Single European Act
2.4.2 The Treaty on European Union
2.5 Reviewing the Union: The 1996 Intergovernmental Conference and the Treaty of Amsterdam
2.5.1 The Treaty of Amsterdam
2.6 Preparing for enlargement and the twenty-first century: The 2000 Intergovernmental Conference, the Treaty of Nice, and the ‘Future of Europe’ debate
2.6.1 Enlargement moves centre-stage
2.6.2 The 2000 IGC
2.6.3 The Treaty of Nice
2.7 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 3 Carrying the EU Forward: The Post-Lisbon Era
3.1 Introduction
3.2 From the ‘Future of Europe’ debate to the Constitutional Treaty
3.3 The 2003–4 Intergovernmental Conference and the Constitutional Treaty
3.4 From Constitutional Crisis to ‘Negotiating’ the Treaty of Lisbon
3.5 The Treaty of Lisbon
3.5.1 The main elements of the Treaty of Lisbon
3.5.2 The Treaty of Lisbon: An appraisal
3.5.3 Ratification of the Treaty of Lisbon
3.5.4 The significance of the Treaty of Lisbon
3.6 Implementing the Treaty of Lisbon
3.7 Beyond the Treaty of Lisbon: Crises, Brexit, and the future of the EU
3.8 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Part 2 Theories and Conceptual Approaches
Chapter 4 Neo-functionalism
4.1 Introduction
4.2 What is neo-functionalism?
4.3 A brief history of neo-functionalism
4.4 Supranationalism and spillover
4.4.1 Spillover
4.4.2 Elite socialization
4.5 The formation of supranational interest groups
4.6 Critiques of neo-functionalism
4.7 The revival of neo-functionalism
4.8 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 5 Intergovernmentalism
5.1 Introduction
5.2 What is intergovernmentalism?
5.3 Classical intergovernmentalism and its critics
5.4 Variants of intergovernmentalism
5.4.1 Confederalism
5.4.2 The domestic politics approach
5.4.3 The ‘locking-in’ of states
5.5 Liberal intergovernmentalism and its critics
5.5.1 Liberal intergovernmentalism
5.5.2 Critiques of liberal intergovernmentalism
5.6 New intergovernmentalism
5.7 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 6 Critical Approaches to the Study of the European Union
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The constructivist turn in EU studies
6.3 Against the mainstream: Three varieties of critical theory in EU studies
6.3.1 Marxism
6.3.2 Feminism
6.3.3 Post-Colonialism
6.4 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 7 Governance and Institutionalist Approaches to the Study of the European Union
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Conceptualizing governance in the European Union
7.3 Multilevel governance
7.4 ‘New governance’ and the European regulatory state
7.5 Normative debates about governance
7.6 The New institutionalist approaches to the study of the EU
7.7 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 8 Europeanization
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Why does Europeanization matter?
8.3 Explaining top-down Europeanization
8.4 Explaining bottom-up Europeanization
8.5 Towards a sequential perspective on Europeanization
8.6 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Part 3 Institutions and Actors
Chapter 9 The European Commission
9.1 Introduction
9.2 The functions of the Commission
9.3 Commission influence
9.4 The President and the Commissioners
9.5 Commissioners’ cabinets
9.6 The Commission administration
9.7 Committees, networks, and EU agencies
9.8 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 10 The European Council and the Council of the European Union
10.1 Introduction
10.2 The Council system’s evolving hierarchy and enigmatic traits
10.3 The layers of the Council system
10.3.1 European Council summitry
10.3.2 The ministers’ Council(s)
10.3.3 Coreper
10.3.4 Working groups
10.3.5 The General Secretariat of the Council (GSC)
10.3.6 The High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy
10.4 How does the Council system work?
10.4.1 Voting and consensus patterns
10.4.2 The role of the rotating presidency
10.4.3 Relations with other EU institutions
10.4.4 Transparency and accountability
10.4.5 Current challenges: Enlargement, differentiation, and crises
10.5 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 11 The European Parliament
11.1 Introduction
11.2 The evolving European Parliament
11.3 The powers and influence of the European Parliament
11.3.1 Budgetary powers
11.3.2 Holding the Commission to account
11.3.3 Legislative powers and policy-making
11.3.4 An advocate for constitutional change
11.4 The internal politics of the European Parliament
11.5 Elections, the people, and the European Parliament
11.6 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 12 The Court of Justice of the European Union
12.1 Introduction
12.2 The history and development of the Court of Justice
12.3 Composition and status
12.3.1 Judges of the Court of Justice
12.3.2 Advocates-General of the Court of Justice
12.3.3 A ‘supreme court for the EU’?
12.4 Roles of the Court of Justice
12.4.1 Direct actions
12.4.2 Actions in annulment
12.4.3 Preliminary references
12.4.4 Preliminary reference versus ‘appeal’
12.5 The work of the Court of Justice
12.5.1 The Court and the Single Market
12.5.2 The Court and the ‘new legal order’ of the EU
12.5.3 The Court and ‘gap filling’: The Francovich decision
12.6 ‘Activism’ of the Court?
12.6.1 The work of the Court and the Treaties
12.6.2 Does the Court always favour ‘more’ integration?
12.7 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 13 Interest Groups and the European Union
13.1 Introduction
13.2 The EU institutions and interest groups
13.3 Regulating EU lobbying: How to register interest groups and design consultations
13.4 The EU lobbying population: Actor types, access, and influence
13.4.1 Actor types in the EU’s lobbying population
13.4.2 The access of sectional and cause groups
13.4.3 The success and influence of sectional and cause groups
13.4.4 EU and national groups
13.5 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 14 Citizens and Public Opinion in the European Union
14.1 Introduction
14.2 General perceptions of the European Union
14.3 Explaining public attitudes towards European integration
14.3.1 Political economy and rationality
14.3.2 Domestic proxies and attitudes to the national government
14.3.3 Mass publics and political elites
14.3.4 Political psychology: Cognitive mobilization and identity
14.3.5 The media: Framing the EU
14.4 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Part 4 Policies and Policy-making
Chapter 15 Policy-making in the European Union
15.1 Introduction
15.2 EU competences and modes of governance
15.3 The policy cycle and EU law
15.4 Legislative procedures
15.4.1 The Commission’s proposal
15.4.2 Examination of the proposal in Council and Parliament
15.4.3 Other actors
15.4.4 Decision by the legislator
15.4.5 The ordinary legislative procedure
15.5 Policy-making in action: Alternative Fuels Infrastructure
15.5.1 The problem
15.5.2 Agenda-setting
15.5.3 Policy formulation
15.5.4 Policy decision (1)
15.5.5 Implementation
15.5.6 Evaluation and back to policy formulation
15.5.7 Policy decision (2)
15.6 Policy coordination and economic governance
15.7 Policy-making in external relations
15.8 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 16 EU Trade and Development Policies
16.1 Introduction
16.2 How is EU trade policy made?
16.3 What does EU trade policy entail?
16.4 Controversies in EU trade policy
16.4.1 Contestation of EU trade policy
16.4.2 Values and trade policy
16.4.3 The geopoliticization of EU trade policy
16.5 EU development policy: Origins, policy-making, and goals
16.6 EU Development policy and trade
16.7 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 17 European Union Enlargement
17.1 Introduction
17.2 The history of enlargement
17.3 Enlargement: The process and actors
17.4 Explaining enlargement
17.4.1 Neo-functionalism
17.4.2 Liberal intergovernmentalism
17.4.3 Social constructivism
17.4.4 Europeanization
17.4.5 Differentiated integration
17.5 The future of enlargement: Key challenges
17.6 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 18 The European Union’s Foreign, Security, and Defence Policies
18.1 Introduction
18.2 The emergence of the EU as a foreign and security actor
18.3 CFSP institutions and actors
18.3.1 The European Council and the Foreign Affairs Council
18.3.2 The Political and Security Committee and its sub-committees
18.3.3 The High Representative and the European External Action Service
18.3.4 The Commission and the European Parliament
18.4 Explaining the EU as an international actor
18.5 CSDP operations and missions: Policy in action
18.6 The future of EU foreign and security policy: Challenges and opportunities
18.7 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 19 The Single Market
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Market integration in historical perspective
19.3 The revival of the Single Market: From Delors to Letta
19.3.1 Delors and 1992 programme
19.3.2 Deepening the Single Market
19.4 Fragmentation, asymmetry, and the Single Market
19.5 Comparative market integration
19.6 Conclusion: The future of the Single Market
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 20 The European Union’s Area of Freedom, Security, and Justice
20.1 Introduction
20.2 Preludes to cooperation
20.3 The Schengen experiment
20.4 Maastricht and the ‘third pillar’
20.5 Absorbing the third pillar: From Amsterdam to Lisbon
20.5.1 New first-pillar issues under Amsterdam
20.5.2 The left-over third pillar: Cooperation in criminal matters
20.5.3 Absorbing Schengen
20.5.4 ‘Normalizing’ AFSJ: The Constitutional Treaty and the Lisbon Treaty
20.6 Policy output: Baby steps to bold agendas
20.6.1 Post-Maastricht developments in policy
20.6.2 Amsterdam and beyond
20.7 EU migration and asylum policy before and after the migration crisis
20.8 Towards a Security Union?
20.9 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 21 Economic and Monetary Union and the Euro Crisis
21.1 Introduction
21.2 What is an Economic and Monetary Union?
21.3 From The Hague to Maastricht (1969–91)
21.4 From treaties to reality (1992–2002)
21.4.1 Ratification problems and the ‘real’ convergence criteria
21.4.2 Managing EMU: The Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) before the sovereign debt crisis
21.5 The euro crisis: Testing EMU
21.6 EU political institutions and the euro crisis
21.6.1 The role of the Commission
21.6.2 The European Council and the Eurogroup
21.7 EMU during and after the COVID-19 Pandemic
21.8 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 22 The Common Agricultural Policy
22.1 Introduction
22.2 The early days of the Common Agricultural Policy and the issue of CAP reform
22.2.1 The early days of the policy
22.2.2 Problems arising and the first incremental reforms
22.2.3 Why was it so difficult to reform the CAP?
22.3 A long and continuing reform process
22.3.1 First radical shift: The MacSharry reform of 1992
22.3.2 CAP reforms under trade constraints
22.3.3 Greening the CAP: Changing discourse, not policy outcomes, after 2010
22.4 What and whom should the CAP support?
22.4.1 The difficult integration of rural development in the CAP
22.4.2 Divergent visions on making the CAP greener while fostering a better food system
22.4.3 The issues of CAP support distribution and social justice
22.5 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 23 EU digital policy
23.1 Introduction
23.2 The development of digital policy: Between soft and hard governance
23.2.1 Early beginnings in telecommunications and broadcasting markets
23.2.2 Digital market convergence
23.3 A Europe Fit for the Digital Age
23.4 The democratic and societal goals of EU digital policy
23.5 Key debates in shaping Europe’s digital future
23.5.1 The legitimacy of soft governance
23.5.2 Digital sovereignty: promotion of European values or protectionism?
23.6 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 24 Environment and Climate Change Policy in the European Union
24.1 Introduction
24.2 The development of EU action: Different perspectives
24.2.1 The changing scope and content of EU policy
24.2.2 Building environmental governance
24.2.3 Environmental and climate politics in the EU
24.2.4 Policy effectiveness
24.3 Policy dynamics
24.4 Future policy challenges
24.5 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 25 Migration and Refugee Policies in the European Union
25.1 Introduction
25.2 Setting the scene
25.3 Problematizing the policy approaches
25.4 The impact of crisis
25.5 A new agenda after 2015?
25.5.1 The European Agenda on Migration
25.5.2 The New Pact on Migration and Asylum
25.6 Four key themes
25.7 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Part 5 Issues and Debates
Chapter 26 Brexit
26.1 Introduction
26.2 The UK in Europe between 1945 and 2016
26.3 The 2016 Brexit Referendum
26.4 The Withdrawal Agreement
26.4.1 The negotiating positions
26.4.2 From Negotiation to Ratification
26.5 The Trade and Cooperation Agreement
26.5.1 The negotiating positions
26.5.2 The negotiation process
26.5.3 The content and ratification of the TCA
26.6 Brexit after Brexit
26.7 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 27 Democracy, Legitimacy, and the Rule of Law in the European Union
27.1 Introduction
27.2 From ‘permissive consensus’ to ‘democratic deficit’
27.3 Strengthening representative democracy
27.4 Governance and participatory democracy
27.5 Checks and balances and the rule of law
27.6 The challenges of output legitimacy
27.7 Populism, decline of the rule of law at national level, and disinformation in the digital age
27.8 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 28 Gender, Sexuality, and Equalities+ in the European Union
28.1 Introduction
28.2 From equal pay to equality of opportunities: The constitutional architecture of the European Equality Agenda
28.2.1 The Treaty of Rome and Equal Pay Provisions
28.2.2 Maastricht Treaty and widening to fundamental rights
28.2.3 Amsterdam Treaty introducing gender mainstreaming and sexuality
28.2.3.1 Gender mainstreaming: A way forward for the Union?
28.2.3.2 Widening and deepening equality: From equality between women and men to equalities+ and anti-discrimination
28.2.4 Consolidating the equality agenda with new directives and emerging challenges
28.2.5 The Lisbon Treaty: Towards mainstreaming of the equalities+ agenda?
28.3 Bounded Progress or Path Dependency?
28.4 Institutional Activism in the Context of Gendered Institutions
28.4.1 The European Commission
28.4.2 The Court of Justice of the European Union
28.4.3 The European Parliament
28.5 Conclusion: Where does Europe stand? The EU as a gendered equality actor
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 29 The European Union and Russia’s war against Ukraine
29.1 Introduction
29.2 The Euromaidan Revolution and the start of Russian aggression against Ukraine
29.3 EU policies vis-à-vis Ukraine and Russia after the Euromaidan Revolution
29.4 Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
29.5 The EU Response to the Full-Scale Invasion
29.5.1 Political and diplomatic engagement
29.5.2 EU support for Ukraine and Ukrainians
29.5.3 Sanctions but no new Russia strategy
29.6 War and its implications for EU policies and European integration
29.7 Conclusion
Further reading
List of Key Terms
Chapter 30 The Future of the European Union
30.1 Introduction
30.2 Core state powers
30.3 Differentiation
30.4 Digital transformation
30.5 Climate Change
30.6 The EU as a global actor: European sovereignty
30.7 The European neighbourhood
30.8 Conclusion
Guide to Further Reading
List of Key Terms
Glossary
References
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Images
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 The European Union
Chapter 9 The European Commission
Chapter 11 The European Parliament
Chapter 13 Interest Groups and the European Union
Chapter 15 Policy-making in the European Union
Chapter 16 EU Trade and Development Policies
Chapter 17 European Union Enlargement
Chapter 22 The Common Agricultural Policy
Chapter 24 Environment and Climate Change Policy in the European Union
Chapter 26 Brexit