Policy-Making and Diversity in Europe: Escape from Deadlock

ISBN-13: 9780521652964 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 120 str.

Adrienne Heritier

Opis

Policy-Making and Diversity in Europe examines the European Union and its policy-making processes. In particular, it asks how an institution that is so riddled with veto points manages to be such an active policy maker. Heritier argues that the diversity of actors' interests and the need for consensus in European institutions would almost inevitably lead to deadlock, were it not for the existence of creative informal strategies and policy-making patterns. Termed by the author "subterfuge," these strategies prevent political impasses and "make Europe work."

Spis treści

1. Escape from deadlock; 2. The context of subterfuge; 3. The analytical approach and theoretical background; 4. Market-making policy; 5. The provision of collective goods and the reduction of externalities; 6. Market-correcting, redistributive policy; 7. Market-correcting, distributive policy; 8. Conclusion.