Policy-Making in the European Union : Conceptual Lenses and the Integration Process

ISBN-13: 9780415146258 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 210 str.

Laura Cram

Opis

The author takes a different view at attempts to conceptualize the process of European integration. The book explores the impact of the day-to-day work of policy maker, interest groups and bureaucrats in influencing the environment in which European Treaty formulation and ratification are taken. Cram sheds light on the wide range of policy areas in which institutions such as the Commission of the European Union and the European Court of Justice have succeeded in expanding the scope of EU competence despite national government opposition.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 1 Integration theory and the study of the European policy process; Chapter 2 2 The development of European Union social policy; Chapter 3 3 The development of European Union information and communication technology policy; Chapter 4 4 Policy types and policy instruments in the European Union policy process; Chapter 5 5 Collective action at the EU level; Chapter 6 6 The institutional dimension of EU policy-making; Conclusion: institutions, purposeful opportunism and the integration process; NOTES; Bibliography; Index;

O autorze

Cram, Laura