Policy-Making in the European Union

by Wallace, Helen; Wallace, William

• ISBN13: 9780198782421
• ISBN10: 019878242X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-13
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

This new edition of the established standard text on policy-making in the European Union has been extensively updated and rewritten to take into account all the most important recent developments in EU affairs. The new edition is even more comprehensive than its predecessor. It now includes 15 case studies of European Union policy-making in a range of different fields. In addition, there are updated introductory chapters on EU institutions and policy processes, and a new chapter explaining the various theoretical approaches to the making of policy in the EU. Major recent developments examined include the move to a single European currency, the expansion of common activities in justice and home affairs, recent initiatives to strengthen common foreign and security policy, negotiations on eastern enlargement, and efforts to reform the Common Agricultural Policy. Core policy fields covered include budgetary policy, trade, competition, and the Single Market. Case studies of environmental policy, social policy, and north-south relations illustrate the range and diversity of EU policy-making. Two entirely new case studies examine the common fisheries policy and the struggle to develop a common approach to biotechnology. The expert contributors come from six EU member states and from the US.

Author Biography

Helen Wallace is Jean Monnet Professor of Contemporary European Studies and Co-Director of the Sussex European Institute. William Wallace is Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Table of Contents

Detailed Contents	ix
Preface	xix
List of Appendices	xxiii
List of Figures	xxiv
List of Boxes	xxv
List of Tables	xxvi
List of Abbreviations	xxviii
List of Contributors	xxxiv
Editors' Notes	xxxv
Part I Institutions, Process, and Analytical Approaches
The Institutional Setting	3	(36)
Helen Wallace
The Policy Process	39	(26)
Helen Wallace
Analysing and Explaining Policies	65	(20)
Helen Wallace
Part II Policies
The Single Market	85	(30)
Alasdair R. Young
Helen Wallace
Competition Policy	115	(34)
Francis McGowan
Economic and Monetary Union	149	(30)
Loukas Tsoukalis
The Common Agricultural Policy	179	(32)
Elmar Rieger
The Budget	211	(32)
Brigid Laffan
Michael Shackleton
Cohesion and the Structural Funds	243	(24)
David Allen
Social Policy	267	(26)
Stephan Leibfried
Paul Pierson
Environmental Policy	293	(24)
Alberta M. Sbragia
Biotechnology Policy	317	(28)
Lee Ann Patterson
The Common Fisheries Policy	345	(28)
Christian Lequesne
European Trade Policy	373	(28)
Stephen Woolcock
Trade with Developing Countries	401	(26)
Christopher Stevens
Eastern Enlargement	427	(34)
Ulrich Sedelmeier
sHelen Wallace
Common Foreign and Security Policy	461	(32)
Anthony Forster
William Wallace
Justice and Home Affairs	493	(30)
Monica den Boer
William Wallace
Part III Conclusions
Collective Governance	523	(20)
William Wallace
References	543	(46)
Index	589