Europeanization and National Politics

by Ladrech, Robert

• ISBN13: 9781403918758
• ISBN10: 1403918759
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-04-15
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

Until recently most studies of European integration have tended to focus on European-level institutions and developments. Significant changes at national level were often overlooked until Europeanization emerged as a distinct focus of research, addressing the adjustments made by national administrations to take account of their European commitments.

Author Biography

ROBERT LADRECH is a senior lecturer in Politics and director of the Keele European Research Centre at Keele University, UK.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Europeanization of member states: what significance?	p. 2
Why Europeanization rather than globalization?	p. 4
Explaining the emergence of the Europeanization concept	p. 7
Development and (near) consolidation of an approach	p. 12
Organization of the book	p. 16
Europeanization: Conceptual Developments and a Framework for Analysis	p. 19
What is the meaning of 'member state'?	p. 19
The direction of influence: 'top-down'	p. 21
Dimensions of domestic change: where does the EU affect its member states?	p. 23
Polity (institutions)	p. 25
Policy	p. 29
Mechanisms of domestic change: how does the EU impact its member states?	p. 31
Outcome of domestic change: what is the extent of change?	p. 35
Europeanization and the post-communist experience	p. 38
A methodological consideration	p. 40
National Executives	p. 44
EU decision-making and national executives	p. 44
A privileged position?	p. 46
From pressures of membership to misfit	p. 51
National coordination of EU affairs	p. 53
Institutional adjustment to EU policy output	p. 61
Strengthening of the national executive vis-à-vis national legislatures	p. 66
The national executive in the post-communist context	p. 67
Conclusion: explaining national variation in executive change	p. 69
National Parliaments	p. 71
National parliaments: 'losers' in the integration process?	p. 71
Role and responsibilities of national parliaments in EU affairs	p. 73
Institutional change: multiple causes?	p. 76
European Union influence on post-communist parliaments	p. 87
Conclusion	p. 88
Centre-Regional Relations	p. 92
The changing nature of territorial relations in Western Europe	p. 93
National and regional interests in EU policy-making	p. 96
Compound states	p. 99
Simple states	p. 106
Regional developments in post-communist member states	p. 109
Mechanisms of change in central-regional relations	p. 110
Conclusion	p. 111
National Courts	p. 114
Legal integration and mechanisms of change: the development of the ECJ	p. 116
New roles for national courts	p. 119
The post-communist experience	p. 123
Conclusion	p. 125
Political Parties	p. 128
Parties, politics and the EU	p. 129
Europeanization and domestic politics	p. 130
Europeanization and political parties	p. 134
Europeanization and parties in post-communist member states	p. 140
Conclusion	p. 143
Interest Groups and Social Movements	p. 146
How does the EU affect interest group behaviour?	p. 148
How does the EU affect social movements?	p. 149
How do interest groups and social movements respond to EU policy outputs?	p. 151
Europeanization and post-communist interest groups and social movements	p. 160
Conclusion	p. 162
National Policy	p. 165
EU policy and national policy-making systems	p. 165
Types of EU policy influence on member states: 'hard' and 'soft'	p. 168
The domestic impact of 'hard' EU policies	p. 172
The domestic impact of 'soft' policies	p. 182
Post-communist experience of policy change: adaptation or transformation?	p. 185
Conclusion	p. 187
Foreign Policy	p. 190
Developing a European foreign policy?	p. 192
Europeanization and national foreign policy: dimensions and mechanisms	p. 194
Europeanization and foreign policy change: methodological issues	p. 199
Europeanization and foreign policy change: is there a singular post-communist dimension?	p. 202
Conclusion	p. 204
Conclusion	p. 206
Relations between member states and Brussel	p. 207
Europeanization and national state transformation	p. 208
Europeanization as a normative concern	p. 211
Concluding remarks	p. 213
Bibliography	p. 216
Index	p. 233
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