Europeanization New Research Agendas

by Graziano, Paolo; Vink, Maarten P.

• ISBN13: 9780230204317
• ISBN10: 0230204317
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

This cutting-edge handbook, written by foremost authoritative scholars, presents the main theoretical and empirical issues involved in current Europeanization research. It evaluates the achievements and shortcomings of the growing literature. As an advanced reference book it also sets the parameters for Europeanization research in the coming years.

Author Biography

PAOLO GRAZIANO is an Assistant Professor at Bocconi University, Milan, Italy. He holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Florence and was Visiting Scholar at the Political Science Department at the University of California, Berkeley, as well as Visiting Professor at the Centre Européen at the Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques, Paris. He is author of L'Europeizzazione delle Politiche Pubbliche Italiane.

MAARTEN P. VINK is an Assistant Professor at Maastricht University, The Netherlands. He holds a PhD in Political Science from Leiden University, was a Jean Monnet Fellow at the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute in Florence, as well as a Visiting Scholar at the Center for European Studies at New York University. He is author of Limits of European Citizenship.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. viii
List of Contributors	p. xi
Introduction
Challenges of a New Research Agenda	p. 3
Theory and Methods
The Three Worlds of Regional Integration Theory	p. 23
Conceptual Issues	p. 35
Theorizing Europeanization	p. 46
Methodology	p. 59
Politics and Polity
Territory	p. 73
Candidate Countries and Conditionality	p. 88
Regulatory Governance	p. 102
State Structures	p. 115
Core Executives	p. 128
Parliamentary Scrutiny	p. 141
Political Parties and Party Systems	p. 154
Interest Groups and Social Movements	p. 167
Courts	p. 182
Policies
Implementation	p. 197
Agricultural Policy	p. 212
Environmental Policy	p. 226
Cohesion Policy	p. 239
Social Policy	p. 253
Telecommunications Policy	p. 266
Economic Policy	p. 281
Anti-Discrimination Policy	p. 295
Asylum Policy	p. 309
Foreign Policy	p. 321
Conclusion
Some Promises and Pitfalls of Europeanization Research	p. 337
Bibliography	p. 354
Name Index	p. 403
Subject Index	p. 411
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