Toward a Common European Union Energy Policy Problems, Progress, and Prospects

by Duffield, John S.; Birchfield, Vicki L.

• ISBN13: 9780230113190
• ISBN10: 0230113192
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-06-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Since the mid-2000s, the European Union has made unprecedented strides toward the creation of a common energy policy. This book takes stock of these developments, evaluating how much progress has actually been made and what remains to be done, what factors explain these recent advances and their limitations, and what obstacles stand in the way of establishing a truly common EU energy policy. Chapters by experts on different aspects of EU and European energy policy address the full range of relevant topics, including each important policy area, the perspectives of critical EU member states, and how much recent developments contribute to the achievement of the traditional goals of energy policy.

Author Biography

Vicki L. Birchfield is an Associate Professor and Director of the European Union Center of Excellence in The Sam Nunn School of International Affairs at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She received a DES from the Institut Universitaire de Hautes tudes Internationales, University of Geneva, Switzerland and her PhD in Political Science from the University of Georgia. She is the author of Income Inequality in Capitalist Democracies: The Interplay of Values and Institutions (2008) and has published in International Studies Quarterly, the European Journal of Political Research, the Review of International Studies, Globalizations, and the Review of International Political Economy. John S. Duffield is a Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University in Atlanta. He is the author of Over a Barrel: The Costs of U.S. Foreign Oil Dependence (2008), World Power Forsaken: Political Culture, International Institutions, and German Security Policy After Unification (1998), and Power Rules: The Evolution of NATO's Conventional Force Posture (1995). He is co-editor of Balance Sheet: The Iraq War and U.S. National Security (2009).

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Recent Upheaval in EU Energy Policy--John S. Duffield and Vicki Birchfield * Part One: Developments in Key Policy Areas * Market Liberalization--Per Ove Eikeland * External Energy Policy--Richard Youngs * EU Energy Relations with Russia--Jonas Grätz * Emissions Trading--Jon Birger Skjærseth * Renewable Energy--Måns Nilsson * Energy Efficiency--Jørgen Henningsen * Part Two: National Perspectives * France--Sophie Méritet * Germany--Kirsten Westphal * United Kingdom--Francis McGowan * Part Three: Functional Perspectives * Security of Supply--Coby van der Linde and Jacques de Jong * Environmental Sustainability--Arno Behrens * Overall Evaluation--Jean-Michel Glachant and Yannick Perez * Conclusion: Taking Stock of Recent EU Energy Policy: Progress, Problems, Prospects--Vicki Birchfield and John S. Duffield