Overview

The E.U. has an increasingly significant role in the everyday life of Europe's citizens. What are these policies about? Who is shaping them? What do they mean for the future? These are the questions that this book answers. The authors argue that some policies are implemented more vigorously than others. The policies that are driven by capital and that aim to create a competitive economy have been prioritized. By contrast, other policies do not form a key part of the E.U. agenda and are effectively ignored. Setting the E.U. in a proper economic and theoretical context, the authors provide a chapter-by-chapter analysis of each of the E.U.'s major policy areas. Arguing that traditional accounts of E.U. integration are inadequate, the authors develop an innovative new perspective. Written with clarity and precision, this book is ideal for students and anyone looking for an incisive critique of the role of corporate capital in the development of E.U. policy.

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Author:   Raj S. Chari ,  Sylvia Kritzinger
Publisher:   Pluto Press
Imprint:   Pluto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.50cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.329kg
ISBN:  

9780745319704

ISBN 10:   074531970
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   20 August 2006
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

1. A Supranational or a Decentralised EU? 2. Who’s Coming to Play? Policy-Making Actors in the EU 3. Understanding EU Policy-Making: Major Theories and New Insights 4. Single Market Policy: Creating a Strong Neo-Liberal Market in the Global Economy 5. Competition Policy: Ensuring a Competitive European Market. 6. Economic and Monetary Union: The Making of the Money Tree 7. Common Agricultural Policy: Redistributive Policy in Favour of Whom? 8. Social Policy: Demonstrating European Incapability and Differences 9. Policies of Freedom, Security and Justice: A Limited Role for the EU 10. External Policies: Divided We Stand, United We Fall 11. Conclusions: Understanding the Present, Changing the Future. Notes Index

Reviews

'A distinctive textbook (of the sort that this one has the potential to be) will always find a market.' R. Elgie, Dublin City University 'Could become a cutting edge contribution.' Hazel Smith, author of European Union Foreign Policy

I would commend this book to anyone who wants to read intelligent analysis of the EU's structures and policies, and where they come from. -- Lobster

Author Information

Raj Chari is Director of Centre for European Studies in Trinity College Dublin and Lectures in Political Science. He is the co-author of Understanding EU Policy Making (Pluto, 2006). Sylvia Kritzinger is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna. She is the co-author of Understanding EU Policy Making (Pluto, 2006).

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