Policies and Policy Processes of the European Union. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Buonanno, Laurie
• Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Illustrative Material; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Policy Portfolio; A Continually Expanding Portfolio; The nature of policy expansion; The variable pace of policy expansion; An Increasingly Broad Portfolio; The Varying Extents of EU Policy Involvement; The Varying Legal Statuses of EU Policies; The Differing Purposes of EU Policies; A market-focused classificatory system; The classic Lowi classificatory system; Increasing Differentiation; Formal differentiation; Informal differentiation; Conclusions; 2 Understanding the Policy Portfolio. The Classical Theories of European IntegrationNeofunctionalism/supranationalism; Intergovernmentalism; A Federal Integration Approach; Drawing from economic theory and political science; Economic integration theory; Federal theory; Conclusions; 3 The Principal Policy Institutions; The Commission; Policy roles and functions; Power resources; Is the Commission a policy leader?; The European Council; Policy roles and functions; The Council of Ministers; Policy roles and functions; Council decision-making; The European Parliament; Policy roles and functions. The Court of Justice of the European UnionPolicy roles and functions; Conclusions; 4 Other Important Policy Actors; Representational Institutions; European Agencies; The Member States; The member states and the EU institutions; Opportunities for national policy actors to exercise EU policy roles; Member state influence: the importance of size; Policy differences between member states: the big four and EMU; Policy Interests; The level of policy interest activity, and its nature; The reasons for the high level of policy interest involvement in EU policy activities. The policy activities of policy interestsThe influence exercised by policy interests ; A special type of, but an increasingly important, policy interest: the governments of non-member states; Conclusions; 5 Key Features of Policy Processes; The Large and Increasing Number of Policy Processes; The growth in policy processes; Why has there been a growth in the number of policy processes?; How many EU policy processes are there?; The Complexity of Policy Processes; The Varying Mixtures of Supranationalism and Intergovernmentalism. Policy Processes Ensure that Member States Have Confidence in the EU SystemLegal protections and guarantees; Informal aspects of policy processes; The nature of inter-state cleavages; The Dispersal of Leadership; Sources of leadership; The dispersed and shifting nature of leadership; A need for stronger leadership?; The Consensual Nature of (Most) Policy Processes; The Role of Ideology; The Production of Policy Outputs; Variations in the Speed of Policy Processes; The Impact of Differentiation; Conclusions; 6 The Policy Cycle; The Concept of the Policy Cycle; Agenda-setting.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 341.2422; Government/General; Economic policy; Policy sciences; Political planning; Social policy; LAW / International; International Relations/General; Political planning -- European Union countries; Policy sciences -- European Union countries; European Union countries -- Economic policy; European Union countries -- Social policy; Europe -- European Union countries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1137305274; 9781137305275
• Related ISBNs: 9781403915146; 1403915148
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