The National Co-ordination of EU Policy
The European Level
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 29 November 2001
- ISBN 9780199248056
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages374 pages
- Size 244x165x25 mm
- Weight 683 g
- Language English 0
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Short description:
This book is the second of two volumes in which leading scholars examine the way in which EU member states co-ordinate their European policies. This second volume investigates the structures, institutions and processes put in place by national governments in Brussels. From a comparative perspective, the book assesses the responses of governments to the demands of EU membership. It offers a detailed examination of the organisation, operation and performance of permanent representations, and their role in national systems of EU policy making, and looks at the extent to which interaction within a common institutional environment has brought about convergence between national arrangements.
The companion volume, published in 2000, examines the national co-ordination of EU policy at the domestic level.
Long description:
This book is the second of two volumes that examine how EU member states co-ordinate their European policies. In this second volume, the focus is on the European level. The book investigates the strategies deployed by eleven member states -- Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, and the United Kingdom - and examines the role played by the permanent representation, and the structures and processes that link national officials in Brussels and at home.
From a comparative perspective, the book identifies and assesses the organisation, functions and effectiveness of the permanent representation, and the part that it plays in the national system of co-ordination. It considers the influences that have shaped systems of national co-ordination -- the demands exerted by Union membership, the institutional structure of the national polity, the pre-existing balance between domestic institutions, administrative norms and values, and attitudes, both popular and elite, to European integration. It assesses the extent to which there has been a convergent response to the administrative challenges posed by membership on the part of the member states or whether a pattern of divergence endures. The question of effectiveness is also addressed.
The companion volume explores co-ordination institutions, structures and procedures at the domestic level. Looking at ten member states, it offers a comprehensive comparative analysis of the way in national governments organise European policy making.
All of the chapters are excellent, and a particular strength is that each follows a common format, which facilitated the cross-national comparison in the concluding chapter ... this is a useful addition to the theoretical and empirical literature on European integration.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Co-ordinating National Action in Brussels
United Kingdom
The French Administration in Brussels
The German Case: A Key Moderator in a Competitive Multi-Level Environment The German Case: A Key Moderator in a Competitive Multi-Level Environment
Italy
Permanent Challenges? Representing Greece in Brussels
The Portuguese Permanent Representation in Brussels: The Institutionalization of a Simple System
The Belgian Permanent Representation to the European Union: Mailbox, Messenger or Representative?
National Co-ordination in Brussels? The Role of the Dutch PR to the EU
Ministerial Government at the European Level: The Case of Austria
The Swedish Permanent Representation to the EU: Melding National and Collective Interests
National Co-ordination in Brussels: The Role of Ireland's Permanent Representation
Conclusion: Co-ordinating National Action in Brussels - A Comparative Perspective
