The institutions of the enlarged European Union : continuity and change
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Bibliographic Information
The institutions of the enlarged European Union : continuity and change
(Studies in EU reform and enlargement)
Edward Elgar, c2008
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliorgraphical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
How have the main institutions and decision-making processes of the EU responded to the arrival of new member states? This book assesses the actual state of the EU institutions in the years after the 2004 enlargement, examining each of the main institutional actors as well as trends in legislative output, implementing measures and non-legislative approaches. The contributors outline the key changes as well as patterns of continuity in the institutional politics of the EU.
The analysis finds that breakdown has been avoided by a combination of assimilation of the new member states and adaptation of the system, without any fundamental transformation of the institutions. Nonetheless, they conclude that it is not just 'business as usual'. The streamlining and formalization of procedures, together with increased informal practices, has implications for transparency and accountability. Widening has not prevented deepening of European integration, but it has deepened normative concerns about the democratic legitimacy of that process which will remain very much on the agenda of the enlarged EU.
This nuanced approach to the complexities of studying institutional politics and change contains important new and original data. As such it will be invaluable for postgraduate and advanced undergraduate students of EU politics and administrative science, as well as researchers, practitioners and journalists working in the fields of European studies more widely.
Table of Contents
Contents:
Preface
1. Introduction
Edward Best, Pierpaolo Settembri and Thomas Christiansen
2. The European Council: A Bigger Club, a Similar Role?
Wolfgang Wessels
3. Surviving Enlargement: How Has the Council Managed?
Edward Best and Pierpaolo Settembri
4. The European Commission: Enlargement as Reinvention?
John Peterson and Andrea Birdsall
5. The European Parliament and Enlargement
Brendan Donnelly and Milena Bigatto
6. EU Enlargement and the European Court of Justice
Caroline Naome
7. The European Central Bank: Enlargement as Institutional Affirmation and Differentiation
Kenneth Dyson
8. The European Economic and Social Committee after Enlargement
Nieves Perez-Solorzano Borragan and Stijn Smismans
9. The Committee of the Regions: Multi-Level Governance after Enlargement
Simona Piattoni
10. Legislative Output after Enlargement: Similar Number, Shifting Nature
Edward Best and Pierpaolo Settembri
11. Implementing Committees in the Enlarged European Union: Business as Usual for Comitology?
Manuela Alfe, Thomas Christiansen and Sonia Piedrafita
12. Widening, Deepening ... and Diversifying: Has Enlargement Shaped New Forms of EU Governance?
Edward Best
13. Conclusion
Thomas Christiansen, Edward Best and Pierpaolo Settembri
Appendix
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"