The influence of international institutions on the EU : when multilateralism hits Brussels / edited by Oriol Costa and Knud Erik Jørgensen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Costa, Oriol, 1978-

Jørgensen, Knud Erik.

Series:

Palgrave studies in European Union politics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union--Decision making.

European Union.

Political planning--European Union countries.

Political planning.

International agencies.

Decision making.

European Union countries.

International agencies--Influence.

International agencies--European Union countries.

Physical Description:

xviii, 261 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.

Summary:

The contributors to the volume analyse the EU from a surprisingly rare perspective, namely, by exploring how it is influenced by multilateral institutions. There has recently been a dramatic increase in interaction between the EU and multilateral institutions, yet this interaction has almost without exception been studied from the bottom-up perspective. This volume reverses the causal arrow and shows that international institutions shape EU policies and the policymaking process, as well as act as a source of preferences and strategies for EU stances internationally. The impact is (under certain conditions) strong and rather frequently unintended and unexpected. Sometimes the influence goes as far as to foster small-scale processes of EU integration. Scholars with expertise in different areas have contributed to this endeavour, thus allowing the volume to cover a wide range of international institutions and their effects on the EU. Book jacket.

Contents:

The influence of international institutions on the EU / Oriol Costa and Knud Erik Jørgensen

Less than you might think: the impact of WTO rules on EU policies / Alasdair Young

Playing into the hands of the Commission? accounting for the impact of international organizations on EU foreign policy: the case of the ILO / Marianne Riddervold and Helene Sjursen

The external institutional context matters: the EU in international negotiations / Tom Delreux ... [et al.]

The influence of international institutions on access to justice in environmental matters in the EU and its member states / Anne Wetzel

The influence of global internet governance institutions on the EU / George Christou and Seamus Simpson

Combating the financing of terrorism together? the influence of the United Nations on the European Union's financial sanctions / Sarah Léonard and Christian Kaunert

Linking up levels of governance: the agencies of the European Union and their interaction with international institutions / Martijn L.P. Groenleer

NATO's influence on the evolution of the European Union as a security actor / Joachim Koops

The influence of the Council of Europe on the European Union / Barbara Schumacher

How do international institutions influence the EU? / Xinyuan Dai and Gina Martønez

The top-down dimension of the relationship between the EU and international institutions / Robert Kissack.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230314481

0230314481

OCLC:

780415701