Explaining decisions in the European Union / Arne Niemann.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Niemann, Arne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

Public administration--European Union countries--Decision making.

Public administration.

Administrative agencies--European Union countries.

Administrative agencies.

Executive power--European Union countries.

Executive power.

European Union countries--Politics and government.

European Union countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 367 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explaining outcomes of decision-making at the European level has occupied scholars since the late 1950s, yet analysts continue to disagree on the most important factors in the process. In this book, Arne Niemann examines the interplay of the supranational, governmental and non-governmental actors involved in EU integration, along with the influence of domestic, supranational and international structures. The book restates and develops neofunctionalism as an approach for explaining decisions in the European Union and assesses the usefulness of the revised neofunctionalist framework on three case studies: the emergence and development of the PHARE programme, the reform of the Common Commercial Policy, and the communitarisation of visa, asylum and immigration policy. Niemann argues that this classic theory can be modified in such a way as to draw on a wider theoretical repertoire and that many micro-level concepts can sensibly be accommodated within his larger neofunctionalist framework.

Contents:

Introduction

Theoretical framework and research design

The emergence and development of the PHARE Programme

Negotiations on the Reform of the Common Commercial Policy

Negotiations on the Communitarisation of visa, asylum and immigration policy

Conclusion.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-107-16929-1

1-280-74934-2

0-511-26078-4

0-511-26135-7

0-511-25955-7

0-511-31973-8

0-511-49204-9

0-511-26022-9

OCLC:

171140232