Informal governance in the European union / edited by Thomas Christiansen, Simona Piattoni.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Christiansen, Thomas.

Piattoni, Simona, 1960-

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union countries--Politics and government.

European Union countries.

European Union countries--Economic policy.

European Union.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, U.K. ; Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The contributors to this volume address an issue of paramount importance concerning the politics of the European Union: aspects of governance and policy making in the EU that are labelled 'informal'.

Contents:

Preliminaries; Contents; Contributors; Abbreviations; 1 Informal governance in the European Union; 2 Informal governance: improving EU democracy?; 3 Cultures of states and informal governance in the EU; 4 Common Market institutions, fraud and informal networks; 5 Building velvet triangles: gender and informal governance; 6 The informal governance of EU environmental policy; 7 Selling off the state and supranational regulation; 8 Informal governance and biotechnology; 9 Formal and informal governance in Single Market regulation; 10 Informal governance in the Common Agricultural Policy

11 Informality as an asset? The case of EMU12 Governing by informal networks?; 13 Backing into the future?; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-21721-X

9786613217219

1-84376-972-7

OCLC:

437064651