Making Policy in Europe

ThisSecond Edition ofMaking Policy in Europe is fully revised and expanded to provide the most up-to-date introduction to the study of policy-making in the European Union (EU).

The first part of the book introduces the different perspectives to study of the EU as a political system, and provides a framework for the study of the main actors and institutions in the decision-making process from transnational lobbying within Brussels to the implementation of EU law in national member states.

Part two introduces each of the main sectoral policy areas. The common "market" is introduced and reviewed before students are provided with detailed studies of policies and policy-making in telecommunications, the environment, energy, education, immigration, and policing. In each case the complex interaction between different interests and actors at different levels in the EU apparatus is richly illustrated and the future prospects for further integration fully examined.

The final part of the book looks at the future economic and political structure of the EU and the direction of contemporary studies of the EU and European integration. A completely new chapter reviews European monetary union, another looks at the important enlargement question, and, finally, the editors review the wider implications for Europe and the EU political system.

This book will be essential reading for another generation of students of the EU, European pubic policy and European integration.

ThisSecond Edition ofMaking Policy in Europe is fully revised and expanded to provide the most up-to-date introduction to the study of policymaking in the European Union (EU).

The first part of the book introduces the different perspectives to study of the EU as a political system, and provides a framework for the study of the main actors and institutions in the decision-making process from transnational lobbying within Brussels to the implementation of EU law in national member states.

Part two introduces each of the main sectoral policy areas. The common "market" is introduced and reviewed before students are provided with detailed studies of policies and policy-making in telecommunications, the environment, energy, education, immigration, and policing. In each case the complex interaction between different interests and actors at different levels in the EU apparatus is richly illustrated and the future prospects for further integration fully examined.

The final part of the book looks at the future economic and political structure of the EU and the direction of contemporary studies of the EU and European integration. A completely new chapter reviews European monetary union, another looks at the important enlargement question, and, finally, the editors review the wider implications for Europe and the EU political system.

This book will be essential reading for another generation of students of the EU, European pubic policy and European integration.

In each case the complex interaction between interests and actors at different levels in the EU apparatus is richly illustrated and the future prospects for further integration are examined.

PART ONE: POLICYMAKING IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
Introduction - Svein S Andersen and Kjell A Eliassen
The EU as a new political system
Formal Processes - Svein S Andersen, Kjell A Eliassen and Nick Sitter
EU Institutions and Actors
Informal Processes - Svein S Andersen and Kjell A Eliassen
Lobbying, Actor Strategies, Coalitions and Dependencies
PART TWO: EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES
Rail and Transport Policy - Frank Dobbin
National Paradigms and Supranational Structure
Telecommunications Policy - Kjell A Eliassen and Marit S Marino
Interest Convergence and Globalization
Energy Policy - Svein S Andersen
Interest Interaction and Supranational Authority
Educational Policy - Erik Beukel
Institutionalization and Multilevel Governance
Policing Policy and Justice and Home Affairs - Ellen Ahnfelt and Johan From
From High to Low Politics
PART THREE: THE FUTURE OF THE EU AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
European Monetary Union - Miriam L Campanella
Economic Versus Political Intregation and the Limits of Supranationalism
The Common Foreign and Security Policy - Helene Sjursen
Limits of Intergovernmentalism and the Search for a Global Role
EU Enlargement - Finn Laursen
Interests, Issues and the Need for Insitutional Reform
Conclusion - Svein S Andersen and Kjell A Eliassen
Making Policy in the New Europe