The Influence of International Institutions on the EU [electronic resource] : When Multilateralism hits Brussels /
Costa, O.editor.
Jørgensen, K.editor.
An exploration of how the EU is influenced by multilateral institutions. There has recently been a dramatic increase in interaction between the EU and multilateral institutions. This book shows that international institutions shape EU policies, as well as acting as a source of preferences and strategies for EU stances internationally.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Notes on Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; List of Abbreviations; 1 The Influence of International Institutions on the EU: A Framework for Analysis; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The causes and consequences of the influence; 1.3 Measuring the influence; 1.4 Contents of the book; 2 Less Than You Might Think: The Impact of WTO Rules on EU Policies; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Inconvenient obligations and policy change: a focus for analysis; 2.3 The WTO: a particularly appropriate international institution for analysis
2.4 The absence of WTO influence in the EU policy-making literature2.5 Revealing influence through three 'unlikely cases'; 2.6 Assessment: less influence than you might think; 3 Playing into the Hands of the Commission? The Case of EU Coordination in the ILO; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 From national to European policy; 3.3 Playing into the hands of the Commission?; 3.4 Learning on the basis of arguments; 3.5 Conclusion; 4 The External Institutional Context Matters: The EU in International Negotiations; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The EU in the international competition network: avoiding politicization
4.3 The EU in the World Trade Organization: calibrating a fait accompli4.4 The EU in international environmental negotiations: transmitting external compellingness; 4.5 The EU in the UN Security Council: hiding behind external slippage; 4.6 Conclusions; 5 The Influence of International Institutions on Access to Justice in Environmental Matters in the EU and its Member States; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The research puzzle; 5.3 Historical institutionalism; 5.4 Access to justice in environmental matters in EU legislation; 5.5 International developments
5.6 The impact of the Aarhus Convention on the EU acquis on access to justice in environmental matters5.7 Conclusions; 6 The Influence of Global Internet Governance Institutions on the EU; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The EU and the evolution of global Internet governance; 6.3 ICANN and the dot eu top level domain; 6.4 The Internet governance forum; 6.5 Conclusion; 7 Combating the Financing of Terrorism Together? The Influence of the United Nations on the European Union's Financial Sanctions Regime; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The EU's financial sanctions regime
7.3 The influence of the UN over the EU's financial sanctions regime7.4 Explaining the influence of the UN over the EU's financial sanctions regime; 7.5 A brake on the UN's influence over the EU's financial sanction regime: the role of the European courts; 7.6 Conclusion; 8 Linking Up Levels of Governance: Agencies of the European Union and their Interaction with International Institutions; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Beyond legislative decision-making: agencies of the European Union; 8.3 Describing the interaction between EU agencies and international institutions
8.4 Explaining the interaction among EU agencies and international institutions
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An exploration of how the EU is influenced by multilateral institutions. There has recently been a dramatic increase in interaction between the EU and multilateral institutions. This book shows that international institutions shape EU policies, as well as acting as a source of preferences and strategies for EU stances internationally.
European Union
European Union.
International relations.
International organization.
Political science.
European Union Politics.
International Relations.
International Organization.
Political Science.