The National Co-ordination of EU Policy
Subtitle: The Domestic Level
Contributors: Hussein Kassim (Editor); B. Guy Peters (Editor); Vincent Wright (Editor)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: September 30, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780198296645
Subjects: Central government policies; EU & European institutions; European Community; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; EU (European Union); Government - Comparative; International; Political Science / Public Policy; International Relations - General; Public Policy - General; European Union; European Union countries; Political planning
Description: "Eschewing the 'Europeanisation' problematic within which the issue is usually addressed, this book adopts a broader, more inclusive approach. It examines domestic processes and investigates co-ordination in ten member states - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom - looking at co-ordinating ambitions, the actors involved in EU policy making, and the structures and processes by which policy is made.".

"From a comparative perspective, the book identifies and assesses the impact of the influences that have shaped systems of national co-ordination - the demands exerted by Union membership, the institutional structure of the national polity, the pre-existing balance between domestic institutions, administrative norms and values, and attitudes, both popular and elite, to European integration.

It assesses the extent to which there has been a convergent response to the administrative challenges posed by membership on the part of the member states or whether a pattern of divergence emerges. The effectiveness of member states in influencing policy outcomes at the European level is also addressed."--BOOK JACKET.