From System Transformation To European Integration

Author : Werner Meske
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 3825872904

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From System Transformation to European Integration by Werner Meske Pdf

Science and technology in the former socialist Central and East European countries underwent a period of transformation in the last decade of the 20th century. With respect to the past, this represents the restructuring of the old system; with respect to the 21st century, however, it was the turbulent starting phase in the transition to new national innovation systems. Based on the authors' many years of research in this area the book analyses these processes in detail for 14 countries, reveals common features and differences in the transitional phase and inferres the prospects for the development of science and technology in Eastern Europe in the framework of EU enlargement.

Author : Wolfgang H. Reinicke
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105008640182

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Building a New Europe by Wolfgang H. Reinicke Pdf

In this book, Wolfgang Reincke examines many of the challenges confronting Europe as it begins a new era.

Author : B. Dallago
Publisher : Springer
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2006-07-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230377967

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Transformation and European Integration by B. Dallago Pdf

The Balkan countries have been looking for good examples and ideas to pursue development and internal integration in destabilized and ethnically complex and conflicting areas. This book about transformation in the framework of European outlines the path of the Balkans to European integration.

Author : Per Kristen Mydske,Ingo Peters
Publisher : BWV Verlag
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Europe
ISBN : 9783830512226

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The Transformation of the European Nation State by Per Kristen Mydske,Ingo Peters Pdf

Author : Rainer Eising,BEATE KOHLER-KOCH
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134608348

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The Transformation of Governance in the European Union by Rainer Eising,BEATE KOHLER-KOCH Pdf

The book presents a theoretically informed typology of modes of governance which is tested in a careful selection of comparative country and policy studies. At the core is the question whether the European Union is destined to a network type of governance and whether and how this type of governance will be translated into the member states. The individual chapters subject the governing patterns at European and national level to empirical scrutiny. Drawing on recent research findings in different issue areas - including monetary union, social affairs, environment, genetic engineering and market liberalisation in transport, banking, energy, professional services - the contributions highlight the impact of the European activities on policy-making process in the member states.

Author : Maria Green Cowles,James Caporaso,Thomas Risse
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781501723575

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Transforming Europe by Maria Green Cowles,James Caporaso,Thomas Risse Pdf

Does the European Union change the domestic politics and institutions of its member states? Many studies of EU decisionmaking in Brussels pay little attention to the potential domestic impact of European integration. Transforming Europe traces the effects of Europeanization on the EU member states. The various chapters, based on cutting-edge research, examine the impact of the EU on national court systems, territorial politics, societal networks, public discourse, identity, and citizenship norms.The European Union, the authors find, does indeed make a difference—even in Germany, France, and the United Kingdom. In many cases EU rules and regulations incompatible with domestic institutions have created pressure for national governments to adapt. This volume examines the conditions under which this "adaptational pressure" has led to institutional change in the member states.

Author : Luisa Antoniolli,Luigi Bonatti,Carlo Ruzza
Publisher : Springer
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319936260

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Highs and Lows of European Integration by Luisa Antoniolli,Luigi Bonatti,Carlo Ruzza Pdf

In light of Europe’s prolonged state of crisis, this book reassesses the challenges and prospects of the European integration process. Scholars from diverse disciplines reflect on various types of integration by analyzing political, economic and sociological variables, while also taking legal and cultural constraints into account. Readers will learn about the dilemmas and challenges of the European transformation process as well as political reforms to overcome these challenges. The book is divided into four parts, the first of which discusses the external dimension of the European Union, including a review of development aid policies and EU foreign policy. In turn, the second part focuses on institutional change and asymmetrical integration in the EU. The third part is devoted to the rise of populism and nationalism, including an analysis of the role of civil society organizations in the Brexit. In closing, the last part highlights the crisis of the Euro as a symbol of European integration and the emerging social and economic divide between countries of the North and South.

Author : Helen Wallace,Nikos Koutsiaras,George Pagoulatos
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780192648945

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Europe's Transformations by Helen Wallace,Nikos Koutsiaras,George Pagoulatos Pdf

Europe's transformations is the unifying theme for this collective work that brings together leading academics and policy makers from across Europe and beyond. When the geopolitical tectonic plates are shifting, the sustainability of the Western economic model is under serious challenge and internal divisions in Europe are deep, we aim at looking at the major issues in a 'big picture' perspective. We draw lessons from the way Europe has responded or not to changes both within and without in multiple crises in recent years, try to understand what is at stake and consider alternative policy proposals. All the contributors have a long and widely recognized knowledge and experience of a wide range of issues of European integration and Europe's role in the world. They cross academic and professional boundaries and bring different perspectives as top analysts and policy makers, including two former prime ministers and a former US ambassador to the EU. They come together as friends, colleagues, and former students of Loukas Tsoukalis celebrating his scholarship and overall contribution to the European public sphere. The volume is divided into three main parts. The first deals with issues of democracy and welfare. The second part deals with major changes in the European balance of power and the balance between institutions. The third part examines changes in the global system and Europe's present and potential role in it.

Author : Arolda Elbasani
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136734137

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European Integration and Transformation in the Western Balkans by Arolda Elbasani Pdf

The book investigates the scope and limitations of the transformative power of EU enlargement in the Western Balkans. The extension of EU enlargement policy to the region has generated high expectations that enlargement will regulate democratic institution-building and foster reform, much as it did in Central and Eastern Europe. However, there is very little research on whether and how unfavourable domestic conditions might mitigate the transformative power of the EU. This volume investigates the role of domestic factors, identifying ‘stateness’ as the missing link between the assumed transformative power of the EU and the actual capacity to adopt EU rules across the region. Including chapters on Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, and Bosnia-Herzegovina, leading scholars in the field offer up-to-date comparative analysis of key areas of institutional and policy reform; including state bureaucracy, rule of law, electoral management, environmental governance, cooperation with the International Court of Justice, economic liberalization and foreign policy. Looking to the future and the implications for policy change, European Integration and Transformation in the Western Balkans provides a new theoretical and empirical focus on this little understood area. The book will be of interest to scholars and students of EU politics, comparative democratisation, post-communist transitions and Balkan area studies.

Author : R. Coman,T. Kostera,L. Tomini
Publisher : Springer
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137325501

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Europeanization and European Integration by R. Coman,T. Kostera,L. Tomini Pdf

After two decades of research into the impact of the EU on domestic politics and policies, this book explores the relationship between Europeanization and EU integration. It argues that Europeanization should be considered as a stage in the development of EU integration as well as questioning the notion of incremental Europeanization.

Author : Rumen Dobrinsky,Michael A. Landesmann
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCSC:32106013420705

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Transforming Economies and European Integration by Rumen Dobrinsky,Michael A. Landesmann Pdf

This volume focuses upon the inter-dependence between the pattern and prospects of economic transformation in Eastern and Central Europe, and the wider issue of European integration. Aspects of this process are addressed from both scholarly and political perspectives.

Author : Kees van Kersbergen,R. H. Lieshout,Grahame Lock
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9053564276

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Expansion and Fragmentation by Kees van Kersbergen,R. H. Lieshout,Grahame Lock Pdf

Is the end of the nation-state approaching, now that the international economy takes less and less notice of borders between countries and the European Union has already acquired so much political power? What does national autonomy mean when governments delegate any number of powers to inter-national organizations? Internationalization leads to political change, and the position of the nation-state appears to be undergoing a radical process of erosion. The surprising conclusion of this book is that the political significance of the state will not be lost. The analyses show that both expansion and fragmentation of political power are characteristics of fundamental political change. While it is true that the state is delegating authority and that internationalization is limiting autonomy, the state is also finding new forms of cooperation and coordination, both nationally and internationally, to preserve and even to strengthen its power and autonomy. Contrary to widely held assumptions, the idea of a progressive weakening of the nationstate does not prove tenable.

Author : Gabriella Ilonszki
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317965770

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Perceptions of the European Union in New Member States by Gabriella Ilonszki Pdf

The book explores the views of elites alongside those of the wider population in the European Union. The chapters place the new member states – and the potential candidate Serbia – on the map of Europe in this context for the first time. The volume's comparative method goes beyond the standard old member states versus new member states divide. It assesses regional differences within Central Europe and evaluates the problem of European and national identity formation, perception of external threats to the EU (including Russia), differences between economic and political elite views about the integration process and the connection between national performance and public opinion about Europe. Even though, in each country, positive views are dominant about the integration process, heterogeneous views prevail behind the image of a unifying Europe. The book’s major contribution is that it makes the new member states more visible and provides hard evidence while remaining theoretically driven. Furthermore, it covers the most important topics that emerge in studies concerning European integration. The book is intended for those interested in European integration in general but Central and Eastern European comparativists will find it particularly useful. This book was published as a special issue of Europe-Asia Studies.

Author : Alec Stone Sweet,Wayne Sandholtz,Neil Fligstein
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2001-08-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191530159

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The Institutionalization of Europe by Alec Stone Sweet,Wayne Sandholtz,Neil Fligstein Pdf

In 1950, a European political space existed, if only as a very primitive site of international governance. Today, the European Union governs in an ever-growing number of policy domains. Increasingly dense networks of transnational actors representing electorates, member state governments, firms, and specialized interests operate in arenas that are best understood as supranational. At the same time, the capacity of European organizations - the Bank, the Commission, and the Court of Justice - to make authoritative policy decisions has steadily expanded, profoundly transforming the very nature of the European polity. This book, a companion volume to European Integration and Supranational Governance, offers readers a sophisticated theoretical account of this transformation, as well as original empirical research. The editors elaborate an innovative synthesis of institutionalist theory that contributors use to explain the sources and consequences of the emergence and institutionalization of European political arenas. Some chapters examine the evolution of integration and supranational governance across time and policy domain. Others recount more discrete episodes, including: the development of women's rights, the judicial review of administrative acts, a stable system of interest group representation, and enhanced cooperation in foreign policy and security; the creation of the European Central Bank; the emergence of new policy competences, such as for policing and immigration; and the multi-dimensional impact of European policies on national modes of governance.

Author : S. Birch
Publisher : Springer
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2003-11-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781403938763

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Electoral Systems and Political Transformation in Post-Communist Europe by S. Birch Pdf

Electoral Systems and Political Transformation in Post-Communist Europe assesses the influence of electoral systems on political change in 20 post-communist European states. The main finding is that electoral institutions have systematic effects on the formation of representative structures. 'Party-enabling' aspects of electoral laws such as list proportional representation tend to foster popular inclusion in politics and institutionalized party systems, whereas 'politician-enabling' rules such as single-member districts and ballots that allow voters to select individuals often favour the development of weakly structured systems and high levels of popular exclusion from the representative process.