The Challenges of European Governance in the Age of Economic Stagnation, Immigration, and Refugees

Contributions by Elisabeth Lambert Abdelgawad, Jean-Marc Akakpo, Zeynep Arkan, Esther Barbé, Ruth A. Bevan, Klaus Brummer Catholic University of Ei, Henry F. Carey, Rebekah Dowd, Tero Erkkilä, Roy Gardner, Douglas M. Gibler, Shannon D. Jones, Niilo Kauppi, Soeren Keil, James Ker-Lindsay, Benjamin Kienzle, Alban Lauka, Karl Löfgren, Kennet Lynggaard, Roger Mac Ginty University of Manchester, Mikael Rask Madsen, Tija Memiševic, Marie V. Milward, Eleanor G. Morris, Ridvan Peshkopia, Sarah D. Phillips, Francesca Piccin, Sandra Pogodda, Liliana Popescu, Randall Puljek-Shank, Oliver Richmond, Saint Andrews University, Scotland, Onur Sen, Jamil A. Sewell, Tariel Sikharulidze, Michael E. Smith, Manonh Leila Soumahoro, Patricia Stapleton, Marcela Szymanski, Nathalie Tocci, Pascal Vennesson, Martijn Vlaskamp, Birte Vogel, Elaine Weiner, Diana White Edited by Henry F. Carey

Publication date:

20 December 2016

Length of book:

500 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

Dimensions:

263x187mm
7x10"

ISBN-13: 9780739166901

This book examines the political and legal challenges of regional governance of the 28 countries of the European Union and the 48 in the Council of Europe. The contributions, dilemmas, and moral hazards from this record of nearly seven decades of regional inter-governmental institutions has kept the peace, but produced episodes of crisis from overstretching jurisdictions, thematically and geographically. Polarization between nationalist and integrative forces has displaced the idealistic aspirations of prior decades to build the rule of law and deter violence. Academics and policy makers will learn from the various legal and political efforts to integrate supranational and inter-governmental agencies with national political systems.

1. The European Union: Does it Make a Difference?

2. EU Enlargement Model: Problems and Challenges

3. Revisiting EU Eastward Enlargement from a Consociational Approach: Refining Concepts and Redesigning Tasks

4. Managing the European Union Humanitarian Aid Policy: The Expediency of a Flexible Institutional Arrangement

5. From Cold War Instrument to Supreme European Court: The European Court of Human Rights at the Crossroads of International and National Law and Politics

6. Adopting the Acquis Politique: The Foreign/Security Policy Implications of EU Membership

7. Competing Visions for the European Union Grand Strategy

8. Balancing Foreign Policy Decisions: Why do EU Policy-Makers Differ in Their Refugee Policy Commitments?

9. Biotechnology Governance and Risk Regulation in the European Union

10. The European Union: Consumer, Producer or Co-producer of Global Regulatory Authority?

11. An ever weaker Union? The European Union in Global Governance Institution

12. The EU’s Success in Mediating an Agreement during the Russia-Georgia War of 2008

13. The European Union and Climate Change Cooperation

14. EU Accession and Disability Rights in Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, and Macedonia

15. A collective complaint mechanism before the European Court of Human Rights? Moving from mass actions to group actions

16. From Human Rights to Good Governance and Back: The Institutionalization of the European Ombudsman

17. Inter(b)locking Institutions: The European Union, the Council of Europe, and Human Rights Protection in Europe

18. Europeanization of Romanian Foreign Policy

19. Dirigism and Déjà Vu Logic: The Gender Politics And Perils Of EU Enlargement

20. The Litmus Test of European Democracy: The EU and the Protection of the Roma Minority

21. Free Movement for All? Restrictive Practices, Human Rights Violations, and European Governance

22. The EU’s ‘Peace-as-Governance’ Model: More than pacification?

23. The March Eastward: The Role of EU Expansion in Democratic Transition and Consolidation

24. US and European Assistance to Democracy NGOs in Transitional Elections: The Cases of Georgia and Mexico

25. The EU and Democratization in Cyprus

26. The Role of Discursive Consistency in EU Foreign Policy: An analysis of EU Enlargement Policy towards the Western Balkans

27. Donor Support for Civil Society Advocacy in Bosnia & Herzegovina

28. Challenges and Double-Standards in the EU’s Peacebuilding Project in Kosovo

29. Where to Observe Elections? The EU’s Election Observation Missions around the World

This very substantial book, locating the internal and external politics of the EU in the broader context of multilevel governance in Europe, will be an invaluable resource for students of contemporary Europe.