"One could hardly imagine a better commentator on the evolution of the European Parliament than Julian Priestley... formidable analytical skills." Jean-Claude Juncker, Prime Minister of Luxembourg
Sir Julian Priestley was Secretary-General of the European Parliament from 1997-2007, having been an official there since the 1970s. In this illuminating new book he looks at a series of key battles - all of which he witnessed at first hand - that contributed to the development of the Parliament's powers and influence.
The battles selected show Parliament engaged in a struggle not only to expand its formal institutional powers, in areas such as the budget, legislation and appointment, but also to command respect and recognition from the other European institutions. The author vividly demonstrates the complex interplay between politics and personalities in the Parliament and how internal political divisions at times proved a critical factor in determining outcomes.
Highly readable and deeply informative, this book is an essential complement to our textbook on the Parliament's powers and procedures, The European Parliament, by Richard Corbett MEP, Francis Jacobs and Michael Shackleton.
Price: 25.00 €
"Anyone interested in learning more about how Europe functions should read Jan Werts' fascinating book... An EU journalist par excellence, no-one is better qualified to write on this subject than Werts. No-one has been as close to quite so many European Council meetings... his focus is always on the issues of substance, often with remarkable results."
Jan Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister of the Netherlands
In this essential new book veteran EU media correspondent Jan Werts explains how the European Council, from modest origins in occasional summits, has become the strategic driving force of the European Union. He casts light on how it operates, its role vis a vis the Commission, the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament, and how its role will further change under the Treaty of Lisbon, in particular with the intended appointment of a full-time President.
JAN WERTS combines the skills of a journalist - having personally reported the great majority of European Council meetings since the 1970s - with the disciplines of an academic, having written the first doctoral dissertation on the European Council. He has written this book to assist both those studying the EU from an academic perspective and also those working at a practical level within the institutions who need to understand this often obscure body.
Approx. 280 Pages
Price: 27.00 €
This book is the first authoritative account of the tough negotiations between determined Irish governments and the EU to bring about a series of generous financial packages that have contributed to Ireland’s economic and social progress over the last twenty years.
Drawing on State and EU papers and the accounts of senior Irish and Commission officials, the book presents new research that sheds light on the inner workings of EU decision making and cohesion policy.
As Europe takes its next step towards ever closer union, Behind Closed Doors provides both a topical and a timely contribution to the literature on European studies, especially in relation to cohesion policy.
Publication: 28 May 2008
Price: 40.00 €
The European Union seems incapable of undertaking economic reforms and defining its place in the world. Public apathy towards the EU is also increasing, as citizens feel isolated from the institutions in Brussels and see no way to influence European level decisions.
Taking a diagnosis and cure approach to the EU's difficulties, Simon Hix tackles these problems with distinct clarity and open-mindedness. What the EU needs, Hix contends, is more open political competition. This would promote policy innovation, foster coalitions across the institutions, provide incentives for the media to cover developments in Brussels, and enable citizens to identify who governs in the EU and to take sides in policy debates. The EU is ready for this new challenge. The institutional reforms since the 1980s have transformed the EU into a more competitive polity, and political battles and coalitions are developing inside and between the European Parliament, the Council, and the Commission.
This emerging politics should be more central to the Brussels policy process, with clearer coalitions and identifiable winners and losers, at least in the short term. The risks are low because the EU has multiple checks-and-balances. Yet, the potential benefits are high, as more open politics could enable the EU to overcome policy gridlock, rebuild public support, and reduce the democratic deficit. This indispensable book will be of great interest to students of the European politics, scholars, policy makers and anyone concerned with the future of the European Union.
Pages: 228
Publication Date : January 2008
Price: 23.11 €
The European Union is the largest economic entity in the world and one of the largest political entities, with 493 million people in 2006. Fully updated for 2007 to include controversial and current topics such as the Union's enlargement and its role in ongoing world affairs, this accessible Very Short Introduction shows how and why the Union has developed, how its institutions work, and what it does - from the single market to the Euro, and from agriculture to peace-keeping and the environment. Pinder and Usherwood cover the entire history of the Union, examine the momentous changes that have taken place within the Union since 2000, and highlight the benefits, controversies, and lessons learned from programs such as its expansion into central and eastern Europe, and the circulation of the Euro. The book also examines the role of the European Union as a peace-keeper in Europe and beyond, sheds light on how it functions in world politics, looks at its role in supporting the rise of environmental politics, and considers the challenges and choices that lie ahead in the 21st century.
Publication Date: December 2007
Pages: 202
Price: 11.79 €
Biographical Notes Peter Ludlow retired in 2001 after twenty years as founding director of the Centre for European Policy Studies, Brussels (CEPS). He is now executive president of the Europen Strategy Forum. He has written many books and articles on 20th century European history and the politics and institutions of the EU, including detailed accounts of almost all the meetings of the European Council during the last decade. Wolfgang Münchau is associate editor and European economics columnist of the Financial Times and, together with his wife Susanne Mundschenk, is co-director of eurointelligence.com, a macro website offering news and comment about the euro area. He lives in Brussels. Iain Begg is a Professorial Research Fellow at the European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science. His main research work is on the political economy of European integration and EU economic governance. He has directed and participated in a series of research projects on different facets of EU policy and his current projects include studies on the governance of EU economic and social policy, the EU’s Lisbon Strategy, the social impact of globalisation and reform of the EU budget. Bassma Kodmani is the Executive Director of the Arab Reform Initiative, a consortium of Arab policy research institutes working in partnership with European and US institutes on issues of reform and democratic transitions in the Arab worl. She is also senior adviser on international cooperation to the French national research council (CNRS). She has written books and articles on conflicts in the Middle
East and regional security. Her latest publication, The dangers of political exclusion: Egypt’s Islamist problem, is published by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Nicole Gnesotto is currently Professor of International Relations, Head of the European Union Chair, at the Conservatoire National das Arts et Métiers, Paris. Prior to this she was the first director of the EU Institute for Security Studies, from January 2002 until May 2007. She is the author of many books and articles on contemporary European security, including EU security and defence policy – The first five years (1999-2004), Paris 2004, and The global puzzle: What worl for the EU in 2025?, Paris 2006 (With Giovanni Grevi). The latter title was published in French in October 2007, Le monde en 2025, edited by Robert Laffont. Manuel Preto has been Managing Director at Banco Santander Totta since 2005 with responsibilities in the financial area, including asset and liability management, corporate finances, financial participations and investor relations. Mr Preto joined Banco Santander de Negócios in 1996 as na equity analyst and, before assuming his current position, he was Head of Equity Research and Strategy for Portugal. Rui Constantino is the Chief Economist at Banco Santander Totta. His responsibilities include the macroeconomic analysis of the Portuguese economy within the Santander Group, and also the analysis of macroeconomic and financial developments, supporting the board and business areas of Santander Totta. Prior to joining the bank, he was an economist at the Research Department of the Portuguese Ministry of Finance. António Cortina has been Chief Analyst of Economic Research at Santander since 2001. His responsibilities include providing macroeconomic analysis, interest rate and exchange rate forecasts for Spain, the euro area, the USA and Latin American countries to the Group’s Financial Division and all other support and business areas.
Pages: 143
Publication Date : 2008
Price: 18.82 €
This book is the second to be published by the European Strategy Forum. Based on a conference on the EU and China, which the Forum organised in Ponte de Lima in May 2007, it consists of seven substantial essays on key aspects of EU-Chinese relations. As Peter Ludlow writes in the introductory chapter, relations between the EU and China have changed, are changing and will continue to change at an extraordinary speed.
Pages: 136
Publication date: December 2007
Price: 18.82 €
Democratic Representation Beyond the Nation-State
Why have the national governments of EU member states successively endowed the European Parliament with supervisory, budgetary, and legislative powers over the past fifty years? Building Europe's Parliament sheds new light on this pivotal issue, and provides a major contribution to the study of the European Parliament.
Pages: 234
Publication date: Octobre 2007
Price: 31.13 €
The European Union is often accused of being an opaque, bureaucratic organisation. I am convinced that those who want to learn more about the European Union (its functioning, institutional set-up, decision-making and legal systems), and discover why European integration is so complicated and cumbersome, will fi nd the answers to their questions in the pages of this Handbook. The book sets out to cover not only the legal and institutional architecture, but also to explore all policy areas, ranging from economic policy to environmental protection, from cultural affairs to justice and home affairs, from trade to foreign policy.
European integration is a long and laborious process, but – nevertheless – it is the best way to ensure the prosperity of Europe’s peoples, as has been demonstrated by recent historic achievements, such as the introduction of the euro and the reunifi cation of Europe through the accession of Central and Eastern European countries that were not long ago separated from the rest of the continent by the Iron Curtain. Throughout history, there have always been ups and downs and successes are inevitably followed by crises, such as the referenda rejecting the Constitutional Treaty a few years ago. However, it is my conviction that such decisions are usually due to misinformation or a lack of information.This Handbook contributes to a better understanding of European integration and provides its readers with comprehensive up-to-date information to enable them to make the best use of the opportunities that the EU has to offer. The success of a united Europe hinges on well-informed citizens. I wish all readers a successful future in the European Union.
Katalin Szili
Speaker of the Hungarian National Assembly
Price: 24.00 €
History, Culture and International Relations.
Ukrainians re-emerged on Europe's political map in 1991 after more than 200 years of direct Russian rule. As there was no "liberation war" and "old regime" elites were not exiled or executed, the legacies of the past weigh-down particularly heavily. Political independence is not matched by economic, cultural and psychological independence.
Pages: 186
Publication date: December 2007
Price: 77.83 €
Power and Organizational Adaptation
This is a detailed exploration of how national political parties have responded to the increasing relevance of European governance.
The Europeanization of National Political Parties is the first empirical study to examine the effects of the European Union on the internal organizational dynamics of national political parties.
Pages: 238
Publication date: 11 January 2007
Price: 103.90 €
10th Guide
EU funding at your fingertips!
The Eurofunding guide is the largest and most comprehensive guide on European funding.
For more funding guides go to the EU Funding section at: http://eubookshop.com/14
Price: 180.00 €
The argument over the EU’s reform treaty is over – at least between its political leaders. Now the spotlight moves away from institutions and back towards the policies, outputs and ‘deliverables’ on which the EU’s legitimacy depends.
Following on the success of the award-winning EU: the Next Fifty Years, EU : Policies and Priorities will set out the issues at the top of the EU’s ‘must do’ list – and the instruments for dealing with them.
Contributors include Janez Janŝa, Jośe Manuel Barroso, Charlie McCreevy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Javier Solana and more.
“The notion of energy independence is not a realistic option”
Efficient markets, a favourable investment climate, innovative research and finance for low-carbon technologies are the keys to stable energy supply.”
Peter Sutherland – President, The Federal Trust writing exclusively in the EUPP book
Price: 67.00 €
This book examines in detail the body of EU law relating to Justice and Home Affairs. In turn, it looks at the decision-making and judicial rules which the EU applies in these areas, then examines the extensive EU law on visas and border controls, regulation of legal migration, control of illegal migration, criminal law definitions, criminal procedure, and policing and customs.
Throughout the book, there is a focus on the tension between the objectives of controlling migration and fighting crime on the one hand and human rights and civil liberties principles on the other. This theme is one of the particularly important developments in this area which arose after the attacks of September 11, 2001. This unique overview and critique of the EU law on Justice and Home Affairs is a one-stop source for information and analysis on a highly topical area of increasing concern in international politics, and one which is bound to have increasing impact
Pages: 588
Publication Date : January 2008
Price: 63.11 €
Report on the euro area
This report surveys the economic performance of the euro area and gives recommendations about six policy challenges of major importance for the future of EMU.
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Pages: 123
Publication Date: 2008
Price: 14.15 €
A comprehensive introduction to the field, with contributions from leading experts that illuminate the focus and purpose of social work.
* New edition of the leading social work textbook for undergraduates
* Provides comprehensive coverage of all subject areas relevant to a career in social work
* Covers the reasons for social work, the application of knowledge to practice, the practice context, and its psychosocial framework
* Gives detailed coverage of the perspectives of service users, carers and the Disabled People's Movement
* The book brings together material on children and families side-by-side with detailed accounts of work with adult service users
* Each chapter lists five key points, three questions for discussion and three recommendations for further reading
Pages: 552
Publication Date : October 2007
Price: 34.43 €
The world's demand for food is expected to double within the next 50 years, while the natural resources that sustain agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world's poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods.
Pages: 384
Publication Date : October 2007
Price: 26.04 €
Keeping abreast of developments in the EU and understanding how it works is vital in today's world. E!Sharp, the Brussels-based bimonthly magazine on European Union affairs, helps you do that with lively, entertaining and thought-provoking articles by leading commentators from the worlds of journalism, academia, politics and business.
Published six times a year
68 pages
€40 Euro for full annual subscription. New subscribers will receive a free copy of the magazine.
Price: 37.60 €
The Changing Role of Top Officials in European Nations
From the Active to the Enabling State surveys the changing role of senior civil servants in Western Europe and explores whether they have kept their central role in government decision-making.
Pages: 245
Publication date: 25 October 2006
Price: 76.89 €
Rights, Rents and Fairness
A critical issue in dealing with climate change is deciding who has a right to emit carbon dioxide. Allocation in the European Emissions Trading Scheme provides the first in-depth description and analysis of the process by which rights to emit carbon dioxide were created and distributed in the European Union.
Published: June 7, 2007
Pages: 442
Price: 92.92 €
This major new textbook introduces students to the dynamic and evolving field of foreign policy. The book opens with a consideration of different theoretical and historical perspectives; it then focuses on a range of actors and the goals they seek to advance; and it ends with a series of case studies involving issues and crises relating to a wide range of different countries Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases is timely given the growing significance of foreign policy in the post-9/11 world. It will be essential reading for all students new to foreign policy.
Pages: 480
Publication Date : 20 December 2007
Price: 39.62 €
In the post-September 11th arena of growing political tension and unease, it is more important than ever that we understand the changing world of modern international relations.
With this comprehensive and accessible book, Paul Wilkinson covers the topics that are essential to our knowledge of this complex subject. He explains the theories and the practices that underlie international relations, and investigates issues ranging from foreign policy, arms control, and terrorism, to the environment and world poverty. Wilkinson examines key questions such as how the international state system might be improved to facilitate better relations between states, explores the roles of international organizations such as the United Nations and the European Union, and discusses the influences that ethnic, and religious movements, and terrorist groups have had on shaping the way states and governments interact.
Pages: 160
Publication Date : August 2007
Price: 11.79 €
Les débats sur l'avenir de l'Union européenne réactualisent deux questions programmatiques qui traversent l'histoire européenne depuis la Première Guerre mondiale : faut-il unifier l'Europe en une vaste zone de libre-échange sans entamer les souverainetés nationales ? Faut-il plutôt encadrer un marché unique européen par des institutions supranationales dont l'objectif politique et social est plus affirmé ? Ce livre explique pourquoi et comment la construction européenne a progressé de manière tout à fait originale en instaurant un marché institutionnalisé dans lequel la problématique sociale est présente dès le début.
Depuis la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, la prise de conscience de la nécessité d'assurer la paix a poussé à explorer toutes les voies possibles pour bâtir une Europe unie. Cet ouvrage retrace le cheminement intellectuel qui a mené à l'instauration d'un marché commun destiné à améliorer les conditions de vie des Européens. Il analyse comment la Communauté européenne a permis d'affronter, sans catastrophe sociale, les mutations majeures du monde moderne. L'ouverture des marchés et la globalisation de l'économie, une nouvelle révolution agricole, le passage d'une société industrielle à une société de l'innovation technologique et de la communication, les bouleversements énergétiques, le défi environnemental, les élargissements successifs et l'Europe sociale sont quelques-uns des thèmes qui sont traités.
Sur le plan méthodologique, le retour aux sources et la mobilisation des nouvelles potentialités scientifiques et pédagogiques offertes par les bibliothèques numériques renouvellent la démarche historique en vue de rendre plus accessible la complexité et les enjeux profonds de la construction européenne.
Enfin, ce livre fournit une synthèse à la fois précise et claire, nourrie de sources qualitatives et quantitatives, qui a fait longtemps défaut.
Pages: 711
Publication Date : 2008
Price: 49.81 €
Les enjeux de la PAC clairement présentés et expliqués dans l'Europe à vingt-sept
La Politique agricole commune, doyenne des politiques communes européennes, a connu depuis sa création des mutations de grande ampleur. La PAC, désormais simplifiée après la dernière réforme de 2003, n'en est pas moins l'objet d'interrogations. Les pays qui ne sont pas bénéficiaires nets de la PAC trouvent son coût trop élevé. Les crises sanitaires, l'utilisation des OGM, les effets des pratiques agricoles sur l'environnement sont sources d'inquiétude ; À l'extérieur de l'Union, elle est attaquée par les grands pays agricoles qui veulent libéraliser la production mondiale ou par des pays en développement qui l'estiment préjudiciable à leurs agricultures. Désormais soucieuse de développement durable et d'aménagement des territoires, la PAC devra mieux prendre en compte la bipolarisation de l'agriculture, avec des produits de base standard, directement confrontée au défi de la mondialisation, et une production diversifiée de produits de qualité avec des filières territorialisées. Ces enjeux sont présentés ici avec l'histoire de la PAC ainsi que ses mécanismes et son fonctionnement.
Pages: 206
Publication Date : Février 2008
Price: 11.32 €
Depuis le sommet de Seattle contre l'OMC en 1999, le mouvement altermondialiste s'est durablement inscrit dans notre actualité. La presse internationale donne la parole à ses dirigeants et relaie ses initiatives. Mais que sait-on vraiment de ce courant ? S'agit-il, comme le proclament les acteurs de cette nébuleuse, d'un mouvement nouveau, homogène et transnational car se développant au-delà des frontières nationales ? D'un mouvement unifié par une lutte globale ?
Les études publiées dans ce livre interrogent ces évidences. Elles sont le résultat d'une coopération entre chercheurs européens et proposent ainsi une histoire comparée des mouvements anti-globalisation. Contre le mythe d'une société civile transnationale, les auteurs montrent que la mondialisation reste profondément ancrée dans des contextes nationaux et qu'il n'existe pas de " génération spontanée " d'un mouvement altermondialiste transnational. Pourtant, en dépit de ses différences, le mouvement engagé contre la mondialisation a su présenter un visage uni et parfois unifié. En utilisant avec habileté certaines techniques de communication et en s'appropriant des manifestations institutionnelles internationales, il s'est construit comme un pôle d'opinion incontournable. C'est à la naissance de ce mouvement social que ce livre vous invite.
Pages: 293
Publication Date : January 2008
Price: 26.98 €