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The global wine industry is a continually modifying market impacted by financing, culture, and politics. "Economics, Governance, and Politics in the Wine Market" follows developments in European agriculture policies on wine legislation and market trend orientation between political power and market structure, from their inception through recent reforms. This political economic analysis seeks to explain the implementation of wine policies applied to production management in Europe. Gaeta and Corsinovi use The Public Choice model to describe bargaining and trade-off in agriculture wine policy by governments, producers, and critical industrial organizations. They argue that market problems cannot be analyzed without an understanding of the motives and processes behind upstream policy decisions. With the book's theoretical approaches and famous case studies, readers become agricultural wine experts capable of navigating the current complex wine market of the European Union

Purpose: The article discusses the risk of poverty and social exclusion of rural residents in the context of sustainable rural development. Poverty is a social phenomenon that affects all socioeconomic groups; however, rural residents are impacted by this issue more than their urban counterparts. Rural areas are important because they constitute a large part of the European Union (80-95% of the area, depending on the member country) and almost a quarter of the population live there. The aim of the paper is to identify the level of poverty and social exclusion in rural areas of the EU and selected aspiring and EU-related countries. Design/Methodology/Approach: The empirical data in the article come from the EU-SILC (the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions). To realize the abovementioned goal, a multidimensional analysis of correspondence was used. Findings: The Central, Eastern and Southern European countries are at much higher risk of poverty or social exclusion than Western Europe. The study showed that one in four rural residents in the EU were at risk of poverty or social exclusion, and one in five were at risk of poverty. Practical Implications: Determining the proportion of people deprived of the possibility of satisfying their needs at a specific level is a voice in the discussion on further actions that should be undertaken to increase social cohesion and meet the expectations of contemporary sustainable development. Originality/value: The poverty is not a one-dimension phenomenon. It involves many aspects of the everyday life, as proven by the material deprivation rate (also severe material deprivation rate) and the risk of poverty or social exclusion. The authors emphasize that there is a need to modify this indicator. ; peer-reviewed

This work studies trends in income distributions and inequality in the European Union using data from the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions. We model the income distribution for each country under a Dagum distribution assumption and using maximum likelihood techniques. We use parameter estimates to form distributions for regions defined as finite mixtures of the country distributions. Specifically, we study the groups of "new" and "old" countries depending on the year they joined the European Union. We provide formulae and estimates for the regional Gini coefficients and Lorenz curves and their decomposition for all the survey years from 2007 through 2011. Our esti- mates show that the "new" European Union countries have become richer and less unequal over the observed years, while the "old" ones have undergone a slight increase in inequality which is however not significant at conventional levels.

Purpose: The article aims to present policy practices on a micro-meso-macro level and to identify, through implemented policies in different European countries, if there are signs of divergence or convergence at the micro, meso, and macro levels. Design/Methodology/Approach: To this end, it focuses first on analyzing the contemporary significance of entrepreneurship enhancement policies and, secondly, on how they relate to multilevel analysis. In this context, after proposing a repositioned multilevel interpretation of the socio-economic system in terms of the "competitiveness web," it uses as a case study different country of the European South affected by the economic crisis and presents their political reforms over the last years. The research uses the data of the "Doing Business" report series by the World Bank to present their business-related reforms. Findings: It appears that the regulations of these countries primarily focus on macro-economic and macro-social measures to enhance the potential of their business environment. Besides, the "Doing Business" methodology that focuses on selected policy areas also appears to neglect micro- and meso-level issues. To this end, the approach of competitiveness web can provide a comprehensive conceptual policy framework for enhancing entrepreneurship. Practical Implications: The micro-meso-macro filter, which can be used to detect entrepreneurship policies, is useful for identifying new entrepreneurship enhancement policies and proposing a repositioned conceptual framework of fostering entrepreneurship. Originality/Value: The study can contribute to the academic debate of exploring policies to foster entrepreneurship and conceptualizes them through a micro-meso-macro filter. ; peer-reviewed

This book critically examines the European Union's "Unity in Diversity" mantra with regard to language. It uses a theoretical framework based on hegemony both as a system and as a relationship. Operating within sociolinguistics, the book replaces the notion of ideology in poststructuralist thought with that of hegemony. The authors argue that forging unity across language communities contradicts the tenets of classical liberal theory. Global neo-liberalism influences this orthodoxy, shifting the parameters of power and political control. Over nine chapters, the authors cover topics such as globalization and social change, justice, governance and education. The book will be of interest to sociolinguists, political scientists, sociologists, as well as scholars of language and globalization and European studies. Glyn Williams is a former Ford Foundation Foreign Fellow and was educated at the University of Wales, UK, and the University of California, Berkeley, USA. Prior to retirement he worked at the University of San Francisco, USA, Bangor University, UK, Cardiff University, UK and Ramon Llull University, Spain. He is author or co-author of thirteen books and more than a hundred academic papers. Gruffudd Williams is an independent scholar educated at University College, London, UK, and Oxford University, UK. He went on to work at the European Commission in Brussels. He is currently employed in private practice at the London office of an international law firm.

This paper aims to examine the role of Turkey in the European energy market in the context of European Energy Security 1. In the paper we will attempt to answer two main questions: 1. What will the future role of Turkey be in the global energy market? As is usually argued, can Turkey play a leading role as an energy hub or an energy corridor/ transit land in the European Union's energy security? Can Turkey satisfy expectations of the EU for its energy security in the future? Is Turkey irreplaceable as a transit land, through which natural gas and oil from Russia, the Middle East, the Caucasus and Central Asia, are brought to the global energy markets? Who are other political and economic competitors in the region? 2. It has been tirelessly argued by Turkish politicians and experts that the new role of Turkey in the energy markets would help it become a full member of the EU. Is this a realistic view or wishful thinking? ; N/A

Hauptbeschreibung »Die Vermessung der Staatlichkeit« war das Thema eines Symposiums, das anlässlich des 75. Geburtstags von Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Rolf Grawert an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum stattfand. Dort hat Rolf Grawert von seiner Berufung auf einen Lehrstuhl für Öffentliches Recht und Verfassungsgeschichte im Jahr 1974 bis zu seiner Emeritierung 2002 geforscht und gelehrt.Inhaltlich lag es nahe, Rolf Grawert mit einer Veranstaltung zu dem Dauerthema »Staat« zu ehren. Die gleichnamige Zeitschrift des Verlags Duncker & Humblot hat er über Jahrzehnte mit herausgegeben. Das Ouvre Rolf Grawerts ist zu einem Großteil den unterschiedlichen Facetten von Staatlichkeit gewidmet. Dies gilt für die Dissertation über »Verwaltungsabkommen zwischen Bund und Ländern in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland« (1967) ebenso wie für die Habilitationsschrift über »Staat und Staatsangehörigkeit« (1973). Zeugen das Referat auf der Baseler Staatsrechtslehrertagung 1977 und die Monographie zu den »Kommunen im Länderfinanzausgleich« (1989) von dem Interesse an der kommunalen Selbstverwaltung, sind vor allem seit dem Maastrichter Vertrag Prozesse der Veränderung von staatsrechtlichen Grundbegriffen infolge der europäischen Integration mehrfach Gegenstand der Analyse.Die in dem Band abgedruckten Vorträge des Symposiums rücken den Forschungsschwerpunkten des Jubilars entsprechend unterschiedliche Aspekte von Staatlichkeit im Mehrebenensystem in den Fokus. Sie befassen sich mit den Schnittstellen und Wechselwirkungen dieser Ebenen sowie den Veränderungen des Gefüges von der Europäischen Union, über Bund und Länder und deren Beeinflussung durch das europäische Recht bis hin zu einer Neuinterpretation der kommunalen Selbstverwaltungsgarantie und deren prozessualer Bedeutung. Inhaltsverzeichnis Vorwort: Rolf Grawert und »Die Vermessung der Staatlichkeit«Volker EppingDie Europäische

"This volume analyses the theory and practice of European consumer protection in the context of consolidation initiatives seen, inter alia, in the revision of the Consumer Acquis, the Draft Common Frame of Reference and the proposal for an EU Consumer Rights Directive. The issues addressed are all the more significant given the revisions to the proposed Directive, the appointment of an 'Expert Group on a Common Frame of Reference' and the Commission's 2010 Green Paper on progress towards a European Contract Law. The contributions to this volume point to the arrival of a contested moment in EU consumer protection, questioning the arrival of the 'empowered' consumer and uncovering the fault lines between consumer protection and other goals. What emerges is a model of poly-contextual EU consumer protection law, a model that challenges the assumptions in both the 2010 Green Paper and the revised proposed Consumer Rights Directive"--

The role of civil society organisations in Brussels is debated. Some view them as representatives of their members and thus as legitimising agents for policy-making in the European Union. Others see them as being elitist and out of touch with their membership bases, therefore ill-suited to promote democracy at the EU level. Taking civil society organisations in the EU's external relations as an example, Meike Rodekamp submits these controversial views to a reality check. Interviews with representatives of civil society organisations in Brussels and their member organisations in the EU show that the Brussels offices have not lost contact with their members. However, member organisations differ substantially in their participation in internal decision-making processes, which raises doubts about the legitimacy gains through civil society participation in EU policy-making.