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The character of international trade has changed dramatically over the past twenty years. Previously published as a special issue of The Journal of European Public Policy, this volume provides a 'state of the art' study of the new trade politics.

1. States of democracy : an overview / Yvonne Galligan -- 2. Formulating the Goods and Services Directive in the European Union : a lost opportunity for gender equality? / Yvonne Galligan and Sara Clavero -- 3. Topographies of gender democracy in Austria / Nora Gresch and Birgit Sauer -- 4. States of gender democracy : variations on a theme in Finland / Hanna-Kaisa Hoppania and Anne Maria Holli -- 5. Gender expectations and state inertia : the case of Greece / Yota Papageorgiou -- 6. 'Making a sow's ear from a silk purse' : gender democracy in Hungary / Roza Vajda -- 7. National and European gender equality legislation : a mismatch of agendas and hesitant feminism in Lithuania / Irmina Matonyte -- 8. Gender democracy in Poland : an empty shell / Katarzyna Zielinska -- 9. Gender democracy in Spain : undemocratic compliance and the domestication of European law / Sara Clavero -- 10. Why democracy? On the relationship between gender democracy and gender equality in the European Union / Cathrine Holst.

"According to the European Commission, two recent policies: the Digital Service Act and the Digital Market Act will allow for the regulation of a significant part of the EU Digital Single Market (DSM), to an extent similar to the creation of the traditional internal market in the early 1990s. The provisions are intended to improve conditions in the EU DSM to ensure that the market is as free and fair as it is safe for users of the digital economy. This interdisciplinary book analyses the impact of digital technologies on specific markets and, more broadly, the society and the economy. It identifies and assesses the different features, challenges, trends and dimensions of the EU DSM, from a legal and economic viewpoint, and also from a Polish perspective. Poland is presented as one of the EU countries participating in the creation of the EU DSM and is analysed alongside the average, as well as the best and the worst performing EU member states and compared with other non-EU members. The book addresses several broad areas in which the implications of digitalisation are particularly visible, and which are important to the "average" person: giant online platforms, freedom of speech, e-commerce, digital levy, energy infrastructure, and the labour market. The authors have presented opportunities and threats related to the functioning of the digital market. These opportunities and threats are typical of highly developed countries while reflecting the specific features of the EU DSM. The starting point of the considerations are the diverse experiences of the EU member states. The book adds a voice to the public debate on the role of the digital economy in the contemporary world and will be a useful guide for students and researchers in economics, law, and international relations"--

The birth of the European idea finds its descendance from the negative consequences created by the catastrophic menace of the Second World War. The West European Union (WEU), founded in 1954 as Europe's defensive arm against the German or the Soviet threat, proved more helpful in the cause for European integration rather than towards the aim of its inception. Nevertheless, as the forces of history worked their way, the WEU played a role of no lesser importance. According to this frame of thought the WEU functioned as the archetype on which the EU was based, supporting on varying levels of cooperation and actions in an effective manner the very cause of European integration. ; peer-reviewed

A poster presentation regarding the availability of reimbursable oncology medicines in European Union member states. Introduction: Oncology medicines are among the costliest of all medicines. Most European Union (EU) member states make decisions to reimburse oncology medicines based on national lists of reimbursable medicines, called positive lists. Aims: ▫ To compare the availability of reimbursable oncology medicines between EU member states. ▫ To determine if a relationship exists between the amount of reimbursable oncology medicines and the member states' economic situation. ; N/A

The issue of 'reverse discrimination' is a topical subject, particularly in the field of family reunification. Reverse discrimination occurs when a European Union (EU) citizen in a 'purely internal situation' is treated less favourably than an EU citizen of another nationality whose situation is largely governed by EU law. Reverse Discrimination in the European Union offers an up-to-date standard reference work on reverse discrimination. Part I of this book analyses the issue of reverse discrimination from an EU perspective. In particular, it questions whether reverse discrimination falls within the scope of application of Member State law or whether it falls within the ambit of EU law. Subsequently, it discusses the interpretation of the 'purely internal situation' doctrine on the basis of the case law of the European Court of Justice, giving special attention to recent developments since the controversial Ruiz Zambrano judgment. Although reverse discrimination is of interest from the perspective of the Member States, it is still mostly studied from the viewpoint of the EU. To address this, Part II looks at reverse discrimination in five Member States, namely Belgium, France, Italy, Germany and Austria. The focus lies on the ground(s) on which the national authorities decide whether or not to allow stricter treatment of purely internal situations. Finally, Part III analyses specific instances of reverse discrimination in federally structured Member States, from the perspective of both EU law and Belgian and German law

The paper analyzes the input-output structure of European economy in 2010, based on six main economic sectors, for better characterizing the backward and forward linkages of inter-industrial economic flows. The changes of final demand and of sectoral production can be analyzed in the propagation processes, allowing to know the behavior at macroeconomic level of European economy. The common economic policies at European level can be undertaken to keep the equilibrium between different sectors, to stimulate the sectors with high levels of productivity, to ensure the efficiency of using the resources, and the sustainability of economic development, which are the purposes of a smart development. ; peer-reviewed

`This is a most welcome contribution to current discourses on democratising the European polity. Warleigh's thought-provoking analysis, by drawing from a rich spectrum of normative theorizing and empirical sources, produces sharp insights and a valuable reference tool for anyone interested in the governance and polity of Europe' - Dimitris N Chryssochoou, University of Exeter. `Warleigh's theoretically sophisticated and empirically rich inquisition of the nature and evolution of democratic reform in the European Union will be an important addition to the literature. This book is neither euro-s

Preliminary material /Editors Media and Cultural Policy in the European Union -- AUTHORS IN THIS VOLUME /Editors Media and Cultural Policy in the European Union -- INTRODUCTION: THE PLACE OF MEDIA AND CULTURAL POLICY IN THE EU /Katharine Sarikakis -- CAN STATE AID IN THE FILM SECTOR STAND THE PROOF OF EU AND WTO LIBERALISATION EFFORTS? /Caroline Pauwels , Sophie De Vinck and Ben Van Rompuy -- CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND SUBSIDIARITY: THE CASE OF CULTURAL TOURISM IN THE EUROPEAN UNION /Elisabeth Dumont and Jacques Teller -- MEDIATING SOCIAL COHESION: MEDIA AND CULTURAL POLICY IN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CANADA /Katharine Sarikakis -- THE EU, COMMUNICATIONS LIBERALISATION AND THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING /Peter Humphreys -- MORE EUROPE: MORE UNITY, MORE DIVERSITY? THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE EUROPEAN AUDIOVISUAL SPACE /Hedwig de Smaele -- UNDERMINING MEDIA DIVERSITY: INACTION ON MEDIA CONCENTRATIONS AND PLURALISM IN THE EU /Gillian Doyle -- THE CONSTRUCTION OF EUROPEAN IDENTITY AND CITIZENSHIP THROUGH CULTURAL POLICY /Liza Tsaliki -- THE EU AND THE PRESS: POLICY OR NON-POLICY? /David Hutchison -- DIVERSE JOURNALISTS IN A DIVERSE EUROPE? IMPULSES FOR A DISCUSSION ON MEDIA AND INTEGRATION /Sonja Kretzschmar -- WHITHER CULTURAL DIVERSITY: THE EUROPEAN UNION'S MARKET VISION FOR THE REVIEW OF TELEVISION WITHOUT FRONTIERS DIRECTIVE /Mark Wheeler.

Cover -- The Challenge of Good Governance: An introduction -- References -- Part One: Change of the paradigms: From government to good governance? -- Chapter 1: Approaches to (good) governance in the European Union -- Introduction -- Good Governance: Evolution of a concept -- Governance in the EU: How good is it really? -- EU good governance and potential performance deficiencies -- Good governance and democratic legitimacy -- Exporting Good Governance? -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 2: Good Governance and Public Administration -- Conclusions and recommendations -- References

Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 Europeanisation Meets Turkey. A Case Sui Generis? -- 2 Europeanisation of Identity: The Case of the Rebuffed Candidate -- 3 The EU's Impact on Democratisation in Turkey: Europeanisation through Political Conditionality -- 4 Turkish Constitutional Transformation and the EU: Europeanisation towards Constitutionalism? -- 5 Europeanisation of Civil Society in Turkey during the Accession Process to the European Union -- 6 From EU Conditionality to Domestic Choice for Change: Exploring Europeanisation of Minority Rights in Turkey -- 7 Contribution to the Europeanisation Process: Demands for Democracy of Second Wave Feminism in Turkey -- 8 Social Policy in the EU and Turkey: the Limits of Europeanisation -- 9 Europeanisation of Turkish Environmental Policy with Special Reference to Sustainability Discourse -- 10 Europeanisation of Turkish Foreign Policy after more than Ten Years of EU Candidacy -- 11 Turkey's Cyprus Policy: A Case of Contextual Europeanisation -- 12 Europeanisation and Migration and Asylum Policies in Turkey -- Conclusion