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"Development Policy and European Union Politics" published on by Oxford University Press.

"The Council of Ministers of the European Union" published on by Oxford University Press.

"This chapter is a theoretical attempt to study the multifaceted authority of the European Union (EU) in world politics. Authority is legitimated power. Without legitimacy, power often faces severe resistance whereas legitimate actions and actorness imply less opposition if not widespread support. Informed by the thesis of Steven Lukes on three-dimensional power and Mark Suchman's trichotomy of legitimacy, this chapter advances three dimensions of the EU's authority in the world and discusses how the EU could maintain and/or restore its legitimacy in the global arena." (publisher's description)

"The Maastricht Treaty: Creating the European Union" published on by Oxford University Press.

The issue of co-ordination in welfare policy in the European Union (EU) has been the subject of many analyses and discussions, but still it has not attained the same level of importance given to the coordination of economic policy. The aim of the paper is to determine the situations and actions in Croatia and the EU in the eradication of poverty and social exclusion. The paper starts with the theoretical and methodological framework, which is followed by an account of the states of affairs in EU member-states. After the description of the situation in Croatia, especially of its advantages and disadvantages as compared to other transitional countries and future members of the EU, the paper ends with a conclusion and proposals for improvement.

"Luxembourg and the European Union" published on by Oxford University Press.

"Poland and the European Union" published on by Oxford University Press.

"Ireland and the European Union" published on by Oxford University Press.

Institution building is crucial for successful integration into the European Union (EU). Through the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA), Croatia bound itself to strengthen institutions at all levels in the area of the administration, priority areas being protection of competition and state aid. According to the demands that the EU has made on the public administrations of the accession countries in the pre-accession period, we shall identify the criteria for membership. We shall define the level of the fulfilment of conditions for membership and the measures that should be carried out during the process of the reform in Croatia by a comparative analysis of the state of affairs in Croatia, the candidates and the EU members. The main conclusion is that institutional weakness in Croatia is the outcome of failure to define the priorities and the timetable for the implementation of given reforms.

"Turkey and the European Union" published on by Oxford University Press.

"Croatia and the European Union" published on by Oxford University Press.

"France and the European Union" published on by Oxford University Press.

"Latvia and the European Union" published on by Oxford University Press.