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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

Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: The European Union in a Changing World Order: What Is at Stake? -- Introduction -- The EU and the Emergence of the Liberal World Order -- Geopolitics and Multilateral Institutions in a Changing World Order -- The Role of the EU in a Changing World Order -- How Does a Changing World Order Affect the EU and What Can the EU Do About It? -- Conclusion: The EU Needs to Actively Defend Liberal Democracy in a Changing World Order -- References -- Chapter 2: European Autonomy in a Changing World Order -- Introduction -- A World Order in Disorder -- The EU's Role in the Liberal World Order -- A Two-Faced World Order -- Order, Actorness and Autonomy in Europe -- Coherence: EU Cohesion During Disorder -- Capacity: Conditions for Implementing EU Policies -- Context: The Surrounding Environment and External Expectations -- A Better Balance Between Goals and Resources Can Strengthen EU Actorness and Europe's Autonomy -- References -- Chapter 3: Brexit, Trumpism and the Structure of International Trade Regulation -- Introduction -- The Development of Regulatory Structures for International Trade -- The Structural Development of the Regulation for International Trade Conditions After 1945 -- Development of Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements by the EU and the U.S. After the End of the Cold War Up Until 2016 -- The Scope of European Union Treaty Making Competence for the Common Commercial Policy -- The Development of the EU Portfolio of International Trade Agreements -- The U.S. Portfolio of International Trade Agreements -- Increased Challenges to the Legitimacy of the International Regulation of International Trade -- Brexit and Its Plausible Consequences -- The UK Dimension -- Possible Effects of Brexit for the EU Common Commercial Policy.

This accessible new textbook situates the European Union in a dramatically changed world order. Resisting a more traditional and abstract introduction to the institutions, structures and policy making processes of the EU, this innovative new text cuts through the jargon to demonstrate how hard the EU must work to retain its international influence. Taking into account the latest empirical developments, including the spread of war and violence in the East with Ukraine and the ongoing turbulent politics of North Africa and the Middle East, Richard Youngs - an expert in the field - introduces us to how the EU has been forced to act differently. The book is unique in offering an outside-in conceptual framework that inverts the way that the EU external action is studied and understood. It unpacks the different international challenges the EU has faced in recent years, including the weakening of global order, the need for more protective security, geo-economic competition, climate change and conflicts to its east and south. In each case the book examines how the EU has responded and how its core international identity has changed as a result, assessing whether the Union still retains strong global influence.This book is the ideal companion for students taking modules on the European Union's foreign policy, global politics, and for students of European Union Politics more broadly at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

Why does the European Union deal with some issues but not with others? Answering this question is crucial if we are to understand how the EU makes policies and what kind of political system the EU is. This book engages with the processes that shape the EU's political agenda through a systematic analysis of EU agendas in the fields of environmental and health policy. Applying an innovative methodology to trace the attention for issues in policy documents, it analyzes the development of EU agendas over the past three decades and compares them with agendas in the United States. In addition, it of

The TEPSA pre-Presidency Conference which took place at the University Campus, Valletta, came at a very important cross-road in the life of the EU. Just before the start of the Maltese presidency of the Council of the EU two important events in world politics have cast their shadow on the future of Europe, namely the election of Donald Trump by a minority of votes as the next President of the US and the June referendum in Britain where a small majority voted to pull Britain out of the Union. The Trans-European Policy Studies Association (TEPSA) was founded in 1974 with the help of the London based Federal Trust. Prior to the start of every new presidency of the Council of the EU, it organizes a pre-presidency conference in the country concerned and presents its recommendations to the incoming presidency. The conference in Malta was held on the 10 and 11 November 2017 and the main theme was RESTORING FAITH IN THE EU: STRENGTHEN SOLIDARITY, UNITY AND DETERMINATION. It was inaugurated by the Hon Louis Grech MP, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for European Affairs and Implementation of the Electoral Manifesto who spoke about the Priorities of Malta's Presidency of the Council of the EU. The proceedings began with brief introductory speeches by Prof Jaap de Zwaan, Secretary General of TEPSA and Professor Roderick Pace of the Institute for European Studies which organized the event. The first session was moderated by Dr Peter Agius, Head of the European Parliament Office in Malta. Around 50 representatives from the member institutes of TEPSA in the 28 member states attended the conference together with more than 60 locally based participants who included students, civil servants, members of the public and of the diplomatic corps. The Hon Dr Ian Borg, Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry for European Affairs and Implementation of the Electoral Manifesto responsible for the EU Presidency 2017 and EU Funds, later participated in a discussion on the Minister's presentation and the TEPSA recommendations. Late in the ...

Using multiple methods and original data, Procedural Politics develops a theory of everyday politics with respect to rules - procedural politics - and applies it to European Union integration and politics. It paints a much fuller picture of the role of rules in political life than is available in most existing work

Cover -- Prolegomenon -- 1. Epistemology of the European Union: Fundamental traits -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Step by step -- 1.3. An integrated, layered system -- 1.4. A democratic system -- 1.5. Better functioning -- 1.6. Economic governance -- 1.7. The Union, its values and its citizens -- 1.8. Getting acquainted with the European Union -- 2. Evolution of the European Union: The Political Framework -- 2.1. Mala tempora -- 2.2. Tough financial outlook negotiations -- 2.3. The May 2014 European elections -- 2.4. A complex and difficult political framework -- New nationalism and populism -- Migrants and refugees -- International terrorism -- 2.5. Difficulties and complexities -- 3. European economic governance -- 3.1. From the beginning of the crisis to the Stability Mechanism (2007-2012) -- 3.2. The antinomy of "austerity" and growth (2012-2014) -- 3.3. From the 2014 European elections to Brexit -- The role of the European Central Bank -- Far-reaching interventions and measures -- The Greek case -- Brexit and beyond -- 4. Being European -- 4.1. Some considerations -- 4.2. A new paradigm -- 4.3. The fundamental and founding values of being European -- Conclusions -- Sixty years of the European Union

Risk covers the stakes attached to the European project. Reform is the attempt to reshape it in its pursuit of efficiency, effectiveness, and avoidance of the risk of non-reform. Resistance refers to the forces that oppose reform. Revival covers the breakthroughs caused by shifts in the balance between these three concepts

The EU claims that solidarity is a fundamental value underlying the European social model, yet often stands accused of undermining solidarity by advancing market freedoms. This text provides the first extended study of the idea of solidarity in the EU context from interdisciplinary perspectives - analysing its impact on law and policy

This article is referred to the general direction of the economic policy adopted by the member states in year 1999. It is considered in the mixture of measures mainly aimed at contributing to growth, employment and stability, on the basis of a monetary policy. These policies, that are referred in the article, are aimed at a preserved price stability, according to the convention, continuous efforts to get individual budgets balanced or with surpluses in a medium-term perspective, whilst, at the same time, the developments in the labor markets and salaries will be consistent with the objective for price stability and increased employment. ; peer-reviewed

Cover -- Part One: Governance in the European Union -- A. Foundations -- I. The Proto-Constitutional Establishment of European Domestic Policy. Germans and the Conditions for Federal Order in Europe -- II. Law of the European Union: Institutions and Procedures -- III. National Representation in Supranational Institutions: The Case of the European Central Bank -- B. Multi-Level Decision-Making in the EU -- I. Enlargements and their Impact on EU Governance and Decision-Making -- II. European Hesitation: Turkish Nationalism on the Rise? -- III. Limits of Cultural Engineering: Actors and Narratives in the European Parliament's House of European History Project -- C. Governance of External Relations -- I. Mapping out a Euro-Mediterranean Strategy -- II. Transatlantic Leadership in a Multipolar World: The EU Perspective -- III. International Negotiations: The Foundations -- Part two: Regulation in the European Union -- D. Legal Pillars -- I. The Art of Regulation & The Ethics of Competition and State Aid -- II. The Role of the European Council in the European Union's Institutional Framework -- III. Frustration or Success: How to Negotiate EU Law -- E. Sector-Specific Regulation -- I. Cartels and Restrictive Agreements in the Liberalized Telecommunication Sector - EU and National Competition Law Enforcement -- II. Regulating the Railway: Innovative and Competitive Railways in Europe: Infrastructure Usage Charges and the Principle of Non-Discrimination -- III. Competition and the Water Sector -- F. Economic Pillars -- I. Emerging Varieties of Capitalism in the EU New Member Countries of East Central Europe -- II. Economic Security - Key Challenge of the 21st Century -- III. Policies for Coherence and Structural Change: the Quest for Cohesion