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Presenting a fresh alternative to traditional state-centred analyses of the process of European integration, 'Governance in the European Union' clearly shows the interaction of subnational, national, and supranational actors in the emerging European polity. This 'multilevel politics' approach offers a powerful lens for viewing the future course of European integration. The authors' empirical exploration of areas such as regional governance, social policy, and social movements underpins their broad conceptual and theoretical framework, providing significant new insight into European politics.

The EU : history, institutions and sources of law -- Enforcement actions against member states and preliminary rulings -- European law supremacy and direct effect -- Indirect effect and state liability -- Free movement of goods 1 : Articles 28-30 and 110 TFEU -- Free movement of goods 2 : Articles 34-36 TFEU -- Personal mobility : citizenship and free movement of persons -- Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services -- Competition law 1 : Article 101 TFEU -- Competition law 2 : Article 102 TFEU

1. Introduction -- 2. Europeanization -- 3. Maltese political development and the question of 'Europe' -- 4. The road to 'Europe' -- 5. Malta as a member of the EU -- 6. Malta's integration into the Customs Union -- 7. EU membership and the Maltese agricultural sector -- 8. An assessment of Malta's Europeanization experience.

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction: European Union-Russia Relations as the Partnership That Failed -- 2 The Political and Institutional Development of EU-Russia Relations -- The background: relations between the EC and the Soviet Union -- The time of troubles -- The Putin promise -- The mutual disappointment -- The final push for partnership -- The rupture: the conflict in Ukraine as the culmination of a long-term crisis in relations -- Conclusions -- 3 Actors in EU-Russia Relations -- The European Union -- Member states and their bilateral relations with Russia -- Russia -- Other actors, factors and arenas -- Conclusions -- 4 Economy, Energy and Environment -- The development and structure of trade -- The institutionalization of economic relations -- Russia's WTO accession and the partnership for modernization -- Energy as the foundation and a bone of contention -- Trade as a political weapon: the impact of embargoes, other restrictive measures and sanctions -- Environment and climate change -- Conclusions -- 5 Justice and Home Affairs -- Human rights and democracy -- Chechnya -- Police, border and judicial cooperation -- The visa issue -- Conclusions -- 6 Security and Defence -- Institutional beginnings -- The Yugoslav wars -- The Transnistrian question -- Georgia -- The Middle East, Iran and Africa -- Medvedev treaty proposal -- The Ukraine conflict as a security issue -- Conclusions -- 7 Science, Education and Culture -- Institutional frames -- Research -- Education -- Culture -- Politics of history and collective memory -- Conclusions -- 8 The 'Common Neighbourhood' and Regional Cooperation -- The EU approach towards its Eastern neighbourhood -- Russian policies for its 'near abroad' -- The role of the neighbours -- The Northern Dimension.

Energy Policy in the European Union analyses the development of energy policy in the EU focusing in particular on the key period between 1985 and 1995 and the role of the major states - Germany, France, Italy, and Britain - and their interaction with the Commission. The role of interest groups as well as other EU actors is also covered in-depth as well as the European Energy Charter, EU policy towards the East, and the relationship between energy and the environment

Surveying the European Union's evolution from the Rome Treaty to the present, The Emerging European Union captures the full story of Europe's ongoing integration, its changing identity, and its increasing importance as a global actor in the 21st Century. This text's concise but comprehensive overview of the history, institutions, and policies of the European Union lays out the major elements of the European integration and explain how the European Union functions. Emphasizing competing intergovernmental and supranational forces, The Emerging European Union explains the origins and future of the European Union as well as its political uniqueness.

Supranational governance is being challenged by politicians and citizens around the EU as over-centralized and undemocratic. This book is premised on the idea that polycentric governance, developed by Vincent and Elinor Ostrom, is a fruitful place to start for addressing this challenge. Assessing the presence of, and potential for, polycentric governance within the EU means approaching established principles and practices from a new perspective. While the debate on these issues is rich, longstanding and interdisciplinary, it has proven difficult to sidestep the 'renationalisation/federalisation' dichotomy. The aim of this volume is not to reject the EU's institutional structure but provide a different benchmark for the assessment of its functioning. Polycentric theory highlights the importance of multilevel horizontal relationships within the EU - between states, but also between many sub-state actors, all the way down to individuals. This helps us answer the question: how do we achieve self-governance in an interdependent world?