Books in the Journal of European Public Policy Series series

The last decades have witnessed a significant shift in policy competencies away from central governments in Europe. The reallocation of competencies spans over three dimensions: upwards, sideways, and downwards. This collection takes the dispersion of powers as a starting point and seeks to assess how the actors involved cope with the new configurations. Chapters discuss the conceptualization of power dispersion and highlight the ways in which we add to this research agenda. Some general conclusions are also outlined, indicating future avenues of research. Taken together, the collection contributes answers to the challenge of defining and measuring - in a comparative way - the control and co-ordination mechanisms which power dispersion generates. In sum, the collection explores the tension between political actors'' quest for autonomy and the acknowledgement of their interdependence whilst revealing how, as power dispersion deepens, central governments have sought to both manage and limit it. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.

An analysis of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in Europe. This title studies the developments in the 2000s and draws conclusions about to what extent EMU has been successful and what challenges lie ahead.

Assesses the ability of learning theories to explain European Union (EU) integration processes, highlighting the conditions under which EU actors in various decision-making processes learn or do not learn.

This book analyzes the projection of EU rules and policies onto its western, eastern and southern neighbours. It explores the impact of EU institutions, EU power, and the domestic structures of its partner countries on the effectiveness of external governance. This book was published as a special issue in Journal of European Public Policy.

Are political parties able to fulfil their role as 'transmission belts' ensuring political accountability and consistent decision-making in the European Union? This title answers this question by looking at the micro foundations of partisan politics in the European Union. It examines party effects in the electoral and legislative arena.

The role of political parties in immigration control and integration policy in Europe is underestimated, and parties on the centre-right are particularly important and interesting in this respect. This volume brings together experts on both migration and political parties in order to study the impacts, dilemmas and trade-offs involved.

Previously published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy, this volume presents a theory of constitutionalization as well as comparative analyses and case studies to underscore the claim that the European integration process itself engenders a democratic self-healing mechanism.

Previously published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy, this study revisits the work of the late Ernst Haas, assessing his relevance for contemporary European integration and its disparities.

EU Lobbying: Empirical and Theoretical Studies offers an analysis of large empirical studies of interest group politics and Lobbying in Europe. It assesses the logic of collective and direct action, the logic of access and influence, the logic of venue-shopping and alliance building.

Previously published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy, this book draws on the insights of the existing literature on agenda setting and policy changes to explore the dynamics of attention allocation and its consequences.

Discusses mutual recognition in the context of the debate on modes of governance and analyzes its potential to solve governance problems, focusing on the preconditions it needs for its functioning, the positive implications of achieving coordination through it, as well as its negative side effects.

Examines the belief that the EU not only has an impact on the international system but also a 'normative', 'civilian' and 'civilising' power. This work establishes criteria and assessment standards for examining the EU's international role and its putative normative dimension.