Europeanization New Research Agendas [Paperback]

This cutting-edge handbook, written by foremost authoritative scholars, presents the main theoretical and empirical issues involved in current Europeanization research. It evaluates the achievements and shortcomings of the growing literature. As an advanced reference book it also sets the parameters for Europeanization research in the coming years.Acknowledgments List of Contributors PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Challenges of a New Research Agenda; M.Vink & P.Graziano PART TWO: THEORY AND METHODS The Three Worlds of Regional Integration Theory; J.Caporaso Conceptual Issues; C.M.Radaelli & R.Pasquier Theorizing Europeanization; S.Bulmer Methodology; M.Haverland PART THREE: POLITICS & POLITY Territory; K.H.Goetz Candidate Countries and Conditionality; F.Schimmelfennig & U.Sedelmeier Regulatory Governance; D.Levi-Faur State Structures; P.Bursens Core Executives; B.Laffan Parliamentary Scrutiny; R.Holzhacker Political Parties and Party Systems; P.Mair Interest Groups and Social Movements; R.Eising Courts; S.Nyikos PART FOUR: POLICIES Policy Implementation; U.Sverdrup Agricultural Policy; C.Roederer-Rynning Environmental Policy; T.A.B?rzel Cohesion Policy; I.Bache Social Policy; G.Falkner Telecommunications Policy; V.Schneider & R.Werle Economic Policy; K.Dyson Anti-Discrimination Policy; V.Guiraudon Asylum Policy; S.Lavenex Foreign Policy; R.Wong PART FIVE: CONCLUSION Some Promises and Pitfalls of Europeanization Research; D.Lehmkuhl Bibliography

'...this is by far the most comprehensive review of Europenisation studies in the field. This editied volume is compulsory reading for students of the EU; it is informative and clearly structured and its chapters are written by authorities in the field of Europeanisation research. It is exceptional to find an edited volume where the quality of contributions is consistently high.' - Michael Kaeding, Political Studies Review

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