The Impact of Expansion on European Union Institutions: The Eastern Touch on Brussels [Hardcover]

How does policy-making trigger the institutionalization of steering capacities? This book investigates this question by tackling why the European Commission expanded competences that were intentionally limited to the specific pre-accession context prior the 2004/07 EU enlargement.PART I: INTRODUCTION Research Question and Empirical Puzzle PART II: THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Policy-generated Institutionalization The Analytical Framework: Design of the Empirical Study PART III: EMPIRICAL ANALYSES Institutional Capacity Building: Extending Conditional Distributive Instruments The Respect for and Protection of Minorities: Exploiting Legal Grey Areas and Patronage Policies Cross-border Cooperation: Executing Intergovernmental Competences Nuclear Safety: Resisting Unintended Consequences Anti-Corruption: Out-Sourcing Responsibility PART IV: CONCLUSIONS Comparative Summary and Empirical Results Conclusion: Policy-Generated Institutionalization

Based on impeccable methodological underpinnings, the book explains how and when the action capacities of the European Commission go beyond the Treaties with the benevolence of the Member States. In five cases, an illuminating and surprising view of the real life of the Union. - Giuliano Amato, Member of the Senate of the Italian Republic

Eva G. Heidbreder's examination of the impact of expansion in the European Union is a clear demonstration of the politics that reside at the center of the Union.She integrates several theoretical perspectives and a number of cases to provide an interesting and important analysis of the European Union before and after expansion.This will be crucial reading for all scholars interested in the European Union and in European politics more generally. - B. Guy Peters, University of Pittsburgh

The hidden side of the EU s enlargement to the East of Europe is revealed in this enlightening and theoretically sophisticated book. l“Ä