Adjusting To Europe: The Impact Of The European Union On National Institutions And Policies (routledge Research In European Public Policy)

Examines policy-making at EU-level; explores how three major nation-states have adapted their policy processes and institutions to the European challenge; and focuses on the impact of the EU on industrial, competition and social policies. Adjusting To Europe Provides Lively Coverage Of The Impact Of Europe On National Policies. With Contributions From Some Of The Leading Writers On European Politics And Public Policy, It Delivers A New And Exciting Analysis Of The Policy-making Process. The Impact Of The Eu Upon Its Member States Has Been Profound In Terms Of Regulatory Powers Yet Its Redistributive Functions Are Negligible. Adjusting To Europe Confronts The Paradoxes Of Policy-making At The Eu Level Not Only From An Institutional Point Of View, But Also With A Consideration Of The Context And Styles Of The Policies. Introduction / Yves Meny, Pierre Muller And Jean-louis Quermonne -- Pt.1. Articulating The Community And National Interests. Some Alternative Futures For The European Polity And Their Implications For European Public Policy / Philippe C. Schmitter -- Eu Policy-making : A Garbage Can Or An Anticipatory And Consensual Policy Style? / Sonia Mazey And Jeremy Richardson -- Pt.2. Adapting National Bureaucracies. Relations Between The European Union And The British Administartion / Helen Wallace -- German Administrative Interaction And European Union : The Fusion Of Public Policies / Wolfgang Wessels And Dietrich Rometsch -- French Central Government And The European Political System : Change And Adaptation Since The Single Act / Christian Lequesne -- (cont.) Pt.3. The European Impact On Domestic Policies. Which Social Policy For Europe? / Giandomenico Majone -- Europe Between Market And Power : Industrial Policies-specialization, Technology, Competition And Foreign Trade / Elie Cohen -- The Impact Of Europe On National Policies : Italian Anti-trust Policy / Giuliano Amato. Edited By Yves Mény, Pierre Muller, And Jean-louis Quermonne. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 174) And Index. The European Union is paradoxical: it is not a state, yet it performs many traditional functions of the state. Its regulatory powers are immense but its redistributive functions are negligible; its decisions penetrate all aspects of economic and social life, yet Brussels has no local administration or tribunals, no controllers capable of guaranteeing the correct and faithful implementation of the regulations or objectives which frame European policies. Adjusting to Europe explores the means through which this paradox is confronted. It examines the nature and modalities of policy-making at Community level and discusses the implications of the specific nature of European institiutions for bargaining group mobilization and policy style. It then studies how the three major nation states have adjusted their policy processes and institutions to the European challenges. Finally, it considers the impact of community decisions in three areas: industrial, competition and social policy. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of figures and tables......Page 8 List of contributors......Page 9 Series editor's preface......Page 11 Acknowledgements......Page 13 Introduction......Page 14 Some alternative futures for the European polity and their implications for European public policy......Page 38 EU policy-making: a garbage can or an anticipatory and consensual policy style?......Page 54 Relations between the European Union and the British administration......Page 74 German administrative interaction and European union: the fusion of public policies......Page 86 French central government and the European political system: change and adaptation since the Single Act......Page 123 Which social policy for Europe?......Page 136 Europe between market and power: industrial policies;specialization, technology, competition and foreign trade......Page 150 The impact of Europe on national policies: Italian anti-trust policy......Page 170 Before one can even speculate about what public policies are likely to emerge at the level of Europe, or how they are likely to be processed and implemented, one must have an inkling about what kind of polity the European Community/Union is going to become.