The European Union and the Council of Europe (Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics)

With the increasing prominence of fundamental rights within the EU it increasingly interferes in the core competence of the Council of Europe. This book traces the EU and the Council of Europe relationship in the field of human rights ₆ marked by mutual interferences and overlap ₆ and explores which factors trigger cooperation or conflict between the two organizations. Investigating the cases of data protection, the fight against terrorism, challenging Roma discrimination, the Memorandum of Understanding and the Fundamental Rights Agency through the lens of an implementation literature and management studies-perspective, this book contends that the biggest threat to interorganizational cooperation is organizational self-interest, despite a shared policy outlook. The book furthers the agenda set by the literature in this field by providing a new theoretical framework and an in-depth empirical study of two main actors in the field of human rights protection in Europe from a political science perspective (site web de l'éditeur) With the increasing prominence of fundamental rights within the EU it increasingly interferes in the core competence of the Council of Europe. This book traces the EU and the Council of Europe relationship in the field of human rights 6 marked by mutual interferences and overlap 6 and explores which factors trigger cooperation or conflict between the two organizations. Investigating the cases of data protection, the fight against terrorism, challenging Roma discrimination, the Memorandum of Understanding and the Fundamental Rights Agency through the lens of an implementation literature and management studies-perspective, this book contends that the biggest threat to interorganizational cooperation is organizational self-interest, despite a shared policy outlook. The book furthers the agenda set by the literature in this field by providing a new theoretical framework and an in-depth empirical study of two main actors in the field of human rights protection in Europe from a political science perspective (site web de l'éditeur) Contents 6 List of Figures and Tables 7 Acknowledgments 8 List of Abbreviations 10 Part I: Introduction 14 1 Introduction 16 2 Interorganizational Relations – A Framework for Analysis 30 3 General Relations 48 Part II: Policy Cases 74 4 Data Protection 76 5 Fight against Terrorism 100 6 Fight against Roma Discrimination 127 Part III: Institutional Cases 152 7 The Memorandum of Understanding 154 8 The Fundamental Rights Agency 176 Part IV: Conclusion 200 9 Conclusion 202 Appendix 219 References 221 Index 241 Marina Kolb traces the relationship between the EU and the Council of Europe in the field of human rights. Applying an implementation literature and management studies-perspective, it argues that the biggest threat to interorganizational cooperation is organizational self-interest, despite a shared policy interest.