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Political scholars Peterson (U. of Glasgow) and Bomberg (U. of Stirling report their findings and insights after four years of tracking policy decisions from someone's upset stomach to the signature on paper. They combined archival material and interviews both at Brussels and in eight national capitals. They hope to make the mechanisms of the Union known to a wider community than specialists. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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The European Union is a uniquely successful experiment in international cooperation and modern governance. The creation of a single currency and impending eastern enlargement make EU decision-making more important than ever before in determining how Europe is governed. Based on exhaustive and original research, this book provides a clear and theoretically grounded analysis of how the European Union makes decisions. The book provides in-depth coverage of a number of major policy sectors: the internal market, external trade, agriculture, cohesion, the environment, research and technological development, and the Common Foreign and Security Policy. Its central themes--that informal norms often matter more than formal rules, that agency often matters more than structure, and that abrupt change often punctuates deadlock--are developed systematically throughout.
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