Complying with Europe

EU Harmonisation and Soft Law in the Member States

AvGerda Falkner,Oliver Treib

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

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What does EU law truly mean for the member states? Do they abide or don't they? This book presents the first encompassing and in-depth empirical study of the effects of 'voluntaristic' and (partly) 'soft' EU policies in all 15 member states. The authors examine 90 case studies across a range of EU Directives and shed light on burning contemporary issues in political science, integration theory, and social policy. They reveal that there are major implementation failures and that, to date, the European Commission has not been able adequately to perform its control function. While all countries are occasional non-compliers, some quite frequently privilege their domestic political concerns over performance of their EU-related duties. Others neglect these EU obligations as a matter of course. This study answers questions of crucial importance for politics in theory and in practice, and suggests how implementation of EU law can be fostered in the future.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2005-05-26
Mått:159 x 236 x 34 mm
Vikt:782 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Themes in European Governance
Antal sidor:420
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9780521849944
Utmärkelser:Best Book on the EU, EUSA Book Prize 2005/2006

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Internationella relationer inom Samhälle och politik

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Gerd Falkner is Head of the Department of Political Science at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna and Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Vienna. Oliver Treib is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science, Institute for Advanced Studies, Vienna. Miriam Hartlapp is Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne. Simone Leiber is Researcher in Political Science at the Institute for Economic and Social Studies, Düsseldorf.

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'This is an excellent book on an important theme in European governance, forming an essential part of a wide-ranging, multi-authored series. Its excellence derives from its detailed, scholarly approach which is both exhaustive and, in the end, compelling in its conclusions.' Industrial Relations Journal

Innehållsförteckning

Preface; 1. Introduction: flexible EU governance in domestic practice; 2. Theorising the domestic impact of EU law: the state of the art and beyond; 3. EU social policy over time: the role of Directive; 4. The Employment Contract Information Directive: a small but useful social complement to the internal market; 5. The Pregnant Workers Directive: European social policy between protection and employability; 6. The Working Time Directive: European standards taken hostage by domestic politics; 7. The Young Workers Directive: a safety net with holes; 8. The Parental Leave Directive: compulsory policy innovation and voluntary over-implementation; 9. The Part-time Work Directive: a facilitator of national reforms; 10. Voluntary reforms triggered by the Directives; 11. The EU Commission and (non-)compliance in the Member States; 12. Beyond policy change: convergence of national public-private relations?; 13. Implementation across countries and Directive; 14. Why do Member States fail to comply? Testing the hypotheses suggested in the literature; 15. Making sense of compliance patterns: a typology; 16. Conclusions: myth and reality of 'social Europe'; References.

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