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EU Governance (eu + governance)

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Humanities and Social Sciences50%

Selected Abstracts

EU emissions trading: Legitimacy and stringency

ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AND GOVERNANCE, Issue 5 2010
Jon Birger Skjærseth
Abstract In December 2008, the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) was significantly revised and strengthened. This article explores the basis for, and the consequences of, the revision for legitimacy. The key to legitimate EU governance is seen in the convergence of different sources of legitimacy at various levels of society. In addition to member-state consent, participation of non-state actors, democracy, expertise and effectiveness are of relevance. The first conclusion is that the recent revision of the EU ETS has indeed been grounded in a broader multilevel legitimacy basis. Second, the system faces significant challenges with regard to carbon markets and effectiveness, which could reduce its legitimacy in the long term. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment. [source]

,Mad Cows' and Eurocrats,Community Responses to the BSE Crisis

EUROPEAN LAW JOURNAL, Issue 5 2004
Keith Vincent
Responding to criticisms and recommendations made in the aftermath of the initial crisis, particularly by the European Parliament, the EU has embarked on a process of reforming the administrative landscape in this area. This has included the setting-up of a new regulatory agency, the European Food Safety Agency, and a commitment to the more effective use of scientific information. It is submitted that this could lead to the development of new information-based scientific networks that inform and direct EU governance, networks which should contain the European Food Safety Agency at their centre. [source]

A transition year for employment in Europe: EU governance and national diversity under scrutiny

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL, Issue 5 2002
Janine Goetschy
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Analysing European Integration: Reflecting on the English School

JCMS: JOURNAL OF COMMON MARKET STUDIES, Issue 1 2002
Thomas Diez
The English School of international relations has rarely been used to analyse European integration. But, as we argue in this article, there may be considerable value in adding the English School to the canon of approaches to European integration studies in order to contextualize European integration both historically and internationally. The concepts of international society, world society and empire in particular may be used to reconfigure the current debate about the nature of EU governance and to compare the EU to other regional international systems, as well as to reconceptualize the EU's international role, and in particular the EU's power to influence affairs beyond its formal membership borders. Conversely, analysing the EU with the help of these English School concepts may also help to refine the latter in the current attempts to reinvigorate the English School as a research programme. [source]