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European Policy (european + policy)

Distribution by Scientific Domains
Humanities and Social Sciences66%
Business, Economics, Finance and Accounting22%

Selected Abstracts

Social Exclusion and European Policy: Globalization and Welfare Social Indicators: The EU and Social Inclusion.

THE ECONOMIC JOURNAL, Issue 488 2003
Charles Figuieres
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Organ Transplantation: Ethical, Legal and Psychosocial Aspects,Towards a Common European Policy edited by W. Weimar, M. A. Bos, and J. J. Busschbach

AMERICAN JOURNAL OF TRANSPLANTATION, Issue 1 2009
James S. Taylor
No abstract is available for this article. [source]

Playing Games with History: Tony Blair's European Policy in the Press

BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Issue 4 2007
Oliver Daddow
This article examines how Tony Blair on the one hand and the Euro-sceptical press on the other have ransacked history to support their respective arguments about British European policy since 1997. It considers first of all why history plays a key role in British discussions about European affairs; it does so, firstly, because of the discipline's intimate connection with the making of national identities and, secondly, because Europe has long been historicised as the ,other' against which the British identify themselves. The second part of the article considers the rhetorical strategies Blair and the press have used to persuade the public using content analysis of Blair's foreign policy speeches and articles on Europe in the sceptical British press since 1997. I argue that Blair finds himself in a difficult position in part because of his own failure to make the case for Europe forcefully and consistently enough and in part because of the difficulties inherent in altering deeply entrenched Euro-sceptical opinions in Britain's leading press outlets. [source]

Refugee Women in Europe: Some Aspects of the Legal and Policy Dimensions

INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION, Issue 2 2000
Alice Bloch
This article presents an overview of the legal and policy issues affecting refugee and asylum-seeking women in European host societies. First, it explores the unique types of persecution experienced by women and shows that the asylum determination process, along with the status of women relative to men, mitigates against the effective protection of women. The legal basis for asylum, the evidential requirements and the procedural norms all reduce the protection which is likely to be conferred upon asylum-seeking women. Second, the article provides an overview of responses to female refugees and asylum-seekers in European countries of asylum. Although there are differences between countries, there is also a large degree of uniformity. For example, there is a lack of recognition and understanding of the diversity and the range of experiences which refugees bring with them, including different social and cultural norms. Moreover, European policies do not provide special provisions to facilitate the settlement of refugee women and instead place barriers to their social and economic participation. Third, the article examines policies for family reunion in different countries and shows that such unfavourable and unsympathetic policies mitigate against the settlement of refugee women. Finally, the article argues that if refugee and asylum-seeking women are to have their cases recognized and to be successfully settled, then there needs to be a complete rethink of legislation and policy in Europe. [source]

Germany and the European Union: from ,tamed power' to normalized power?

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, Issue 5 2010
SIMON BULMER
Germany has traditionally played a key role in promoting European Union solutions to domestic policy problems. In doing so it gained a reputation as a ,tamed power' (Katzenstein). This article reviews Germany's diplomacy two decades after unification. It explores the ,tamed power' hypothesis with reference to three policy areas: constitutional reform in the EU; Justice and Home Affairs policy; and an issue that has made German European policy very salient of late, the management of the Eurozone. The article argues that Germany has become a much less inclusive actor in European policy, pursuing policy solutions through ,pioneer groups' where these offer greater promise than the EU itself and becoming increasingly attentive to domestic political constraints. The article argues that Germany has become a normalized power, with significant implications for the EU. [source]

Ideology and Ministerial Allocation in the Major Government 1992,1997

POLITICS, Issue 3 2005
Timothy Heppell
This article evaluates the allocation of ministerial portfolios according to ideological disposition within the Major government of 1992,1997. By examining the ideological attitudes of Conservative parliamentarians towards three ideological variables , economic policy, European policy and social, sexual and moral policy , it will analyse the ideological balance of the government vis-à-vis the Parliamentary Conservative Party (PCP); the ideological disposition of those departing and entering government; and the ideological profile of the ministers appointed to the ,key' ministerial positions. The article will demonstrate the following: first, the Thatcherite ,right' were underrepresented at ministerial level, whilst the Tory ,left' secured a level of ministerial representation disproportionate to their numerical strength within the PCP; second, this was despite the fact that the process of ministerial appointments and departures gradually enhanced the representation of the Thatcherite ,right' of the PCP at the expense of the Tory ,left'; and finally, the ,perception' amongst the Thatcherite ,right' was that they were being marginalised in terms of the key ministries of state. [source]

LIBERALIZATION OF EUROPEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS: SECTORAL DYNAMICS AND STRUCTURAL MUTATIONS

ANNALS OF PUBLIC AND COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS, Issue 3 2007
Philippe BANCE
ABSTRACT,:,This contribution intends to draw up an assessment of structural changes in the telecommunications sector impelled by the European policy of liberalization. Deep transformations with contrasted results have occurred. A strong differentiation in offer of services and a considerable fall in cost appears. After a strong growth, however, investment sharply decreased with the financial crisis. Employment has become a variable of adjustment for companies subjected to strong risks due to the economic situation. Lastly, the assertion of the universal service of telecommunications is accompanied by an important reduction of public service missions. [source]

Playing Games with History: Tony Blair's European Policy in the Press

BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Issue 4 2007
Oliver Daddow
This article examines how Tony Blair on the one hand and the Euro-sceptical press on the other have ransacked history to support their respective arguments about British European policy since 1997. It considers first of all why history plays a key role in British discussions about European affairs; it does so, firstly, because of the discipline's intimate connection with the making of national identities and, secondly, because Europe has long been historicised as the ,other' against which the British identify themselves. The second part of the article considers the rhetorical strategies Blair and the press have used to persuade the public using content analysis of Blair's foreign policy speeches and articles on Europe in the sceptical British press since 1997. I argue that Blair finds himself in a difficult position in part because of his own failure to make the case for Europe forcefully and consistently enough and in part because of the difficulties inherent in altering deeply entrenched Euro-sceptical opinions in Britain's leading press outlets. [source]

Europeanising Antitrust: British Competition Policy Reform and Member State Convergence

BRITISH JOURNAL OF POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Issue 4 2006
Gregory Baldi
This article argues that the patterns of competition policy convergence in EU member states challenge formulations of the process of Europeanisation and specifically the notion that the likelihood of policy harmonisation is a function of the pre-existing compatibility or ,fit' between national and supranational policies. In the case of antitrust, the member states in which existing arrangements were least compatible with the European policy were generally the first to adopt the European competition enforcement regime, while Britain, in spite of having an established,albeit dysfunctional,competition regime since the 1940s, was the last of the medium- and large-sized members to move towards harmonising its antitrust rules. The article finds that the pre-existence of an antitrust system actually made harmonisation more difficult for Britain by allowing British industrial interests to develop preferences for the domestic system, which stymied attempts to Europeanise British policy. [source]