Contemporary issues and debates in EU policy : the European Union and international relations / edited by Vassiliki N. Koutrakou.
Contributor(s): Koutrakou, Vassiliki N | University of East Anglia. Centre for Research in European Studies.
Material type:
BookPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2004Description: [xiii], 287 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0719064198; 9780719064197; 9780719064180.Subject(s): Politics and Government | International institutions | Politics & government | European Union countries -- Foreign relations | European Union countries -- Politics and government
| European Union countries -- Foreign economic relations | EU policy | International relations | European studies | CRESTDDC classification: 327.1904 CON Summary: The primary purpose of this book is to cast a penetrative look at a broad range of fiercely debated contemporary issues which are shaping the policy-making agenda in international relations and particularly European affairs, in the early 21st century.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library EU | 327.1904 CON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38888000736532 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An exploration of the European Union with sections on conflict, intelligence and security, immigration and human rights, world economic development and environmental sustainability, high technologies and their growing impact.
"The inspiration for this volume came from the third annual conference held by the Centre for Research in European Studies (CREST) in the spring of 2000, at the University of East Anglia ... title of the conference was 'European perspectives on interdependence and co-operation in current international relations'"--introduction.
Formerly CIP. Uk
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The primary purpose of this book is to cast a penetrative look at a broad range of fiercely debated contemporary issues which are shaping the policy-making agenda in international relations and particularly European affairs, in the early 21st century.
Papers. Based on those presented at the conference. Theme title: European perspectives on interdependence and co-operation in current international relations.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- List of tables and figures (p. ix)
- List of contributors (p. x)
- Acknowledgements (p. xiii)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- Part I Conflict and foreign and security policy approaches (p. 7)
- 1 Interdependence and fragmentation: the articulations of political space in the discourses of integration and ethnic conflict (p. 10)
- 2 The Kosovo intervention and European security: NATO's pyrrhic victory (p. 23)
- 3 European Union Intelligence Agency: a necessary institution for Common Intelligence Policy? (p. 38)
- 4 Recent developments in EU migration and asylum policies (p. 56)
- 5 Enforcing human rights in Europe and beyond: international law and human rights in a changing world (p. 73)
- Part II Issues of economic development (p. 97)
- 6 EU economic governance in the present world system (p. 102)
- 7 New directions in the EU's Third World policy: from aid to trade under the watchful eye of the WTO (p. 120)
- 8 Transboundary co-operation and regional networks in Sweden and the Baltic States: integration on the new European frontier at the turn of the century (p. 134)
- 9 An ever-more sustainable union? Integrating economy, society and environment in a rapidly enlarging Europe (p. 149)
- 10 Co-operation or competition? Nuclear energy and the Ostpolitik of the European Union (p. 162)
- 11 Cross-border transport: the EU policy agenda (p. 175)
- 12 The Europeanisation of firms and the role of Euro-groups in European integration (p. 194)
- Part III The high technology factor (p. 211)
- 13 Euratom: the toothless treaty? (p. 215)
- 14 Interest groups, institutions and expertise: the new politics of EU biotechnology regulation (p. 232)
- 15 Deregulation and co-ordination in European telecommunications strategies (p. 249)
- 16 J(EU) nesse sans frontieres: information age governance, youth and the EU (p. 262)
- Conclusions (p. 279)
- Index (p. 283)