The Council of Ministers / Fiona Hayes-Renshaw and Helen Wallace.
By: Hayes-Renshaw, Fiona
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Contributor(s): Wallace, Helen (Helen S.).
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BookSeries: The European Union: Publisher: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xx, 392 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0333948653; 9780333948651; 9780333948668.Subject(s): Council of the European Union | Council of the European Communities | Law | International law | Politics & government | International institutions | Europe -- Politics and government -- 1989-DDC classification: 341.242 HAY Summary: This is a systematically revised new edition of the definitive text on the EU's main legislative and negotiating body taking full account of the current process of reform of the Council and the likely impact of EU enlargement.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The Council of Ministers provides a comprehensive analysis of the Council of Ministers: how it works, its varied activities, functions, and its relationships with the other key EU institutions and the member states. It is a key legislative institution which lies at the fulcrum of decision-making in the European Union.
Previous ed.: Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1996.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This is a systematically revised new edition of the definitive text on the EU's main legislative and negotiating body taking full account of the current process of reform of the Council and the likely impact of EU enlargement.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Detailed Contents (p. vii)
- List of Tables, Figures and Boxes (p. xiii)
- Preface (p. xv)
- List of Abbreviations (p. xviii)
- 1 Introduction (p. 1)
- Part I Who Does What?
- 2 National Representatives Decide: the Ministers in Council (p. 33)
- 3 Officials Prepare the Ground: the Preparatory Bodies (p. 68)
- 4 Bureaucrats Organize and Advise: the Council Secretariat (p. 101)
- 5 Taking Turns at the Wheel: the Presidency (p. 133)
- Part II With Whom?
- 6 Overlapping Competences: the Council and the European Council (p. 165)
- 7 Competition and Cooperation: the Council and the Commission (p. 186)
- 8 An Evolving Partnership: the Council and the European Parliament (p. 207)
- 9 Not Just Governments: the Council and the Member States (p. 228)
- Part III How?
- 10 Less Often than Expected: Voting in the Council (p. 259)
- 11 Compromise and Consensus: Negotiation and Bargaining in the Council (p. 298)
- 12 Conclusions (p. 321)
- Appendices (p. 346)
- Bibliography (p. 369)
- Index (p. 381)
Author notes provided by Syndetics
FIONA HAYES-RENSHAW is Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium.
HELEN WALLACE is Director, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.
FIONA HAYES-RENSHAW is Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium.
HELEN WALLACE is Director, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.