Based on exhaustive research, this book explains how the European Union makes
decisions in seven major policy sectors. Written in a clear, user-friendly style, it brings the EU …

This book offers an analytical overview of schools of thought on European integration which
offer useful insights into EU social politics. Building on this framework, the chapters then …

Countless interest groups representing governments and civil societies try to lobby the
European Union effectively in pursuit of the desired legislation, subsidies and more. This …

Collective Action in the European Union addresses fundamental questions surrounding the
European political economy. The impressive array of contributors ask how and why …

В монографии анализируются важнейшие аспекты отношений групп интересов и
российского государства, а также отражающие эти отношения теоретические и …

The policy networks model recently has become a more frequent analytical tool of EU policy
analysts. In a recent article, Hussein Kassim offers a sceptical view about its applicability to …

Researchers have put forward seemingly contradictory hypotheses on how European
integration might impact on national interest intermediation. This study proposes to include …

There are approximately 950 business interest associations organised at the EU level and
formally constituted in law, accounting for around two-thirds of all EU formal interest …

Wie trekken er in Brussel, het centrum van de Europese besluitvorming, aan de touwtjes en
maken het verschil? En op welke manier kunnen ministeries, lokale overheden …

The contributions in this volume explore whether a network mode of governance is
emerging in the European Union (EU). They identify a complex mixture of different …