1st Edition
The Political Role of the European Commission in Regulating State Aid Policy In Search of Legitimacy
By Elena Escalante-Block
Copyright 2025
196 Pages
32 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
196 Pages
32 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book delves into questions of whether the European Commission is effectively regulating large corporations in Europe, and the public perceptions of the legitimacy of its decisions, by examining state aid cases and when and how actors choose to politicise or depoliticise them.
The book analyses how these corporations get away with certain anti-competitive behaviours and whether the European... Read more
1. The Politics of EU State Aid Policy: Implications for the EU’s Legitimacy
2. Towards a MLG Theoretical Framework of Politicisation and Depoliticisation
3. Navigating Unlawful State Aid in the EU
4. Study on the News Coverage of Unlawful State Aid Cases
5. Analysing the Politicisation of the Apple and Ilva Cases
6. Discursive Depoliticisation Strategies in the Apple and Ilva Cases
7. The Aftermath
8. Final Discussion and Conclusion
Biography
Elena Escalante-Block is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway.
