1st Edition

Widening the European Union Politics of Institutional Change and Reform

Edited By Bernard Steunenberg Copyright 2002
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

The proposed enlargement of the European Union to include countries from Central and Eastern Europe has become an important political issue. Widening the European Union focuses on those institutional reforms of the Union that may be necessary to make the enlargement possible. The institutional structure, originally designed for the Union of just six states, might not be suitable for a EU of... Read more
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Constitutional Aspects of Enlargement
Part 3: Reforming European Union Decision-Making
Part 4: Dynamics of Widening
Part 5: Conclusion

Biography

Bernard Steunenberg is Professor of Public Administration at Leiden University, the Netherlands. His research interests include the extent to which political institutions play a role in the initiation, adoption and implementation of public policy, particularly in the context of the European Union and the Netherlands.