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Decision-Making in the European Union: Implications for Central-Local Government Relations (History of Architecture / Christopher Tadgell)
DecisionMaking in the European Union Implications for CentralLocal Government Relations - History of Architecture / Christopher Tadgell Author:Elizabeth Bomberg The European Union is a uniquely successful experiment in international cooperation and modern governance. The creation of a single currency and impending eastern enlargement make EU decision-making more important than ever before in determining how Europe is governed. Based on exhaustive and original research, this book provides a clear and the... more »oretically grounded analysis of how the European Union makes decisions. The book provides in-depth coverage of a number of major policy sectors: the internal market, external trade, agriculture, cohesion, the environment, research and technological development, and the Common Foreign and Security Policy. Its central themes--that informal norms often matter more than formal rules, that agency often matters more than structure, and that abrupt change often punctuates deadlock--are developed systematically throughout.« less