Introduction : after Brexit, the dilemmas of European governance / Henry F. Carey and Diana White -- The European Union : does it make a difference? / Ruth A. Bevan -- EU enlargement model : problems and challenges / Roy Gardner -- Revisiting EU eastward enlargement from a consociational approach : refining concepts and redesigning tasks / Ridvan Peshkopia -- Managing the European Union humanitarian aid policy : the expediency of a flexible institutional arrangement / Francesca Piccin -- From Cold War instrument to supreme European court : the European court of human rights at the crossroads of international and national law and politics / Mikael Rask Madsen -- Adopting the Acquis Politique : the foreign/security policy implications of EU membership / Michael E. Smit -- Competing visions for the European Union grand strategy / Pascal Vennesson -- Balancing foreign policy decisions : why do EU policy-makers differ in their refugee policy commitments? / Rebekah Dowd -- Biotechnology governance and risk regulation in the European Union / Patricia Stapleton -- The European Union : consumer, producer or co-producer of global regulatory authority? / Karl Lofgren and Kennet Lynggaard -- An ever weaker Union? the European Union in global governance institutions / Ester Barbe, Benjamin Kienzle, and Martijn Vlaskamp -- The EU's success in mediating an agreement during the Russia-Georgia war of 2008 / Onur Sen and Tariel Sikharulidze -- The European Union and climate change cooperation / Jean-Marc Akakpo -- EU accession and disability rights in Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, and Macedonia / Sarah D. Phillips -- A collective complaint mechanism before the European Court of Human Rights? moving from mass actions to group actions / Elisabeth Lambert Abdelgawad -- From human rights to good governance and back : the institutionalization of the European ombudsman / Tero Erkkila and Nillo Kauppi -- Inter(b)locking institutions : the European Union, the Council of Europe, and human rights protection in Europe / Klaus Brummer -- Europeanization of Romanian foreign policy / Liliana Popescu -- Dirigism and deja vu logic : the gender politics and perils of EU enlargement / Elaine Weiner -- The litmus test of European democracy : the EU and the protection of the Roma minority / Shannon Jones -- Free movement for all? restrictive practices, human rights violations, and European governance / Eleanor G. Morris and Manonh Leila Soumahoro -- The EU's "peace-as-governance" model : more than pacification? / Sandra Pogodda, Oliver Richmond, Nathalie Tocci, Roger Mac Ginty, and Birtie vogel -- The march eastward : the role of EU expansion in democratic transition and consolidation / Jamil A. Sewell and Douglas M. Gibler -- US and European assistance to democracy NGOs in transitional elections : the cases of Georgia and Mexico / Marcela Szymanski -- The EU and democratization in Cyprus / James Ker-Lindsay -- The Role of Discursive Consistency in EU foreign policy : an analysis of EU enlargement policy towards the Western Balkans / Zeynep Arkan and Soeren Keil -- Donor support for civil society advocacy in Bosnia & Herzegovina / Randall Puljek-Shank and Tija Memisevic -- Challenges and double-standards in the EU's peacebuilding project in Kosovo / Alban Lauka, Argjira Kadriu Grapci, Besnik Muja, Agon Gashi, Besim Karaqa, Milot Rexhepi, Makfire Azemi, Edon Kalludra, Mirlinda Gashi, and Endi Hasanaj -- Where to observe elections? the EU's election observation missions around the world / Marie V. Milward.
Summary:
"This book examines the political and legal challenges of regional governance in the European Union and the Council of Europe. Academics and policy makers will learn from its analysis of legal and political efforts to integrate supranational and intergovernmental agencies with national political systems"-- Provided by publisher.
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