The One Europe or Several? series examines contemporary processes of political, security, economic, social and cultural change across the European continent, as well as issues of convergence/ divergence and prospects for integration and fragmentation. Many of the books in the series are cross-country comparisons; others evaluate the European institutions, in particular the European Union and NATO, in the context of eastern enlargement.
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The following list includes all books submitted to the Journal of Common Market Studies during 1998, whether these were reviewed or not. Each book is entered only once even though, inevitably, some titles are of relevance to more than one section.
Abingdon: Routledge, 2007, ISBN 9780415414142); xvi + 192pp., £65.00 hb.The unique character of the European Union's international development policywith its bilateral and multilateral dimensions -has received very limited attention among EU scholars. Most of the existing studies have concentrated on the European Commission's policies and programmes without attempting to provide comprehensive conceptual models to analyse the interactions between the European Commission and the Member States in the development policy arena. The European Union and International Development represents a valuable addition to the existing literature because it develops an analytical model to explain the role of the European Commission vis-à-vis the Member States in the EU decision-making process.The book consists of five core chapters: the first chapter reviews existing approaches regarding the role of the Commission in the EU and its relations with the Member States; chapter two provides an overview of the EU's (European Commission and Member States) relations with the developing world. Chapters three, four and five analyse three case studies: the issue of volume of aid; of global public goods (GPGs) and untying of aid. The concluding chapter reviews the main findings of the book and looks at the future of foreign aid in the EU.The central argument is that the European Commission plays a leading role in the EU's decision-making process, but that its leadership is contingent upon a series of conditions: an institutional entrepreneur that puts the issue on the agenda; the unity of the Commission -both at the administrative and political levels; the policy context and the tactics used throughout the various stages of the policy process. The case studies reveal that the central variable is the unity of the Commission: when united the Commission is able to achieve its goals regardless of the difficult context in which it operates.The book represents a valuable contribution to the existing literature not only for the convincing leadership model developed in its pages but also for the choice of the case studies -not limited to specific geographical areas -and for the analysis of the multiplicity of Member States' approaches, traditions and performance in developing countries. Furthermore, the book provides additional evidence that integration theories can be successfully used to explain the EU's external relations and that the logic of consequentialism and the logic of appropriateness coexist and are simultaneously at play in EU policy-making.
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