The Political Role of the European Commission in Regulating State Aid Policy

In Search of Legitimacy
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-66839-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 196 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies

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 Commission is achieving something positive with its state aid cases in this regard. It also asks whether the role of the European Commission in regulating anti-competitive behaviour is perceived as legitimate by different political actors in the media. By uncovering how politicisation and depoliticisation can both positively and negatively shape the EU’s legitimacy, this book brings clarity to debates about the evolving role of the European Commission in an era of increased political contestation.

This book is of key interest to scholars and students of European Union politics/policy, European politics, comparative politics, public policy, political communication, global business law and regulation, sociology, public policy and law, and International Political Economy.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Escalante-Block, Elena

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

Elena Escalante-Block is a Postdoctoral Researcher and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow at ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway.