Hayes-Renshaw / Wallace The Council of Ministers

2. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-230-80417-3
Verlag: Macmillan Education
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Ebook (PDF)

Reihe: The European Union Series

The Council of Ministers provides a comprehensive analysis of the Council of Ministers: how it works, its varied activities, functions, and its relationships with the other key EU institutions and the member states. It is a key legislative institution which lies at the fulcrum of decision-making in the European Union.

Zielgruppe

Lower undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hayes-Renshaw, Fiona

Wallace, Helen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction.- PART 1: WHO DOES WHAT?.- National Representatives Decide: The Ministers in Council.- Officials Prepare the Ground: The Preparatory Bodies.- Bureaucrats Organise and Advise:.- The Council Secretariat.- Taking Turns at the Wheel: The Presidency.- PART II: WITH WHOM?.- Overlapping Competences: The Council and the European Council.- Competition and Cooperation: The Council and the Commission.- An Evolving Partnership: The Council and the European Parliament.- Not Just Governments: The Council and the Member States.- PART III: HOW?.- Less Often than Expected: Voting in the Council.- Compromise and Consensus: Negotiation and Bargaining in the Council.- Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

FIONA HAYES-RENSHAW is Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium.HELEN WALLACE is Director, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence, Italy.