The European Commission and Europe's Democratic Process

Why the Eu's Executive Faces an Uncertain Future
2016. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-137-50559-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 112 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 298 g

This book examines the multitude of challenges which the European Commission faces: once the centre of political gravity in Europe’s integration process, the growth of Euroscepticism and the emergence of new institutional rivals threaten to undermine its status as an institution. Tracing the roots of the Commission’s decline from the early 1990s through to the Eurozone and refugee crises, Stuart A Brown draws on new evidence to illustrate why the EU’s executive now faces a battle for its future, and asks whether in the reforms of Jean-Claude Juncker the Commission may be facing its last chance. This study will appeal to students and scholars in EU institutions, politics, and public policy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Stuart A

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Europäische Union, Europa: Wirtschaft
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Finanzkrisen, Wirtschaftskrisen
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Finanzkrisen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Commission under pressure.- 1. Assessing the Commission.- 2. Critiques of the Commission: From the rise of Euroscepticism to the democratic deficit.- 3. Institutional pressures: The Commission after Lisbon.- 4. The Commission and the crisis: chief loser or unexpected winner?.- 5. Resource pressures and Commission externalisation.- Conclusion: Juncker’s reforms and the future of the European Commission.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr Stuart A Brown is a Research Associate at the London School of Economics, UK, a Senior Research Associate at the University of East Anglia, UK, and the Managing Editor of EUROPP – European Politics and Policy.