EU Gas Security Architecture

The Role of the Commission's Entrepreneurship
2016. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-137-51149-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 114 Seiten, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 2737 g

This study traces the activities of the European Commission in the natural gas sector from 1990 to 2016, by concentrating on market liberalisation and infrastructure development as the main pillars of the European gas security architecture. By building on previous literature, the Commission's policymaking is analysed along its formal and informal powers in different energy security environments. In order to get a better understanding of the European energy market context, the reader is introduced into the historical development of the European energy policy in Chapter 2 and the literature on the European Union policymaking in Chapter 3. The analysis of the Commission's activities in the liberalisation (Chapter 4) and infrastructure (Chapter 5) sectors suggests that the Commission was able to effectively utilise networked governance during times when the demand for coordinated energy policies was low. This book will be of particular interest to those in the field of energy policies as well as EU policymaking.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brutschin, Elina

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Energie- & Versorgungswirtschaft Öl- und Gasindustrie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Europäische Union, Europapolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Historical background and overview.- 3. The European Commission as a policy actor.- 4. Targeting Liberalization.- 5. Targeting Infrastructure.- 6. The Way Forward.

Über Autor(innen)

Elina Brutschin is Assistant Professor in the Department of International Relations at Webster University Vienna, Austria.