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PART I Institutions, Process, and Analytical Approaches |
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3 | (10) |
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4 | (3) |
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Varieties of EU policy-making |
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A unique arena with familiar politics? |
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8 | (1) |
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New strains on EU policy-making |
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9 | (2) |
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11 | (2) |
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2 Theorizing EU Policy-Making |
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13 | (30) |
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14 | (1) |
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Theories of European integration |
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14 | (13) |
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15 | (1) |
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16 | (1) |
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Liberal intergovernmentalism |
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16 | (3) |
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The `new institutionalisms' |
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19 | (3) |
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22 | (3) |
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Postfunctionalism and politicization |
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25 | (2) |
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27 | (1) |
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The EU as a political system |
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27 | (7) |
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The vertical separation of powers: the EU as a federal system |
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29 | (1) |
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The horizontal separation of powers |
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30 | (4) |
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The governance approach: the EU as a polity |
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34 | (6) |
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Governing without government |
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35 | (1) |
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35 | (1) |
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36 | (1) |
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37 | (1) |
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38 | (2) |
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40 | (3) |
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3 The EU Policy Process in Comparative Perspective |
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43 | (24) |
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44 | (1) |
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A policy-cycle perspective |
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44 | (5) |
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Politicians, bureaucrats, and interest groups |
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45 | (2) |
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47 | (2) |
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Agenda-setting: deciding what to decide |
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49 | (2) |
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Policy formulation: what are the alternatives? |
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51 | (1) |
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Decision-making: choosing what (not) to do |
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52 | (7) |
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Executive politics: delegated decision-making |
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53 | (2) |
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Legislative politics or international negotiation? |
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55 | (4) |
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Implementation: national legislative and executive politics |
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59 | (3) |
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Judicial politics: adjudicating disputes |
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61 | (1) |
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Policy feedback: completing and shaping the policy cycle |
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62 | (1) |
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63 | (4) |
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4 An Institutional Anatomy and Five Policy Modes |
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67 | (42) |
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The institutional design of the European Union |
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68 | (23) |
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68 | (7) |
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The Council of the European Union |
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75 | (7) |
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82 | (1) |
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83 | (4) |
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The Court of Justice of the European Union |
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87 | (2) |
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The European Central Bank |
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89 | (1) |
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90 | (1) |
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One Community method or several policy modes? |
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91 | (18) |
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The classical Community method |
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92 | (4) |
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96 | (2) |
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The EU distributional mode |
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98 | (2) |
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100 | (2) |
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Intensive transgovernmentalism |
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102 | (7) |
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5 The Single Market: Central to Brexit |
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109 | (21) |
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110 | (1) |
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Establishing the single market |
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110 | (6) |
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Harmonization and its increasing frustration |
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111 | (1) |
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The emerging reform agenda |
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112 | (1) |
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The single market programme |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (1) |
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Squaring the theoretical circle |
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115 | (1) |
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Subsequent institutional reform |
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116 | (1) |
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The politics of policy-making in the SM |
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116 | (8) |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (3) |
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A greater focus on services |
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121 | (1) |
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The regulatory policy mode |
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121 | (3) |
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124 | (1) |
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Brexit and the single market |
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125 | (3) |
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The single market: causing and complicating Brexit |
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125 | (1) |
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Brexit: revealing the value of the single market? |
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126 | (2) |
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128 | (2) |
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6 Competition Policy: The Politics of Competence Expansion |
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130 | (22) |
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Introduction: the importance of competition in and for the EU |
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131 | (1) |
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The development of EU general competition powers |
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132 | (5) |
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Powers to prevent restrictive practices |
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132 | (3) |
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Abuse of a dominant position |
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135 | (1) |
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135 | (1) |
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136 | (1) |
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137 | (1) |
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Competition policy in practice: the single market, industrial policy, and European integration |
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137 | (7) |
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Competition versus industrial policy |
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139 | (3) |
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Continuing industrial policy |
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142 | (2) |
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Analysing the development of EU competition policy |
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144 | (5) |
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Current debates about competition policy |
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147 | (1) |
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Competition, industrial policy, and member-state discretion |
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148 | (1) |
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Enforcement, transparency, and legitimacy |
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149 | (1) |
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149 | (1) |
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149 | (3) |
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7 Economic and Monetary Union: An Enduring Experiment? |
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152 | (30) |
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153 | (1) |
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The origins of economic and monetary union |
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154 | (4) |
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From the launch of the single currency to the euro crisis |
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158 | (7) |
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From the euro crisis to Covid-19 |
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165 | (2) |
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Variations on the Community method |
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167 | (3) |
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The ECB and European Banking Union |
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167 | (2) |
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The European Stability Mechanism |
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169 | (1) |
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EMU and policy coordination |
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170 | (4) |
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The Stability and Growth Pact and the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines |
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170 | (1) |
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The six-pack and the fiscal compact |
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171 | (2) |
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The European semester, the two-pack, and the troika |
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173 | (1) |
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EMU and intensive transgovernmentalism |
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174 | (3) |
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175 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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External representation of the euro area |
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176 | (1) |
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177 | (2) |
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179 | (3) |
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8 The Common Agricultural Policy: The Fortress Challenged |
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182 | (26) |
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183 | (1) |
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Modernizing agriculture: forging a European consensus |
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184 | (4) |
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184 | (2) |
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Modernization domesticated |
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186 | (1) |
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Enlargements and the CAP consensus |
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187 | (1) |
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Managing `Fortress CAP': two variants of the Community method |
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188 | (8) |
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188 | (2) |
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190 | (6) |
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Greening the CAP: the search for a new European consensus |
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196 | (9) |
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The global context: between economic competition and climate action |
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196 | (3) |
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The growing relevance of the regulatory mode in the CAP |
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199 | (2) |
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How to green the CAP---towards more national flexibility |
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201 | (4) |
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205 | (3) |
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9 The Budget: Who Gets What, When, and How? |
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208 | (24) |
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209 | (1) |
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A thumbnail sketch of the budget |
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210 | (3) |
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The major players and hybrid processes |
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213 | (3) |
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Budgetary politics over time |
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216 | (12) |
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Phase 1 The Dominance of budgetary battles |
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216 | (2) |
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Phase 2 Ordered Budgetary decision-making |
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218 | (10) |
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228 | (1) |
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229 | (3) |
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10 Cohesion Policy: Doing More with Less |
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232 | (22) |
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233 | (1) |
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From minor fund to major instrument of policy and governance |
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234 | (4) |
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Origins and the landmark reform |
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234 | (1) |
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Budgetary consolidation and preparing for enlargement |
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234 | (1) |
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The strategic and performance turns |
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235 | (3) |
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Policy modes: the core distributional mode and emergent modes |
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238 | (4) |
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The distributional mode as a shifting system of multi-level governance |
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242 | (6) |
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Controversies and challenges |
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248 | (3) |
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Policy controversy over effectiveness and added value |
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248 | (1) |
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Changing political context |
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249 | (2) |
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251 | (3) |
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11 Social Policy: Between Legal Integration and Politicization |
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254 | (21) |
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255 | (1) |
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The puzzle of EU social policy: integration despite contestation |
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256 | (2) |
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The institutionalization of EU social policy |
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258 | (11) |
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The first phase: progress and constraints under the Community method |
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258 | (3) |
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The second phase: new beginnings under the regulatory mode |
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261 | (2) |
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Third phase: regulatory progress, the coordination mode, and political backlash |
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263 | (2) |
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Fourth phase: social policy-making in a politicized environment |
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265 | (4) |
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Cross-border welfare as a lightning rod for politicization |
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269 | (3) |
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272 | (3) |
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12 Digital Policy-Making in the European Union: Building the New Economy of an Information Society |
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275 | (22) |
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276 | (2) |
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The digital double movement |
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278 | (11) |
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Building a digital single market |
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279 | (7) |
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Embedding the digital economy |
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286 | (3) |
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289 | (2) |
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291 | (4) |
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295 | (2) |
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13 Environmental Policy: Contending Dynamics of Policy Change |
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297 | (24) |
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298 | (1) |
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History: towards a fourth phase of environmental regulation? |
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298 | (5) |
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303 | (9) |
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The European Commission: from fragmented entrepreneur to normal bureaucracy? |
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303 | (2) |
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The Council of the European Union: cross-cutting cleavages |
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305 | (2) |
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The European Parliament: still the environmental champion? |
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307 | (1) |
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The Court of Justice of the European Union: from policy enabling to enforcement |
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308 | (1) |
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Environmental interest groups: more than just a lobby |
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309 | (3) |
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Regulatory policy-making at the crossroads |
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312 | (4) |
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The EU as an international actor |
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316 | (2) |
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318 | (3) |
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14 Energy Policy: Sharp Challenges and Rising Ambitions |
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321 | (22) |
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322 | (1) |
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Scope and history of EU energy policy |
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323 | (2) |
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325 | (6) |
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325 | (2) |
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Competition policy to the rescue |
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327 | (4) |
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331 | (5) |
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332 | (2) |
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334 | (2) |
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336 | (5) |
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337 | (1) |
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External ambition and internal compromise |
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337 | (4) |
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341 | (2) |
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15 Justice and Home Affairs: Exposing the Limits of Political Integration |
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343 | (20) |
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344 | (1) |
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The institutionalization of justice and home affairs cooperation |
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345 | (5) |
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From intergovernmental cooperation to contested communitarization |
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345 | (3) |
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Politicization, Brexit, and the crisis of the common asylum and Schengen systems |
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348 | (2) |
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350 | (5) |
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Organization and capacities of EU institutions |
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350 | (2) |
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The proliferation of semi-autonomous agencies and databases |
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352 | (3) |
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355 | (8) |
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Asylum and immigration policy |
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355 | (3) |
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Police and judicial cooperation |
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358 | (3) |
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The challenge of implementation |
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361 | (1) |
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361 | (2) |
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16 Trade Policy: Making Policy in Turbulent Times |
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363 | (25) |
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364 | (1) |
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The importance of trade policy to the EU |
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364 | (2) |
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The customs union as a constitutive policy choice |
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364 | (1) |
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EU as power in and through trade |
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365 | (1) |
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366 | (6) |
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Trade negotiations: the Community method with elements of the regulatory mode |
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366 | (4) |
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Trade legislation: the regulatory mode to the fore |
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370 | (1) |
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Commercial instruments: still the Community method |
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371 | (1) |
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The evolution of EU trade policy |
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372 | (1) |
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European trade policy in turbulent times |
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373 | (8) |
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Stalled Doha Round, and an emphasis on bilateral agreements |
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374 | (2) |
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Politicization of trade policy |
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376 | (2) |
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The transatlantic challenge |
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378 | (2) |
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The implications of Brexit for EU trade policy |
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380 | (1) |
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Trade policy: complicating Brexit |
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381 | (3) |
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Trade policy's contribution to Brexit: the desire for an independent trade policy |
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381 | (1) |
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Trade policy's complication of Brexit: dealing with customs controls |
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382 | (2) |
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384 | (4) |
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17 Foreign, Security, and Defence Policy: Civilian Power, Europe, and American Leadership |
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388 | (25) |
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389 | (2) |
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From European political cooperation to common foreign policy |
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391 | (3) |
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The end of the cold war and the launch of CFSP |
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391 | (3) |
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From CFSP to CSDP: the UK and France as leaders |
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394 | (2) |
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Coordination in Brussels, but decisions in national capitals |
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396 | (9) |
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The Treaty of Lisbon as a turning point? |
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399 | (1) |
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From Iraq to the European Security Strategy |
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400 | (1) |
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EU security policy in a deteriorating security environment |
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401 | (4) |
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Operations and missions: CSDP in the real world |
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405 | (5) |
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410 | (3) |
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18 International Development: A Distinct and Challenged Policy Domain |
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413 | (27) |
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414 | (1) |
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414 | (9) |
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414 | (4) |
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418 | (2) |
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420 | (2) |
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422 | (1) |
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423 | (7) |
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Budgetary power outside the EU |
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424 | (1) |
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425 | (1) |
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426 | (4) |
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430 | (7) |
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431 | (3) |
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434 | (3) |
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437 | (3) |
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19 Enlargement: Widening Membership, Transforming Would-be Members? |
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440 | (31) |
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441 | (3) |
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Rules, procedures, and policy |
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444 | (2) |
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446 | (4) |
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447 | (1) |
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Stabilization and association agreements |
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448 | (1) |
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Association agreements and the `Eastern Partnership' |
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448 | (2) |
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450 | (3) |
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Accession partnerships and European partnerships |
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450 | (2) |
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European Economic Area Agreement |
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452 | (1) |
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453 | (3) |
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453 | (1) |
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454 | (2) |
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Enlargement as a tool of foreign policy and external governance |
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456 | (10) |
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Evolution of accession conditionality |
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456 | (3) |
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Accession conditionality and effective external governance |
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459 | (1) |
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Conditionality: no longer the EU's most powerful foreign policy tool? |
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460 | (3) |
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Post-accession compliance |
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463 | (3) |
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466 | (5) |
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20 The Stability of EU Policy-Making in a Turbulent World |
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471 | (24) |
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472 | (1) |
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Trends in EU policy-making |
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472 | (8) |
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Experimentation and hybridization of policy modes |
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473 | (3) |
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`Brussels' and national governance |
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476 | (1) |
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Interacting European and global governance |
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477 | (3) |
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Challenges to EU policy-making |
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480 | (13) |
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Politicization: greater salience, variegated impact |
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482 | (4) |
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Brexit: a big change with marginal policy impact |
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486 | (3) |
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Geopolitical shifts: muddling through a more uncertain world |
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489 | (2) |
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The Covid-19 pandemic and its aftermath |
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491 | (2) |
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493 | (2) |
| References |
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495 | (70) |
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