The Council of Ministers

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Fiona Hayes-Renshaw, Fiona Wallace Hayes-Renshaw, Helen Wallace
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.04.2006
• EAN: 9780333948668
• ISBN: 978-0-333-94866-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: The European Union Series; European Union (Hardcover Adul; The European Union Series; European Union (Hardcover Adul
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; B, European Politics, European Union, Political Science and International Studies, EU (European Union), European Union Politics