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Zusatztext ... offers a good mixture of empirical investigation and comparative analysis. Informationen zum Autor Giacinto della Cananea is Professor of Administrative Law at the Faculty of Political Sciences! University of Urbino.; Hans-Ulrich Derlien is Professor of Public Administration at the University of Bamberg; Hussein Kassim is Lecturer in Politics! Birkbeck College! University of London.; Bart Kerremans is Assistant Professor in International Relations and Senior Research Fellow of the Scientific Fund Flanders at the Catholic University of Leuven.; Jose Magone is Lecturer in European Politics at the Department of Politics and Asian Studies! University of Hull.; Anand Menon is University Lecturer in European Politics and Fellow of St Antony's College! University of Oxford.; Ignacio Molina is a DPhil student at the Juan March Institute in Madrid.; Wolfgang Muller is Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Vienna.; Thomas Pedersen is Associate Professor at the University of Aarhus.; Calliope Spanou is Assistant Professor of Administrative Science at the University Klappentext This book i sone of two volumes in which leading scholars examine the way in which EU member states co-ordinate their European policies. Eschewing the 'Europeanisation' problematic within which the issue is usually adressed! this book adopts a broader! more inclusive approach. It examines domestic processes and investigates co-ordination in ten member states - Austria! Belgium! Denmark! France! Germany! Greece! Italy! Portugal! Spain and the United Kingdom - looking at co-ordinating ambitions! the actors involved in EU policy making! and the structures and processes by which policy is made. The companion volume answers similar questions about national administrations in Brussels. Looking at twelve member states! it is the first systematic examination of the role played by Permanent Representations in national EU policy making. Zusammenfassung This book i sone of two volumes in which leading scholars examine the way in which EU member states co-ordinate their European policies. Eschewing the 'Europeanisation' problematic within which the issue is usually adressed, this book adopts a broader, more inclusive approach. It examines domestic processes and investigates co-ordination in ten member states - Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom - looking at co-ordinating ambitions, the actors involved in EU policy making, and the structures and processes by which policy is made.From a comparative perspective, the book identifies and assesses the impact of the influiences that have shaped systems of national co-ordination - the demands exerted by Union membership, the instituional structure of the national polity, the pre-existing balance between domestic institutions, administrative norms and values, and attitudes, both popular and elite, the European integration. It assesses the extent to which there has been a convergent response to the administrative challenges posed by membership on the part of the member states or whether a pattern of divergence emerges. The effectiveness of member states in influencing policy outcomes at the European level is also addressed. The companion volume answers similar questions about national administrations in Brussels. Looking at twelve member states, it is the first systematic examination of the role played by Permanent Representations in national EU policy making....
