POLITICAL ROLE OF EUROPEAN COMMIS - In Search of Legitimacy

This book delves into questions of whether the European Commission is effectively regulating large corporations in Europe, and the public perceptions of the legitimacy of its decisions, by examining state aid cases, and when and how actors choose to politicise or depoliticise them.

List of contents

1. The Politics of EU State Aid Policy: Implications for the EU's legitimacy 2. Towards a MLG Theoretical Framework of Politicisation and Depoliticisation 3. Navigating Unlawful State Aid in the EU 4. Study on the News Coverage of Unlawful State Aid Cases 5. Analysing the Politicisation of the Apple and Ilva Cases 6. Discursive Depoliticisation Strategies in the Apple and Ilva Cases 7. The Aftermath 8. Final Discussion and Conclusion

About the author

Elena Escalante-Block is Postdoctoral Researcher and Marie Sk¿odowska-Curie Fellow at ARENA Centre for European Studies, University of Oslo, Norway.

Product details

• Authors: Elena Escalante-Block, Elena (University of Oslo Escalante-Block
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 27.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032668390
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3266839-0
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, International Economics, Public Administration, Regional Studies, Political Economy, Regional / International studies, EU (European Union), International institutions, EU & European institutions, International Trade