20. Policy-making
Christoph Knill and Jale Tosun
in Comparative Politics (4th edn)
This chapter examines the process related to policy-making as well as potential determinants of policy choices. It begins with a discussion of conceptual models of policy-making, namely: ...
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3. The European Policy Process in Comparative Perspective
Alasdair R. Young
in Policy-Making in the European Union (7th edn)
This chapter examines the European Union’s policy-making process with a comparative perspective. It outlines the stages of the policy-making process (agenda-setting, policy formation, ...
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6. How Policies Are Made
Fiona Hayes-Renshaw
in The European Union: How does it work? (4th edn)
This chapter examines how European Union policies are made. Most EU legislation is now adopted according to the Ordinary Legislative Procedure, under which the Council and the European ...
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6. How Policies Are Made
Daniel Kenealy and Fiona Hayes-Renshaw
in The European Union: How does it work? (5th edn)
This chapter examines how European Union policies are made. Most EU legislation is now adopted according to the Ordinary Legislative Procedure, under which the Council and the European ...
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13. The European Commission
Ian Bache, Simon Bulmer, Stephen George, and Owen Parker
in Politics in the European Union (4th edn)
This chapter examines the European Commission’s functions and structure, along with its role in policy making. The Commission initiates legislation, may act as a mediator, manages some ...
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7. Foreign policy decision making: Rational, psychological, and neurological models
Janice Gross Stein
in Foreign Policy: Theories, Actors, Cases (3rd edn)
This chapter examines the use of rational, psychological, and neurological models in foreign policy decision making. It begins with a discussion of two commonsensical models of rationality ...
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17. Organized Interests
Ian Bache, Simon Bulmer, Stephen George, and Owen Parker
in Politics in the European Union (4th edn)
This chapter focuses on the so-called organized interests, whose interaction with the formal European Union institutions is a central component of the EU’s decision-making process. The term ...
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1. An Overview
Helen Wallace, Mark A. Pollack, and Alasdair R. Young
in Policy-Making in the European Union (7th edn)
This text examines the processes that produce policies in the European Union — that is, the decisions (or non-decisions) by EU public authorities facing choices between alternative courses ...
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16. Trade Policy Policy-Making after the Treaty of Lisbon
Stephen Woolcock
in Policy-Making in the European Union (7th edn)
This chapter examines the decision-making process in the European Union’s trade and investment policy following the changes brought about by the Treaty of Lisbon. It shows how EU policy ...
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16. Policy-making in the European Union
Edward Best
in European Union Politics (6th edn)
This chapter provides an overview of how policy is made in the European Union (EU), focusing on the main procedures involved and the varying roles of the EU institutions. It begins by ...
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5. Key Policies
Alberta Sbragia and Francesco Stolfi
in The European Union: How does it work? (4th edn)
This chapter examines some of the most important areas of policy-making in the European Union. It first explains how EU policy-making differs from national policy-making before discussing ...
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5. Key Policies
John Peterson and Alberta Sbragia
in The European Union: How does it work? (5th edn)
This chapter examines some of the most important areas of policy-making in the European Union. It first explains how EU policy-making differs from national policy-making before discussing ...
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6. Policy Networks
John Peterson
in European Integration Theory (2nd edn)
This chapter examines the policy network approach to the analysis of European governance. The European Union has three primary features that lend itself to policy network analysis: the ...
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17. Trade and Development Policies
Michael Smith
in European Union Politics (6th edn)
This chapter focuses on the external economic relations of the European Union—the longest-established area of collective European international policy-making and action—and specifically on ...
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15. EU External Relations
Michael Smith
in European Union Politics (5th edn)
This chapter examines the external economic relations of the European Union. It begins with a discussion of institutions and policy-making in external economic relations, focusing in ...
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9. The EU as a Global Actor
John Peterson and Niklas Helwig
in The European Union: How does it work? (5th edn)
The European Union’s ambitions to be a global power are a surprising by-product of European integration. Students of European foreign policy mostly focus on EU trade, aid, and the Common ...
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18. Policies and Policy Making in the European Union
Ian Bache, Simon Bulmer, Stephen George, and Owen Parker
in Politics in the European Union (4th edn)
This chapter examines policies and the patterns of policy making in the European Union. The formal EU policy process begins with the European Commission (EC) drawing up proposals for ...
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32. Conclusion: The Future of Parliamentary Politics
David Judge, Cristina Leston-Bandeira, and Louise Thompson
in Exploring Parliament
This concluding chapter reflects on the future of parliamentary politics by identifying key puzzles implicit in previous discussions which raise fundamental questions about what Parliament ...
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US Foreign Policy (2nd edn)
Michael Cox and Doug Stokes (eds)
U.S. Foreign Policy provides a comprehensive overview of the United States’s role in international politics. Chapters focus in turn on the historical background, institutions, ...
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9. Domestic influences on foreign policy making
Valentina Aronica and Inderjeet Parmar
in US Foreign Policy (3rd edn)
This chapter examines domestic factors that influence American foreign policy, focusing on the variety of ways in which pressure groups and elites determine and shape what the United States ...
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