National Administrations in EU Trade Policy : Maintaining the Capacity to Control

Johan Adriaensen

ISBN 10: 1349714518 / ISBN 13: 9781349714513

Published by Palgrave Macmillan UK, Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2020

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - This book studies the relationshipbetween administrative capacity and a member state's influence in the EuropeanUnion. More specifically, it studies member states' ability to exert controlover the European Commission during trade negotiations. But what determinesadministrative capacity and how do member states ensure their preferences aredefended during trade negotiations A combination of qualitative fieldwork and survey-analysisprovides the answer. Interviews in Belgium, Poland, Estonia and Spain offer aprivileged insight into the functioning of national trade administrations andits effects on their behavior in the Council of Ministers. Through survey data,these findings are further corroborated. The book is aimed at a readershipinterested in EU decision-making, negotiation theory, comparative publicadministration and the international political economy of trade.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: National Administrations in EU Trade Policy : Maintaining the Capacity to Control
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK, Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1349714518
• ISBN 13: 9781349714513
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 12D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 12 millimeters depth
• Weight: 286 grams

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Synopsis

This book studies the relationship between administrative capacity and a member state’s influence in the European Union. More specifically, it studies member states’ ability to exert control over the European Commission during trade negotiations. But what determines administrative capacity and how do member states ensure their preferences are defended during trade negotiations? A combination of qualitative fieldwork and survey-analysis provides the answer. Interviews in Belgium, Poland, Estonia and Spain offer a privileged insight into the functioning of national trade administrations and its effects on their behavior in the Council of Ministers. Through survey data, these findings are further corroborated. The book is aimed at a readership interested in EU decision-making, negotiation theory, comparative public administration and the international political economy of trade.

About the Author

Johan Adriaensen is a research coordinator at the Center for European Research in Maastricht (CERiM) at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. He has been a guest professor at the Universities of Antwerp and Leuven in Belgium. His research interests encompass international political economy, the institutions of the European Union and scholarship on teaching and learning.