The Government of the European Union
Language
en
Chapitre d'ouvrage
This item was published in
Changing France: The Politics that Markets Make. 2006p. 179-197
Palgrave Macmillan
English Abstract
Empirical research has conclusively shown that the task of negotiating and implementing European Union (EU) laws and policies now permeates contemporary relations among the French State, markets and civil society. ...Read more >
Empirical research has conclusively shown that the task of negotiating and implementing European Union (EU) laws and policies now permeates contemporary relations among the French State, markets and civil society. Notwithstanding this empirical evidence, the analytical consequences of European integration’s impact upon France have yet to be directly addressed. The principal reason for this failing is that the social sciences obdurately persist in examining the EU through the blurred lens of “international bargaining”. Despite clear signs of its obsolescence, this perspective on contemporary politics continues to encourage researchers to study “levels” of government upon which “European” and “national” actors neatly align themselves to do battle. Whilst producing a great deal of important data and insights, such research inevitably produces highly predictable and over-general interpretations of the EU’s impacts upon individual member states such as “states still matter” or “in some sectors the state matters more than in others”.Read less <
Keywords
Europe
Union européenne
commerce
English Keywords
governments
politics
markets
European Union
member state
civil society
trade union
common agricultural policy
Origin
Hal imported