TY - BOOK AU - Carey,Henry F. TI - The challenges of European governance in the age of economic stagnation, immigration, and refugees SN - 9780739166901 (hardback) AV - JN15. C4255 2017 U1 - 341.242/2 23 KW - European Union KW - Council of Europe KW - European federation KW - Regionalism KW - Political aspects KW - European Union countries KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General KW - bisacsh KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / General KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy KW - Foreign relations KW - 21st century KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Machine generated contents note: 1. The European Union: Does it Make a Difference? -- 2. EU Enlargement Model: Problems and Challenges -- 3. Revisiting EU Eastward Enlargement from a Consociational Approach: Refining Concepts and Redesigning Tasks -- 4. Managing the European Union Humanitarian Aid Policy: The Expediency of a Flexible Institutional Arrangement -- 5. From Cold War Instrument to Supreme European Court: The European Court of Human Rights at the Crossroads of International and National Law and Politics -- 6. Adopting the Acquis Politique: The Foreign/Security Policy Implications of EU Membership -- 7. Competing Visions for the European Union Grand Strategy -- 8. Balancing Foreign Policy Decisions: Why do EU Policy-Makers Differ in Their Refugee Policy Commitments? -- 9. Biotechnology Governance and Risk Regulation in the European Union -- 10. The European Union: Consumer, Producer or Co-producer of Global Regulatory Authority? -- 11. An ever weaker Union? The European Union in Global Governance Institution -- 12. The EU's Success in Mediating an Agreement during the Russia-Georgia War of 2008 -- 13. The European Union and Climate Change Cooperation -- 14. EU Accession and Disability Rights in Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia, and Macedonia -- 15. A collective complaint mechanism before the European Court of Human Rights? Moving from mass actions to group actions -- 16. From Human Rights to Good Governance and Back: The Institutionalization of the European Ombudsman -- 17. Inter(b)locking Institutions: The European Union, the Council of Europe, and Human Rights Protection in Europe -- 18. Europeanization of Romanian Foreign Policy -- 19. Dirigism and Déjà Vu Logic: The Gender Politics And Perils Of EU Enlargement -- 20. The Litmus Test of European Democracy: The EU and the Protection of the Roma Minority -- 21. Free Movement for All? Restrictive Practices, Human Rights Violations, and European Governance -- 22. The EU's 'Peace-as-Governance' Model: More than pacification? -- 23. The March Eastward: The Role of EU Expansion in Democratic Transition and Consolidation -- 24. US and European Assistance to Democracy NGOs in Transitional Elections: The Cases of Georgia and Mexico -- 25. The EU and Democratization in Cyprus -- 26. The Role of Discursive Consistency in EU Foreign Policy: An analysis of EU Enlargement Policy towards the Western Balkans -- 27. Donor Support for Civil Society Advocacy in Bosnia & Herzegovina -- 28. Challenges and Double-Standards in the EU's Peacebuilding Project in Kosovo -- 29. Where to Observe Elections? The EU's Election Observation Missions around the World N2 - "This book examines the political and legal challenges of regional governance in the European Union and the Council of Europe. Academics and policy makers will learn from its analysis of legal and political efforts to integrate supranational and intergovernmental agencies with national political systems"-- ER -