Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / Center for European Policy Studies
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978-1-78660-070-7 • Paperback • March 2016 • $47.00 • (£36.00)
978-1-78660-071-4 • eBook • March 2016 • $44.50 • (£35.00)
Michael Emerson holds honorary doctorates from the universities of Kent and Keele. He began his career as an economist at the OECD, Paris, and subsequently worked for the European Commission, Brussels, from 1973 to 1996, where his posts included advising Roy Jenkins (1977-78) and the Ambassador to the USSR/Russia (1991-95). Since 1996, he has been Senior Research Fellow successively at the LSE and the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). He has authored and edited many books on a wide range of topics including European integration and foreign policy.
Glossary / About the authors / Preface / Executive Summary – Common sense and noble idea / Part I - Questions / 1. What is the Balance of Competences Review? / 2. What are the EU’s competences? / 3. What are the underlying issues? / Part II - Evidence / 1. Core single market policies / 2. Sectoral policies / 3. Economic, monetary and social policies / 4. Justice and home affairs / 5. Education, research and culture / 6. External relations / 7. General issues / Part III – Conclusions / 1. By groups of policies / 2. By reform, renegotiation, or repatriation / 3. Contemplating secession / Appendix A. Balance of Competences Review – Schedule of the British governments’ work / Index / List of Boxes and Figure
Contributors: Graham Avery / Miroslav Beblavý / Arno Behrens / Steven Blockmans / Hugo Brady / Michael Emerson / Daniel Gros / Alzbeta Hájková / Karel Lannoo / Adam Łazowski / Jorge Núñez Ferrer / Steve Peers / Michael Wriglesworth
Emerson and his fellow authors deserve congratulations for producing a book that uses hard evidence to set out the arguments with clarity and common sense.
— The Financial Times
An absolutely invaluable resource for anyone concerned with Britain’s evolving relationship with the European Union.
— Professor Lord Anthony Giddens, London School of Economics
In the finest tradition of British pragmatism: a much needed injection of common sense and seriousness into the British debate on Europe.
— François Heisbourg, Fondation pour la Recherche Stratégique, Paris
This is a comprehensive and cogent analysis of the British government’s review of EU competences. While the government was reluctant to draw conclusions from its own review, the CEPS researchers are bolder.
— Charles Grant, Director of the Centre for European Reform, London
This extraordinarily fair-minded and balanced book is a myth-busting exercise of the best kind. Meticulously boiling down every single European policy field to its very essence, the authors (one of Europe's leading think tank teams) are replacing misperception and misrepresentation with sober facts and sound assessments.
— Jan Techau, Director of Carnegie Europe