Adjusting to Europe: The Impact of the European Union on National Institutions and Policies

by Yves Mény, Jean-Louis Quermonne, Pierre Muller

The European Union is paradoxical: it is not a state, yet it performs many traditional functions of the state. Its regulatory powers are immense but its redistributive functions are negligible; its decisions penetrate all aspects of economic and social life, yet Brussels has no local administration or tribunals, no controllers capable of guaranteeing the correct and faithful implementation of the regulations or objectives which frame European policies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415144094
• ISBN13: 9780415144094
• Release Date: November 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 194 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"