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The politics of ratification of EU treaties /
"Since its inception, the European Union (EU) has revised its foundational treaties several times, resulting in national ratification processes involving different actors, with varying success. This book focuses on the politics of ratification of EU Treaties and reviews the processes of ratific...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, England :
Routledge,
2013.
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| Colección: | Routledge advances in European politics ;
92. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Since its inception, the European Union (EU) has revised its foundational treaties several times, resulting in national ratification processes involving different actors, with varying success. This book focuses on the politics of ratification of EU Treaties and reviews the processes of ratification of EU primary legislation. Existing research and academic debate on EU constitutional politics have almost exclusively focused on negotiation of new treaties and their institutional setting. However, this book explains how the result of ratification was achieved, and analyses the strategy that actors pursue across Europe. Ratification of the Treaty of Maastricht and the EU Constitution failed totally, while other ratifications can be considered partial failures such as the Irish Nice and Lisbon referendums. As the EU Constitution has proved, the ratification process may have deep effects, which are unforeseen during the processes of negotiation. In recent years, ratification has produced some of the most intense debates on national membership of the EU and the EU itself"--Page i |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xix, 209 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-200) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203557867 9780203557860 9781136767241 113676724X |