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  Complying with Europe: EU Harmonisation and Soft Law in the Member States

Falkner, G., Treib, O., Hartlapp, M., & Leiber, S. (2005). Complying with Europe: EU Harmonisation and Soft Law in the Member States. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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Falkner, Gerda1, 2, Author           
Treib, Oliver2, 3, Author           
Hartlapp, Miriam3, Author           
Leiber, Simone3, 4, Author           
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1Problemlösungsfähigkeit der Mehrebenenpolitik in Europa, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, ou_1214552              
2Institut für Höhere Studien, Wien, Austria, ou_persistent22              
3Institutioneller Wandel im gegenwärtigen Kapitalismus, MPI for the Study of Societies, Max Planck Society, ou_1214549              
4Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut in der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Düsseldorf, Germanya, ou_persistent22              

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 Abstract: What does EU law truly mean for the member states? Do they abide or don't they? This book presents the first encompassing and in-depth empirical study of the effects of 'voluntaristic' and (partly) 'soft' EU policies in all 15 member states. The authors examine 90 case studies across a range of EU Directives and shed light on burning contemporary issues in political science, integration theory, and social policy. They reveal that there are major implementation failures and that, to date, the European Commission has not been able adequately to perform its control function. While all countries are occasional non-compliers, some quite frequently privilege their domestic political concerns over performance of their EU-related duties. Others neglect these EU obligations as a matter of course. This study answers questions of crucial importance for politics in theory and in practice, and suggests how implementation of EU law can be fostered in the future.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2005
 Publication Status: Issued
 Pages: XIV, 404
 Publishing info: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
 Table of Contents: List of figures page
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1 Introduction: flexible EU governance in domestic practice
2 Theorising the domestic impact of EU law: the State of the art and beyond
3 EU social policy over time: the role of Directives
4 The Employment Contract Information Directive: a small but useful social complement to the internal market
5 The Pregnant Workers Directive: European social policy between protection and employability
6 The Working Time Directive: European Standards taken hostage by domestic politics
7 The Young Workers Directive: a safety net with holes
8 The Parental Leave Directive: compulsory policy innovation and voluntary over-implementation
9 The Part-time Work Directive: a facilitator of national reforms
10 Voluntary reforms triggered by the Directives
11 The EU Commission and (non-)compliance in the member states
12 Beyond policy change: convergence of national public-private relations?
13 Implementation across countries and Directives
14 Why do member states fail to comply? Testing the hypotheses suggested in the literature
15 Three worlds of compliance: a typology
16 Conclusions: myth and reality of social Europe
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 Identifiers: eDoc: 270935
ISBN: 0-521-84994-2
ISBN: 0-521-61513-5
ISBN: 0-521-84994-4
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Title: Themes in European Governance
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