Product details
- Categories: Governance & Politics
- Publisher: PALGRAVE-MACMILLAN
- Collection: The European Union in International Affairs
- ISBN: 9781137517296
- Publication Date: 01/08/2015
- Binding: Paperback
- Number of pages: 248
- Language: English
Summary
This book examines how and why the European Union (EU) and its member states coordinate for the G7, G8 and G20 (Gx). Relying on extensive new interview material and an online survey completed by 160 European government officials, Peter Debaere comprehensively maps out the different coordination processes for each Gx forum. To understand these coordination patterns, he reviews several causal factors such as the relevance of the Gx and the idea that EU coordination maximizes influence in international institutions. Building on observations in the fields of finance, development, agriculture and others, Debaere carefully develops causal paths that lead to different levels of internal EU coordination for the Gx.
Table of contents
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1. Introduction
1.1. Research approach
1.2. Structure of the book
2. The European Union and the Gx system
2.1. The Gx system: organization and relevance
2.2. The EU in the Gx
3. Analytical and conceptual framework
3.1. Defining EU coordination in international institutions
3.2. Explaining EU coordination in international institutions
3.3. Methods
PART II: MAPPING EU COORDINATION
4. EU coordination practices for the Gx system
4.1. G20
4.2. G8
4.3. G7
4.4. Diverging expectations about EU coordination
4.5. The European Parliament and the Gx
4.6. Concluding remarks
PART III: EXPLAINING EU COORDINATION
5. Introduction to the cases
5.1. G20 – Finance
5.2. G20 – Development
5.3. Other G20 cases
5.4. G8 – Development
5.5. G8 – Energy/climate
5.6. G7 – Finance
6. Existing policies
6.1. G20 – Finance
6.2. G20 – Development
6.3. Other G20 cases
6.4. G8 – Development
6.5. G8 – Energy/climate
6.6. G7 – Finance
6.7. Concluding remarks
7. Interests
7.1. G20 – Finance
7.2. G20 – Development
7.3. Other G20 cases
7.4. G8 – Development
7.5. G8 – Energy/climate
7.6. G7 – Finance
7.7. Concluding remarks
8. Competences
8.1. G20 – Finance
8.2. G20 – Development
8.3. Other G20 cases
8.4. G8 – Development
8.5. G8 – Energy/climate
8.6. G7 – Finance
8.7. Concluding remarks
9. Relevance
9.1. G20 – Finance
9.2. G20 – Development
9.3. Other G20 cases
9.4. G8 – Development
9.5. G8 – Energy/climate
9.6. G7 – Finance
9.7. Concluding remarks
10. EU influence
10.1. G20 – Finance
10.2. G20 – Development
10.3. Other G20 cases
10.4. G8 – Development
10.5. G8 – Energy/climate
10.6. G7 – Finance
10.7. Concluding remarks
11. Gx organization
11.1. G20 – Finance
11.2. G20 – Development
11.3. Other G20 cases
11.4. G8 – Development
11.5. G8 – Energy/climate
11.6. G7 – Finance
11.7. Concluding remarks
PART IV: CONCLUSION
12. Towards an explanatory framework
12.1. To what extent does the EU coordinate for the Gx?
12.2. How to explain EU coordination for the Gx?
12.3. Constructing causal paths
12.4. General reflections
12.5. Areas for further research
Appendix – List of interviews
Bibliography
Index