Licensing and Access to Content in the European Union

Licensing and Access to Content in the European Union
Author: Sebastian Felix Schwemer
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2019-05-23
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1108475779

Explores the complex European regulatory landscape for multi-territorial access to and licensing of copyrighted works such as music and audiovisual works.

The European Union Explained

The European Union Explained
Author: Andreas Staab
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 261
Release: 2013-07-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0253009766

“An informative, well-paced, and clearly articulated narrative of the European Union’s development” (Jennifer Yoder, Colby College). This brief and accessible introduction to the European Union is ideal for anyone who needs a concise overview of the structure, history, and policies of the EU. This updated edition includes a new chapter on the sovereign debt crisis in the Eurozone. Andreas Staab offers basic terms and interpretive frameworks for understanding the evolution of the EU; the overall structure, purpose, and mandate of its main constituent divisions; and key policy areas, such as market unification and environmental policy. “Readers in America and Europe alike will benefit from the very considerable expertise revealed in these pages.” —Hugh Dykes, House of Lords, Liberal Democrat Spokesperson on the European Union “A fine introduction to the European Union and will appeal to a range of collections, from political science and business holdings to college-level collections strong in the media.” —Midwest Book Review

The European Union and Customary International Law

The European Union and Customary International Law
Author: Fernando Lusa Bordin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2022-11-03
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108832970

The book offers a systematic discussion of the facets of the relationship between the European Union and customary international law.

The European Monetary Union

The European Monetary Union
Author: Nicola Acocella
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 489
Release: 2020-08-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1108840876

Analyzes the roots of Europe's economic decline, examining institutions of the European Union and exploring possibilities for reform.

The European Union's policy towards Mercosur

The European Union's policy towards Mercosur
Author: Arantza Gomez Arana
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2017-02-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1526108410

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book provides a distinctive and empirically rich account of the European Union’s relationship with the Common Market of the South (Mercosur). It seeks to examine the motivations that determine the EU’s policy towards Mercosur; the most important relationship the EU has with another regional economic integration organization. In order to investigate these motivations (or lack thereof), this study examines the contribution of the main policy- and decision-makers, the European Commission and the Council of Ministers, as well as the different contributions of the two institutions. It analyses the development of EU policy towards Mercosur in relation to three key stages. Arana argues that the dominant explanations in the literature fail to adequately explain the EU’s policy, in particular, these accounts tend to infer the EU’s motives from its activity. Rather than the EU pursuing a strategy, as implied by most of the existing literature, the EU was largely responsive, which explains why the relationship is much less developed than the EU’s relations with other parts of the world.

The European Fund for Strategic Investments: The Legacy

The European Fund for Strategic Investments: The Legacy
Author: European Investment Bank
Publisher: European Investment Bank
Total Pages: 81
Release: 2021-01-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9286148151

The inside story of the European Fund for Strategic Investments from 2015 to 2020 told through interviews with the Managing Director, Deputy Managing Director, members of the Investment Committee and final beneficiaries across Europe. The architects of this €500 billion-plus programme, the head of the EU bank and the president of the European Commission, describe the genesis of this financial pillar of the Investment Plan for Europe. Then the people who ran one of the biggest economic stimulus programmes in history detail how they did it—and what the lessons are for policymakers responding to new crises, including the economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The European Fund for Strategic Investments has been one of the good news stories to emerge in a decade of economic uncertainty. It has gone well beyond its highly ambitious target of €500 billion in mobilised investments. The Juncker Plan has made a strong contribution to the 14 million jobs created in the EU between 2015 and 2020. It has become a success in co-financing projects that otherwise might not have been carried through. It has also charted the path towards new ways of financing. This is not only the case in relatively conventional areas, such as infrastructure, but also in sectors like research and innovation or the contribution to climate change mitigation. This is exactly what makes EFSI so ground-breaking: responding to the needs of the market through continuous financial innovation. The principle of the European Fund for Strategic Investments is here to stay. It has paved the way for its successor, the InvestEU programme, which is to be deployed under the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework. This publication details why the programme was such a success.

The Oxford Handbook of the European Union

The Oxford Handbook of the European Union
Author: Erik Jones
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 924
Release: 2012-08-30
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0199546282

The Oxford Handbook of the European Union brings together numerous acknowledged specialists in their field to provide a comprehensive and clear assessment of the nature, evolution, workings, and impact of European integration.

Adult Education Policy and the European Union: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives

Adult Education Policy and the European Union: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2014-01-01
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9462095485

FREELY AVAILABLE ONLINE AS OPEN ACCESS BOOK! The European Union is now a key player in making lifelong learning and adult education policy: this is the first book to explore a range of theoretical and methodological perspectives researchers can use to investigate its role. Chapters by leading experts and younger scholars from across Europe and beyond cover the evolution of EU policies, the role of policy ‘actors’ in what is often seen as the ‘black box’ of EU policy-making, and the contribution state theory can make to understanding the EU and its relations with Europe’s nations. They consider what theories of governmentality—drawing on the work of Foucault—can contribute. And they demonstrate how particular methodological approaches, such as ‘policy trails’, and the contribution the sociology of law, can make. Contributors include both specialists in adult education and scholars exploring how work from other disciplines can contribute to this field. This is the first book in a new series from the European Society for Research on the Education of Adults, and draws on work within its Network on Policy Studies in Adult Education.

The Institutions of the European Union

The Institutions of the European Union
Author: Michael Shackleton
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2012-03-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0199574987

The book explains functions, powers and composition of the EU's institutions, including the Council of Europe, the Council of Ministers, the College of Commissioners, the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Central Bank, the Court of Auditors and OLAF, and the Committee of Regions. After a historical overview of the attempts at EU institutional reform, three chapters examine how different institutions provide political direction, manage the Union and integrate interests.

Access to Information in the European Union

Access to Information in the European Union
Author: Herke Kranenborg
Publisher: ISBS
Total Pages: 146
Release: 2005
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9789076871462

In the last 15 years, transparency has been one of the central themes in the European integration process. By providing more openness about its activities, the European Union tries to bring itself closer to its citizens. Transparency is considered one of the main methods to relieve the 'democratic deficit'. One way of increasing transparency is to grant citizens a right to access information. Another way is to actively publish information. Transparency is not an exclusive feature of European integration. On the contrary, inspiration for policies on access to information is mostly drawn from the sometimes longstanding experiences of the member states. Access to Information in the European Union provides for a detailed and useful overview of EC and member state legislation in the field of access to information, highlighting the similarities and differences between national legislation of different member states.