The Europeanisation of British Competition Policy

Italian Politics and the European Union: A Tale of Two Research Designs

Drawing on the conceptual framework of Europeanisation, we trace the Europeanisation of Italian politics by combining top-down analysis (that is, how Italy has adapted to pressure coming from Brussels) with a bottom-up examination of how Italian policy-makers have encountered the EU in their attempts to pursue domestic policy goals. We find that the foreign policy orientation and policy prefere...

Editorial Guidance Notes Britain in Europe and Europe in Britain: the Europeanisation of British Politics? Introduction

Exporting Europeanisation: EU enlargement, the twinning exercise and administrative reform in Eastern Europe

This paper looks at the EU's efforts to assist administrative reform in Eastern Europe. It pays particular attention to the twinning exercise; the new EU policy instrument through which civil servants from the member states are seconded to the applicant countries with the task of speeding up the process of their legal convergence with the EU and the setting up of institutions for upholding and ...

A historical Review of British Role in Iran-Iraqi Dispute on the Shatt-al-Arab Waterway

 Relations between the third world countries in different parts of Asia and Africa during the 19th and 20th centuries, to a great extent, were influenced by the presence and policies of colonial powers. Thus, for a better understanding of roots of disputes and issues existing between these countries concerning frontiers, disputed Islands, political and prejudicial tensions, we need to study pas...

Europeanisation of health systems: a qualitative study of domestic actors in a small state.

BACKGROUND Health systems are not considered to be significantly influenced by European Union (EU) policies given the subsidiarity principle. Yet, recent developments including the patients' rights and cross-border directive (2011/24 EU), as well as measures taken following the financial crisis, appear to be increasing the EU's influence on health systems. The aim of this study is to explore ho...