The European Union With(in) International Organisations: Commitment, Consistency and Effects Across Time

215 Pages·2014·1.25 MB·English

by  Amandine Orsini

The european union wiTh(in)
inTernaTional organisaTions
globalisation, europe,
Multilateralism
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The european union with(in)
international organisations
Commitment, Consistency and effects across Time
Edited by
aManDine orsini
Université Saint-Louis and Université libre de Bruxelles
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Contents
List of Figures vii
List of Tables ix
Notes on Contributors xi
Preface xv
Acknowledgements xvii
List of Abbreviations xix
Introduction
Studying the EU with(in) International Organisations:
Research Agenda 1
Amandine Orsini
Part I: the euroPean unIon wIth(In) InternatIonal
organIsatIons: Broader PIctures
1 Methodology. Studying the EU’s Long-term Participation with(in)
International Organisations: Research Design, Methods and Data 17
Anne Wetzel
2 Membership. The Evolution of EU Membership in Major
International Organisations 35
Peter Debaere, Ferdi De Ville, Jan Orbie, Bregt Saenen
and Joren Verschaeve
3 Representation. Who is Sitting in the EU’s Chair at the UN?
Member States, Presidencies and the Commission 55
Peter Nedergaard and Mads Dagnis Jensen
Part II: the euroPean unIon wIth(In) InternatIonal
organIsatIons: case studIes
4 Labour Standards. An Historical Account of the EU Involvement
with(in) the ILO 75
Robert Kissack
vi The European Union with(in) International Organisations
5 Public Services. Challenging European Politics: The Liberalisation
of Public Services at the World Trade Organization 95
Amandine Crespy
6 Flexicurity. The EU Actorness at the ILO on Flexicurity 117
Eleni Xiarchogiannopoulou and Dimitris Tsarouhas
7 Human Trafficking. The European Union Commitment to Fight
Human Trafficking 137
Beth Simmons and Ashley DiSilvestro
8 Security. EU–NATO Relations: Informal Cooperation as a
Common Lifestyle 157
Nina Græger
Conclusion:
Studying the EU with(in) International Organisations: Main
Results 181
Amandine Orsini
Index 187
List of Figures
2.1 EU membership evolution in a selection of IOs 44
7.1 Cumulative numbers of regional and bilateral legal instruments
in force relating to human trafficking, 1985–2010 144
7.2 EuropeAid financial contribution to UNODC 147
7.3 Bilateral and multilateral aid designated to human trafficking
projects, 1998–2006 150
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List of Tables
1.1 Main characteristics of the proposed research designs 22
2.1 EU membership statuses within a selection of IOs 37
3.1 Five propositions on EU coordination at the UN and variation
over time: work plan 59
3.2 Five propositions on EU coordination at the UN and variation
over time: results 68
5.1 Conceptions of public services in EU and WTO law 101
5.2 The contentious politics of services liberalisation over time 103
6.1 EU and ILO key documents on flexicurity 126
7.1 EU programme budgeting by start year 153
8.1 EU and NATO institutional set-up for security and defence
policy 160
8.2 NATO and EU missions 166
9.1 Summary of the results obtained for each key concept taken
independently 182