This book studies the relationship between administrative capacity and a member state’s influence in the European Union. More specifically, it studies member states’ ability to exert control over the European Commission during trade negotiations. But what determines administrative capacity and how do member states ensure their preferences are defended during trade negotiations? A combination of qualitative fieldwork and survey-analysis provides the answer. Interviews in Belgium,...
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Chapter 1: Member States in EU Trade Negotiations.- Chapter 2: Theoretical Framework.- Chapter 3: Signalling Control.- Chapter 4: Exploring National Trade Admin...
Sobre o autor
Johan Adriaensen is a research coordinator at the Center for European Research in Maastricht (CERi M) at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. He has been a guest pr...