Political Leadership in the European Union
The challenges that have been facing the European Union (EU) in recent years have given rise to the question: who leads the EU? This book offers a systematic, theoretical and conceptual analysis of political leadership in the EU. It deals with questions such as what kind of leadership is there in the different domains (such as climate change or central banking). It also examines how various EU institutions (European Commission, European Parliament) exert or have exerted leadership. Furthermore, it examines the role not only of the presidents of some of these institutions, such as the European Commission, the European Council, the European Central Bank, but also of selected national leaders. Although the book does not advance a single leadership concept, the findings of the individual case studies show that the EU is by no means leaderless.
The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue in the Journal of European Integration.
Ingeborg Tmmel is Professor Emeritus and Jean Monnet Chair in European Politics and Policies at the University of Osnabrck, Germany, and founding Director of the Osnabrck Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence in European Studies.
Amy Verdun is Professor of Political Science and Jean Monnet Chair Ad Personam. She is Lansdowne Distinguished Fellow and the Founding Director of the European Studies Program and the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the University of Victoria, Canada.
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Simon Duke, European Institute of Public Administration, Netherlands.
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Chapter 1 2018 Ingeborg Tmmel and Amy Verdun. Originally published as Open Access.
Chapter 3 2018 Henriette Mller. Originally published as Open Access.
Chapter 6 2018 Ingeborg Tmmel. Originally published as Open Access.
Chapter 7 2018 Michael Shackleton. Originally published as Open Access.
Chapter 8 2018 Amy Verdun. Originally published as Open Access.
Chapter 9 2018 F. A. W. J. Van Esch. Originally published as Open Access.
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