This series provides original research in three areas of European Public Policy:
* the EU policy process and studies of particular policy areas within the EU
* national and comparative policy studies with a significant interest beyond the countries studied, and their implications for EU policy
* public policy developments in the non-EU states.
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By Giandomenico Majone
December 05, 1996
Regulating Europe explains why economic and social regulation is rapidly becoming the new frontier of public policy and public administration in Europe, both at the national and EU levels. Statutory regulation, implemented by independent regulatory bodies, is replacing not only older forms of state...
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By Yves Meny, Pierre Muller, Jean-Louis Quermonne
December 12, 1996
The European Union is paradoxical: it is not a state, yet it performs many traditional functions of the state. Its regulatory powers are immense but its redistributive functions are negligible; its decisions penetrate all aspects of economic and social life, yet Brussels has no local administration...