... for difference. He argues that the principles behind the European Union and the United States are basically the same. Carey Governor Hugh Clinton President William J Bill Derry Hume Professor John Kennedy Senator Edward Moynihan Senator Daniel Northern Ireland O'Neill Speaker Thomas P ‘Tip’ United States...

...This chapter discusses the role of the European Union in peacemaking. It argues that because it is a Union of shared values, it is uniquely placed to play a stronger role in support of peace and security, human rights and development. It examines the implications of the European Security Strategy...

...This chapter argues that although the European Union can be seen in many ways above all else it stands for the fostering and flourishing of peace. It explores the historical context in Europe, including the Thirty Years War, the destruction at the end of the Second World War, and the events of 1989...

...This chapter reviews the transformation of Europe through the free will of free, sovereign, independent peoples. It addresses the enlargement of the European Union, and the potential for new members. It argues that Europe is a force for transformation and creative reconciliation in the world. Cox...

... of treaty reform, a stalled Constitutional Treaty process, and two ratification crises. This book explores the way in which both leaders responded to the demands and opportunities of European Union (EU) membership by profoundly reshaping their domestic European policy-making processes in order to further...

... to map the boundaries of the European Union (EU) national policy-making process over time. The framework is capable of capturing the dynamism and strategic nature of change, which offers a template for evaluating the reform, and that facilitates the identification of domestic and EU-level causal factors...

...This chapter outlines the nature of the common strategic agenda around which strategic players have been recruited to the European Union (EU) network. It provides a historical overview of the formation of the two networks (UK and Ireland) and how they have expanded over time in response...

... committees), as well as informal processes of consultation and communication (for example through ad hoc meetings, circulation lists or correspondence). Within the European Union (EU) network, these mechanisms are critical for coordinating policy across departmental boundaries. The chapter first provides...

...This concluding chapter reprises the key research findings from the study with reference to three key questions: How was the European Union (EU) national policy-making process adapted by Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern in an attempt to project policy preferences more effectively? How can we evaluate...

...This substantially updated and revised edition offers a comprehensive overview of the challenges confronting the political system as well as the international politics of the European Union. It draws from a spectrum of regional integration theories to determine what the Union actually is and how...

...=347 (5 January 2006) As the Cold War ended, a reinvigorated role for the European Union (EU) required of its leaders a major political, even intellectual, readjustment. Prior to 1989, the European Community had enlarged on three occasions. To the original six members of the then European Economic...

... Democratic and Labour Party SDLP Northern Ireland European Union Multi-level governance Devolution In the years since the United Kingdom (UK) joined the European Union (EU) in 1973, Northern Ireland has endured bloody conflict, confronted profound political challenges and, more recently, experienced...

... Council Democratic Unionist Party Hillsborough Agreement 2010 Sinn Féin Northern Ireland European Union Devolution Direct rule Northern Ireland has experienced a complex and troubled political history. In recent years, however, its political form has stabilised and today the devolved Northern...

... Development Programme RDP 2007–13 Ulster Farmers’ Union UFU Frameworks Documents 1995 Northern Ireland European Union Devolution Economy Structural funds Agriculture Northern Ireland’s political environment has clearly been subject to immense changes in recent decades. The Northern Ireland economy has...

... government’s devolution programme and Northern Ireland’s development as an autonomous policy actor in Europe. This study marshals evidence from Northern Ireland’s relationship with the European Union (EU) during the contemporary era of devolved power. Uniquely, it does not treat Northern Ireland as a sui...

... and internal affairs and explores Turkey's involvement in the Gulf War, its accession to the European Union, the Kurdish problem and its international relations. Erbakan Necmettin EU European Union Gulf War 1991 Helsinki negotiation of Turkey's EU membership 1999 Korean War 1950–53 Turkish participation...

...The defining characteristic of European Union (EU) sports policy is the construction of a discrete area of EU sports law. EU sports law extends beyond the mere application of law to sport, to the construction of a legal approach for dealing with sports disputes which allows both the EU's regulatory...

...This chapter outlines the legal context of sports relationship with the European Union (EU). The European Court of Justice (ECJ) rulings for Bruno Walrave, Gaetano Donà, George Heylens, Bosman, Christelle Deliège and Jyri Lehtonen receive particular attention. The ECJ has clearly...

... discourse since the 1970s. It presents a summary of the traditional conception of the Irish territory with an analysis of the way in which this conception has been upheld in Ireland's approach to the European Union. The chapter concludes by examining how a ‘European’ notion of shared space has been present...