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The Development of the EU as a Sea-Policy Actor
Fish, Ships and Navies
9781839101243 Edward Elgar Publishing
The Development of the EU as a Sea-Policy Actor explores the marine and maritime policies of the European Union (EU), including fisheries, maritime transport, marine environment and maritime safety policies. It analyses the naval missions off Somalia''s coast and in the Mediterranean Sea, as well as maritime border control activities in the latter. These various policies have made the EU an important sea-policy actor, not only internally, but also externally.
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The Development of the EU as a Sea-Policy Actor explores the marine and maritime policies of the European Union (EU), including fisheries, maritime transport, marine environment and maritime safety policies. These policies have made the EU an important sea-policy actor internally and externally.
The author places the EU''s sea-related policies in a historical context and discusses the explanatory power of various political science theories, international relations and regional integration theories in particular. What emerges clearly is that no one theory can explain the observed developments, but that we need to combine theories to get a fuller understanding and explanation of what is also referred to as the Blue Europe.
The depth and scope provided in this exploration will be invaluable to scholars and students of the EU and the Law of the Sea, policy-makers in the EU member states, EU institutions dealing with marine and maritime affairs and think tanks.
The author places the EU''s sea-related policies in a historical context and discusses the explanatory power of various political science theories, international relations and regional integration theories in particular. What emerges clearly is that no one theory can explain the observed developments, but that we need to combine theories to get a fuller understanding and explanation of what is also referred to as the Blue Europe.
The depth and scope provided in this exploration will be invaluable to scholars and students of the EU and the Law of the Sea, policy-makers in the EU member states, EU institutions dealing with marine and maritime affairs and think tanks.
Critical Acclaim
‘Finn Laursen provides a masterly comprehensive narrative and analysis of how the European Union has emerged as a sea-policy actor, in part in response to external events and in part through the evolution of its membership structures and efforts at enhancing internal integration with external projections. Laursen uses a blend of international relations theories to help explain and demystify the complex structures and processes underlying the blue Europe. This is an eminently readable book of value to specialist and general readers alike.’
– Aldo Chircop, Dalhousie University, Canada
‘The Development of the EU as a Sea-Policy Actor represents an important work within the body of contemporary studies dedicated to EU as a fully developed player in international relations. The metaphor of Blue Europe is beneficial in pragmatic terms, too, for the mapping and the investigation of the treaties sustaining the marine and maritime policies of the European Union (EU). This multi-layered analysis is complex and especially important in understanding the achievements and the potential of the EU as an actor of the seas.’
– Henrieta Serban, Nordicum-Mediterraneum
– Aldo Chircop, Dalhousie University, Canada
‘The Development of the EU as a Sea-Policy Actor represents an important work within the body of contemporary studies dedicated to EU as a fully developed player in international relations. The metaphor of Blue Europe is beneficial in pragmatic terms, too, for the mapping and the investigation of the treaties sustaining the marine and maritime policies of the European Union (EU). This multi-layered analysis is complex and especially important in understanding the achievements and the potential of the EU as an actor of the seas.’
– Henrieta Serban, Nordicum-Mediterraneum
Contents
Contents: Preface 1. Introduction: On The Law Of The Sea And European Integration 2. Analytical Considerations: On Theory And Concepts 3. The ‘Constitutional’ Basis Of The ‘Blue Europe’: Treaty-Based Sea-Related Competences And Policy-Making Procedures 4. The European Economic Community (EEC) and UNCLOS III: Competences, The Community Clause And Ratification 5. Initiation Of The Common Fisheries Policy (CFP): Equal Access, Derogations And The 200-Mile Zone Decision 6. The Conservation And Management Policy Of The CFP: TACS, Quotas And Sustainability 7. The Common Maritime Transport Policy (CMTP): Initiation And Development 8. Development Of Marine Environmental And Maritime Safety Policies 9. Maritime Security And Defence Policy And Maritime Border Control Policies: Initiation And Developments 10. The EU As An International Sea-Policy Actor 11. Implementation And Enforcement Of The EU’s Marine And Maritime Policies 12. Explanations And Conclusions Index
