Research Highlights 2010

EUROPEAN DECISION-MAKING

Articles

M. Groenleer, M. Kaeding and E. Versluis (2010) Regulatory governance through EU Agencies?
The role of the European Agencies for Maritime and Aviation Safety in the Implementation of European Transport Legislation
, Journal of European Public Policy 17(8), pp.1212-1230.

M. Kaeding and A. Hardacre (2010) The execution of delegated powers after Lisbon. A timely analysis of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny and its lessons for delegated acts, EUI Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies (RSCAS) No. 85.

S. Kajn? and M. Svetli?i? (2010) What it takes to run an EU presidency: study of competences in Slovenia’s public administration. Halduskultuur, 11 (1) pp. 84-109.

Book

A. Hardacre, (2010) “The Rise and Fall of Interregionalism in EU External Relations” (Republic of Letters Publishing).

Handbook

A. Hardacre and M. Kaeding (2010) “Delegated & Implementing Acts - The New Comitology. The EIPA Practical Guide”, Maastricht, EIPA.

Book chapters

M. Augustyn, Analysis of procedures established in Member States with regional parliaments regarding subsidiarity scrutiny within the Early Warning System, chapters on Austria (pp.11-23) and Germany (pp. 41-55), in G. Vara Arribas and D. Bourdin, “The role of regional parliaments in the process of subsidiarity analysis within the Early Warning System of the Lisbon Treaty”, published by the European Union - Committee of the Regions 2011. 201 pages.

T. Jans, Analysis of procedures established in Member States with regional parliaments regarding subsidiarity scrutiny within the Early Warning System, chapter on Belgium (pp. 24-40), in G. Vara Arribas and D. Bourdin, “The role of regional parliaments in the process of subsidiarity analysis within the Early Warning System of the Lisbon Treaty”, published by the European Union - Committee of the Regions 2011, 201 pages.

Technical Papers and Reports

E. Best, Regional Integration and Democratic Security, Study for the Secretariat-General of the Central American Integration System (SICA), San Salvador (March 2010) .

A. Hardacre, Regional Integration Implications For African Textile Industry (International Trade Centre Technical Paper, November 2010).

S. Kajn?, When in Rome... Romans change: reflection on trends in EU’s policy-making in the field of foreign policy following the 2004/2007 enlargement. In: “Inclusion completed, adaptation successful?: what divides new and old members in the European Union, 6 years on?”, event report. Budapest. Available here.

E. Brattberg, M. Rhinard, S. Kajn? (2011) Bridging Turbulent Times: A Survey report on the 2009 Swedish Presidency of the European Union. Occasional Paper 2011. Stockholm: Swedish Institute of International Affairs (forthcoming).

EUROPEAN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT

Book chapters

S.Archmann and J. Castillo Iglesias (2010), Towards a more effective and efficient eGovernment: the importance of shared services, in “Beyond e-Government Measuring Performance: A Global Perspective”, A. Shark and S. Toporkoff (eds.), Public Technology Institute and ITEMS International, USA.

S. Archmann and J. Castillo Iglesias (2010), Perspectives on eGovernment in Europe, in “Information and Communication Technologies and Virtual Public Spheres: Impacts of Network Structures on Civil Society”, R. A. Cropf and W. S. Krummenacher (eds.), IGI Global.

S. Archmann and A. Guiffart (forthcoming), ICT: obstacle or enabler for social inclusion? The impacts of new technologies on Governance, in ‘’Handbook of Research on E-governance and social inclusion: Concepts and Cases’’, S. Baum and A. Mahizhnan (eds.), IGI Global.

M. Burnett, Developing a complexity test for the use of Competitive Dialogue for PPP contracts, in European PPP Law Review, 2010, Volume 5, Number 4, pp. 215-223.

Review of book on Competitive Dialogue by John Tizard – Dialogue – the foundation for partnership – in “Government Opportunities”, March 2010

Bibliography references for book Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) – A decision’s maker’s guide – in “A guide to guidance – Sourcebook for PPPs”, carried out by Frontier Economics for DG MOVE, the Trans-European for Transport Network Executive Agency and the European PPP Expertise Centre.

Review of book on Competitive Dialogue by Professor Christopher Bovis – Competitive Dialogue – A Practical Guide – in European PPP Law Review, 2010, Volume 4, December 2010

N.Thijs (2010), Kwaliteit in de Overheid, in Geert Bouckaert et. al. (eds.) Handboek Overheidsmanagement, Van den Broele, pp. 257-282.

H. Kuperus and A. Rode, What kind of leadership is needed in the public administration and why? Paper for the International Research Society for Public Management Conference/IRSPM, Berne, 7-9 April 2010.

Report

P. Staes and N. Thijs (eds.) (2010), Growing towards Excellence in European Public Sector. A decade of European collaboration with CAF, EIPA , p.150.

Conference Papers

S. Archmann and J. Castillo Iglesias, (2010), Quality Management in eGovernment: The European Dimension- Improving Public Service Delivery Through ICT, Conference proceedings Ludwigsburg.

S. Archmann and J. Castillo Iglesias (2010), From Weberian Bureaucracy to New Public Management, European Public Law Organization (EPLO).

S.Archmann and J. Castillo Iglesias (2010), Towards a more effective and efficient eGovernment: the importance of shared services, in METTEG 10 Conference proceedings.

EUROPEAN POLICIES

Articles

Dr M. Kekelekis and Dr I.E. Rusu, “The Award of Public Contracts and the notion of ‘Internal Operator’ Under Regulation 1370/2007 on Public Passenger Transport Services by Rail and by Road”, 19 Public Procurement Law Review 6, 2010.

W. Koeth, State building without a state: the EU’s dilemma in defining its relations with Kosovo, European Foreign Affairs Review, Kluwer Law International, 2010, Volume 15, pp. 227-247.

Dr P. Nicolaides and M. Kleis, Fiscal State Aid and Environmental Protection: Analysis of a Conceptual and Practical Problem, Tijdschrift voor Staatssteun, 2010.

Dr P. Nicolaides and Dr I.E. Rusu, The Conflicting Roles of State Aid Control: Support of Financial Institutions v Safeguarding the Internal Market, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 2010.

Dr P. Nicolaides and Dr I.E. Rusu, The Financial Crisis and State Aid, Anti-trust Bulletin, 2010.

Dr P. Nicolaides, Distortion of Competition in the Field of State Aid: From Unnecessary Aid to Unnecessary Distortion, European Competition Law Review, 2010.

Dr P. Nicolaides, State Aid, Advantage and Competitive Selection: What Is a Normal Market Transaction? European State Aid Law Quarterly, 2010.

Book chapters

Dr S. Duke and A. Courtier, EU Peace-building: Concepts, Players and Instruments, in Jan Wouters, Steven Blockmans and Tom Ruys (eds.), “The European Union and Peacebuilding: Policy and Legal Aspects”, TMC Asser Press, distributed by Kluwer Law, 2010.

Dr S. Duke, Consistency and Coherence in EU External Relations: A Political Science Perspective, in Panos Koutrakos (ed.), “European Foreign Policy: Legal and Political Perspectives”, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2010.

Dr S. Duke, Still at the Crossroads: Europe, the United States and NATO, (with R.N. Haar), in Erik Jones and Ron Tierky (eds.), Europe Today, 4th edition, Lanham: Rowman and Littlefield, (forthcoming).

Dr S. Duke, Under the authority of the High Representative, in Gisela Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet (ed.), “The High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy 1999-2009: A strong Catalyst for the European Union’s international Role?”, Baden Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, (forthcoming).

EU LAW

Articles

N. Long, Coopération interministérielle et lutte contre le carrousel de TVA dans l’Union européenne in Revue des Affaires Européennes - Law and European Affairs, 2009-2010/1, pp. 129-139.

Commissioned Study
Freedom, Security and Justice

N. Long, Harmonization of criminal law: A special focus on the US judicial system, requested by the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE), March 2010. Available here.

REGIONAL POLICIES

Commissioned studies

G. Vara Arribas and D. Bourdin, with the support of M. Unfried, “The potential of the Lisbon Treaty: A challenge for The Netherlands and its provinces & municipalities”, 91 pages, September 2010.

G. Vara Arribas and D. Bourdin, “The role of regional parliaments in the process of subsidiarity analysis within the Early Warning System of the Lisbon Treaty”, published by the European Union - Committee of the Regions 2011, 201 pages.

Scientific Paper/Article

A.Heichlinger and P. Gallego, A new e-ID card and on-line authentication in Spain, in the Special Issue/Journal on Identity in the Information Society: The Diversity of National e-IDs in Europe – Lessons learnt from Comparative Research, Herbert Kubicek (ed.), Springer Verlag, 2010, pp. 43-64.