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Volume 1, Issue 4
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Structure and Policy
of the European Union
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The
following 2 papers were written as an assignment in Dr.
Aurisch’s graduate course
“Structure
and Policy of the European Union” (BUSH 689)
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| How Dangerous are Trade Disputes Between
the EU and the US for Transatlantic Relations? |
| By Romney Stewart |
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| Trade disputes between the European Union and
the United States receive great amounts of publicity and often
cause rifts in the trade relationship between the respective
sides. This paper examines the hormone-fed beef ban, the major
agreements outlining the current trade arrangements, and the
causes of most disputes. |
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| About the author: |
| Romney Stewart is an MBA student at Texas A&M
University and will graduate in |
| May 2003. He is from Salt Lake City, Utah and completed
his undergraduate degree at Brigham Young University. |
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| The Common Agricultural Policy: Foundations,
Development and Prospects |
| By Jane M Cardnell |
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| The Common Agricultural Policy of the EU is one
of the most difficult issues facing the Union. In light of
enlargement, this paper traces the history of the CAP and
the motivations that led to it so that the same mistakes are
not made again. |
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| About the author: |
| Jane Cardnell is a Certificate student at the
Bush School. She is from London, U.K. and completed her undergraduate
study at the University of Durham, U.K. |
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| Is the Common Agricultural Policy prepared
for the 2004 Enlargement? |
| By Lisa Nichols |
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| There is a need to overhaul the current Common
Agricultural Policy to make acquis communautaire, the acceptance
of current EU laws and regulations, more attainable and to
adjust the agricultural sector's share of the EU's budget
to more accurate levels in proportion to the European workforce.
This paper briefly examines the European Union's CAP origins,
evolution, and current enlargement focus. Recent 2002 changes
adopted by the EU in Brussels and CAP reforms for achieving
an "ever closer union" with the candidate countries
will be addressed. |
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| About the author: |
| Lisa Nichols is a Certificate student at the
Bush School. She is from Austin, Texas and completed her Bachelor
of Science in Biomedical Science from Texas A&M University
in August 1999. |
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| The following research paper was
written by Ph.D. student Holly Goerdel from the Department
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| Political Science. It entails
a comprehensive examination of the Structural Funding Policy
within the |
| European Union. |
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| Structural Funding Policy in the EU: An
Evaluation of the Punctuated Equilibrium Theory |
| By Holly T. Goerdel |
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The central aim of this paper is to examine European
Union policy in terms of its agenda setting characteristics.
A theory of punctuated equilibrium is explored, based on
the emergence and recession of policy issues from the transnational
policy agenda.
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| To this end, I hope to demonstrate the utility of
the theory by studying structural funding (SF) policy within
the European Union. |
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| About the author: |
| Holly T. Goerdel is a doctoral candidate at Texas
A&M University in the Department of Political Science.
Her fields of interest include comparative public policy,
political economy, European governance, and health policy
(particularly tobacco and public health). She is presently
working toward completing dissertation research. |
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