Böcker av Simon Bulmer

Analyzing Germany's domestic politics, European policy, relations with partners, and the resultant expressions of power within the EU, the text addresses such key questions as whether Germany is becoming Europe's hegemon, and if Berlin's European policy is being constrained by its internal politics.

Presents a framework for understanding the transfer of policy ideas between EU states. This work identifies four basic types of EU policy transfer and learning such as: 'uploading'; 'downloading'; 'socialization'; and 'information exchange'. It is of interest to students and scholars of European Union politics and policy, and political economy.

This is a path breaking study of the European Union's impact on UK central government. It is the first book to deal comprehensively with the EU's impact on central government across the period from the UK's first application to join in 1961 right up to the end of the Blair administration.

This book offers a nuanced analysis of the German role in the EU, using a novel approach which identifies German influence in the EU in terms of "soft" power. -- .