Air Transport and the European Union: Europeanization and its Limits

by H. Kassim, H. Stevens

Overview

Air Transport and the European Union examines the emergence of the EU as a major actor in aviation. It investigates how the EU was able to develop a common policy despite the existence of an established sectoral regime and against the opposition of most European states and their 'flag carriers'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333631270
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	12/10/2009
Series:	Palgrave Studies in European Union Politics
Edition description:	2010
Pages:	332
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.60(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

HUSSEIN KASSIM is Professor of Politics and Political Science Mentor at the ESRC Centre for Competition Policy at the University of East Anglia, UK.

HANDLEY STEVENS, formerly Director of International Aviation at the Department of Transport, was from 1994–2007 Visiting Research Associate at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Table of Contents

Tables and Figure vi

Preface vii

Abbreviations or Acronyms ix

1 Introduction 1

Part I Air Transport under the Traditional Regime 19

2 From the Chicago Conference to the New US Aviation Policy 21

3 National Aviation Policy in Europe 40

Part II The Development of the Common Air Transport Policy 57

4 From the Sidelines to the Margins: The EC and Aviation, 1950-83 59

5 The Liberal Breakthrough, 1984-7 81

6 Completing the Single Market in Air Services 105

7 Extending the Scope of the Common Air Transport Policy 130

8 Beyond the Borders of the Single Market 154

Part III The Impact of EU Action 179

9 Regulating the Single Market 181

10 The EU and the Transformation of European Aviation 216

11 Conclusion: Revolution in the Air 257

Notes 271

References 298

Glossary 326

Index 327

Editorial Reviews

'A very important contribution to the theoretical debate about European integration and Europeanization ... the definitive account of how European air transport has been deregulated.'

- Martin Staniland, Professor of International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, USA

"comprehensively researched . authoritative, well written and thoughtful"

- Daniel Calleja, Director for Air Transport, European Commission

' the most comprehensive history of the remarkable transformation of this sector to date; it is also a thorough analysis of the effects of EU politics on its member states and the outside world and a fascinating study of the conditions under which European authorities extended their competences. Anybody who believes that governments and company interests are sufficient to explain the dynamics of economic integration needs to read this book.'

- Cornelia Woll, Research Fellow, Sciences Po Paris, France and Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne, Germany

" a masterful treatment of the politics of international aviation that will be of great interest to political scientists, lawyers, and practitioners... Scholars will find an original perspective on Europeanization and its wider international context; practitioners will find a compelling narrative about the emergence of a new and powerful actor in international aviation."

- Yannis Karagiannis, Researcher, Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI), Spain

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