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Ian Manners, photo.

Ian Manners

Professor

Ian Manners, photo.

The British Presidency of 1998 : New Labour, New Tone?

Author

  • Ian Manners

Editor

  • Ole Elgström

Summary, in English

In this chapter I will offer some critical reflections on the British Presidency of the EU in a way which promotes comparison with other Presidencies in the period 1997 to 2002. In particular I will try to develop ways of thinking about the evaluation and comparison of Presidencies which takes into account both formal and informal factors. In order to achieve this I will use the framework adopted in this book to examine four functions of the Presidency: administration, agenda-shaping, mediation and representation. In addition, I will argue that the means by which we attempt to evaluate and compare Presidencies is the determining factor in our assessments – efficiency, ambition, expectation and impression are all important in our reading of Presidencies.

Publishing year

2003

Language

English

Pages

87-103

Publication/Series

European Union Council Presidencies : A Comparative Analysis

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Routledge

Topic

  • Political Science

Keywords

  • European Union
  • Presidency
  • United Kingdom
  • British
  • 1998
  • New Labour

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 0-203-40096-8
  • ISBN: 978-0415309905