Energy Union: Europe's New Liberal Mercantilism?(International Political Economy Series)

This book contributes to an ongoing debate about the EU as a global actor, the organization’s ability to speak with one voice in energy affairs, and the external dimension of the regulatory state. Investigating whether the Energy Union amounts to a fundamental shift towards Europe's new 'Liberal Mercantilism', it gathers high-level contributors from academia and the policy world to shed light on the changing nature of the EU's use of power in one of its most crucial policy fields. It argues that the Energy Union epitomizes a change in the EU’s approach to managing its economic power. Whilst the EU remains committed to a liberal approach to international political economy, it seems ready to promote regulation for the purpose of augmenting its own power at the expense of others, notably Russia. This edited collection will appeal to political scientists, economists and energy experts.

Table of Contents:
Preface; Svein S. Andersen, Andreas Goldthau and Nick Sitter.- Part I. The EU and the Global Political Economy of Energy.- Part I Introduction; Svein S. Andersen, Andreas Goldthau and Nick Sitter.- Chapter 1. From Low to High politics? Regulatory and Economic Power Europe; Svein S. Andersen, Andreas Goldthau and Nick Sitter.- Chapter 2. The Road to Energy Union; Jean-Arnold Vinois.- Chapter 3. The Global Dimension of EU Energy Policy; Øystein Noreng.- Part II. High Politics: The New Security Dimension of European Energy Policy.- Part II Introduction; Svein S. Andersen, Andreas Goldthau and Nick Sitter.- Chapter 4. Geopolitics and the Foreign Policy Dimension of EU Energy Security; Luca Franza and Coby van der Linde.- Chapter 5. Wither the EU's Market-Making: from Liberalization to Securitization?; Tim Boersma and Andreas Goldthau.- Chapter 6. The Hunter Becomes the Hunted: Gazprom Encounters EU Regulation; Indra Overland.- Part III. Low Politics: The Regulatory Dimension of European Energy Policy.- Part III Introduction; Svein S. Andersen, Andreas Goldthau and Nick Sitter.- Chapter 7. An Industry Perspective: The Primacy of Market-Building; Sebastian Eyre.- Chapter 8. Regulating for Consumers? The Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators; Michael C. Labelle.- Chapter 9. The Energy Network: Infrastructure as the Hardware of the Energy Union; Adina Crisan and Maximilian Kuhn.- Part IV. Contesting the Energy Union.- Part IV Introduction; Svein S. Andersen, Andreas Goldthau and Nick Sitter.- Chapter 10. An Odd Pro-Market Trio: Germany, the UK and Norway; Svein S. Andersen, Andreas Goldthau and Nick Sitter.- Chapter 11. No United Front: The Political Economy of Energy in Central and Eastern Europe; Andrej Nosko and Matúš Mišík.- Chapter 12. Something for Everyone: Political Fragmentation and Policy Accommodation in the European Parliament; Michiel van Hulten and Nick Sitter.- Conclusion: Liberal Mercantilism?; Svein S. Andersen, Andreas Goldthau and Nick Sitter. 

About the Author :
Nick Sitter is Professor of Political Economy at the Department of Law at the BI Norwegian Business School, Norway, and Professor of Public Policy at Central European University’s School of Public Policy, Hungary. Andreas Goldthau is Professor of International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. He is also an Associate at the Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, USA, and Fellow at the Global Public Policy Institute, Germany. Svein S. Andersen is Professor of Organization Studies at BI Norwegian BusinessSchool, Norway.