European Integration Without EU Membership : Models, Experiences, Perspectives

At the beginning of the 1990s, the concept of "European integration" could still be said to be fairly unambiguous. Nowadays, it has become plural and complex almost to the point of unintelligibility. This is due, of course, to the internal differentiation of EU membership, with several Member States pulling out of key integrative projects such as establishing an area without frontiers, the "Schengen" area, and a common currency. But this is also due to the differentiated extension of key integrative projects to European non-EU countries - Schengen is again a case in point. Such processes of "integration without membership", the focus of the present publication, are acquiring an ever-growing topicality both in the political arena and in academia. International relations between the EU and its neighbouring countries are crucial for both, and their development through new agreements features prominently on the continent's political agenda. Over and above this aspect, the dissemination of EU values and standards beyond the Union's borders raises a whole host of theoretical and methodological questions, unsettling in some cases traditional conceptions of the autonomy and separation of national legal orders. This publication brings together the papers presented at the Integration without EU Membership workshop held in May 2008 at the EUI (Max Weber Programme and Department of Law). It aims to compare different models and experiences of integration between the EU, on the one hand, and those European countries that do not currently have an accession perspective on the other hand. In delimiting the geographical scope of the inquiry, so as to scale it down to manageable proportions, the guiding principles have been to include both the "Eastern" and "Western" neighbours of the EU, and to examine both structured frameworks of cooperation, such as the European Neighbourhood Policy and the European Economic Area, and bilateral relations developing on a more ad hoc basis. These principles are reflected in the arrangement of the papers, which consider in turn the positions of Ukraine, Russia, Norway, and Switzerland in European integration - current standing, perspectives for evolution, consequences in terms of the EU-ization of their respective legal orders1. These subjects are examined from several perspectives. We had the privilege of receiving contributions from leading practitioners and scholars from the countries concerned, from EU highranking officials, from prominent specialists in EU external relations law, and from young and talented researchers. We wish to thank them all here for their invaluable insights. We are moreover deeply indebted to Marise Cremona (EUI, Law Department, EUI) for her inspiring advice and encouragement, as well as to Ramon Marimon, Karin Tilmans, Lotte Holm, Alyson Price and Susan Garvin (Max Weber Programme, EUI) for their unflinching support throughout this project. A word is perhaps needed on the propriety and usefulness of the research concept embodied in this publication. Does it make sense to compare the integration models and experiences of countries as different as Norway, Russia, Switzerland, and Ukraine? Needless to say, this list of four evokes a staggering diversity of political, social, cultural, and economic conditions, and at least as great a diversity of approaches to European integration. Still, we would argue that such diversity only makes comparisons more meaningful. Indeed, while the particularities and idiosyncratic elements of each "model" of integration are fully displayed in the present volume, common themes and preoccupations run through the pages of every contribution: the difficulty in conceptualizing the finalité and essence of integration, which is evident in the EU today but which is greatly amplified for non-EU countries; the asymmetries and tradeoffs between integration and autonomy that are inherent in any attempt to participate in European integration from outside; the alteration of deeply seated legal concepts, and concepts about the law, that are already observable in the most integrated of the non-EU countries concerned. These issues are not transient or coincidental: they are inextricably bound up with the integration of non-EU countries in the EU project. By publishing this collection, we make no claim to have dealt with them in an exhaustive, still less in a definitive manner. Our ambition is more modest: to highlight the relevance of these themes, to place them more firmly on the scientific agenda, and to provide a stimulating basis for future research and reflection.

Aportación de la truficultura al desarrollo socioeconómico: resultados de los estudios realizados en el municipio de Sarrión (Teruel)

La trufa negra aparece de forma silvestre entre otros lugares en la Sierra de Javalambre (Teruel), donde desde hace 15 años se han establecido plantaciones de trufa con la intención de cultivar este "tesoro culinario". La información extraída de este estudio, basado en encuestas realizadas a personas vinculadas al cultivo de la trufa en esta Región, tiene como objetivo estimar el impacto socioeconómico de este cultivo en ciertas regiones,comparando su beneficio con los cultivos tradicionales de estas zonas.

Minimal requirements for parameters to be used for the development of predictive models for microbial source tracking. The example of the pair somatic coliphages and phages infecting Bacteroides

Several methods and approaches for measuring parameters to determine fecal sources of pollution in water have been developed in recent years. No single microbial or chemical parameter has proved sufficient to determine the source of fecal pollution. Combinations of parameters involving at least one discriminating indicator and one universal fecal indicator offer the most promising solutions for qualitative and quantitative analyses. The universal (nondiscriminating) fecal indicator provides quantitative information regarding the fecal load. The discriminating indicator contributes to the identification of a specific source. The relative values of the parameters derived from both kinds of indicators could provide information regarding the contribution to the total fecal load from each origin. It is also essential that both parameters characteristically persist in the environment for similar periods. Numerical analysis, such as inductive learning methods, could be used to select the most suitable and the lowest number of parameters to develop predictive models. These combinations of parameters provide information on factors affecting the models, such as dilution, specific types of animal source, persistence of microbial tracers, and complex mixtures from different sources. The combined use of the enumeration of somatic coliphages and the enumeration of Bacteroides-phages using different host specific strains (one from humans and another from pigs), both selected using the suggested approach, provides a feasible model for quantitative and qualitative analyses of fecal source identification.

Emmanuel Levinas. La vocation médicale de l'homme

On trouvera ici un recueil des grands textes médicaux, littéraires, de philosophie et de sciences sociales sur l'expérience de la maladie et du soin. Il révèle combien cette expérience était déjà au coeur de la pensée la plus classique, mais aussi comment elle est devenue classique dans la pensée la plus contemporaine. D'Hippocrate à Georges Canguilhem, de Tolstoï à Susan Sontag, de Montaigne à Michel Foucault et Erving Goffman, ces classiques permettent d'appréhender les tensions les plus profondes et actuelles du soin : geste technique et relation éthique ; souci de soi et présence à l'autre ; quête de sens et travail ; solidarité et risque d'exclusion ; raison d'être ou point aveugle de la médecine. Chaque texte est suivi d'un commentaire destiné aux étudiants de philosophie et de médecine (notamment de Première Année Commune des Études de Santé) et à tous ceux qu'intéressent les dimensions scientifiques, éthiques et sociales du soin.

Les classiques du soin

On trouvera ici un recueil des grands textes médicaux, littéraires, de philosophie et de sciences sociales sur l'expérience de la maladie et du soin. Il révèle combien cette expérience était déjà au coeur de la pensée la plus classique, mais aussi comment elle est devenue classique dans la pensée la plus contemporaine. D'Hippocrate à Georges Canguilhem, de Tolstoï à Susan Sontag, de Montaigne à Michel Foucault et Erving Goffman, ces classiques permettent d'appréhender les tensions les plus profondes et actuelles du soin : geste technique et relation éthique ; souci de soi et présence à l'autre ; quête de sens et travail ; solidarité et risque d'exclusion ; raison d'être ou point aveugle de la médecine. Chaque texte est suivi d'un commentaire destiné aux étudiants de philosophie et de médecine (notamment de Première Année Commune des Études de Santé) et à tous ceux qu'intéressent les dimensions scientifiques, éthiques et sociales du soin.

Gestão de resíduos químicos em universidades: Universidade de Brasília em foco

The University of Brasília (UnB) uses a diversity of chemical products, generating residues in a significant way in its multiple activities - teaching, research and community services. The UnB Comission on Chemical Residues Management was established in November 2002, aiming at three main objectives: 1) correct destination for the accumulated residues; 2) implantation of a chemical residues management system and 3) implantation of a UnB Unit for Treatment of Chemical Residues. To fulfil these commitments, a diagnosis of chemical residues produced by the University was performed, which is here presented with an evaluation of their future use, limitations and possibilities.

Stabilitet och förändring i sociologin

Offentlig föreläsning vid professorsinstallation vid Åbo Akademi den 20 april 2007.

Maija kukkarossa? : talouden valta ja vallaton talous : naistutkimuspäivät 2005

Naistutkimuspäivät, marraskuu 2005, Helsingin kauppakorkeakoulu ja Svenska Handelshögskolan.

Distribuição espacial de carbono em solo sob floresta primária na Amazônia meridional

O estudo do carbono assume grande importância devido à sua estreita relação com as mudanças climáticas da Terra. Uma das causas relevantes dessas alterações é a rápida substituição das florestas tropicais da Amazônia por sistemas agropecuários. Este trabalho foi desenvolvido em Juruena (MT), com os seguintes objetivos: estudo da distribuição espacial do teor de carbono e a estimativa do seu estoque na camada de 0-0,60 m de solo em microbacias sob floresta primária, por meio de técnicas geoestatísticas. Foram demarcados 185 pontos georreferenciados em forma de malha sistemática regular, abrangendo quatro microbacias próximas, com espaçamento de 20 x 20 m, em que foram coletadas amostras de solo até a profundidade de 0,60 m. A densidade aparente aumentou de 1,36 ± 0,081 g.cm-3 (± desvio-padrão) para 1,46 ± 0,083 g.cm-3, nas profundidades de 0-0,20 m e 0,40-0,60 m, respectivamente. As microbacias apresentaram estoques médios de carbono (profundidade de 0-0,60 m) distribuídos da seguinte forma: microbacia 1 = 56,73 t.ha-1, microbacia 2 = 59,35 t.ha-1, microbacia 3 = 59,22 t.ha-1 e microbacia 4 = 64,35 t.ha-1, com média geral de 59,74 ± 10,30 t.ha-1. Apesar de existir uma aparente homogeneidade quanto às características visíveis na paisagem, como relevo, cor de solo e vegetação, os atributos carbono e argila apresentaram considerável variabilidade, mesmo dentro de pequenos espaços como as microbacias estudadas. Isso demonstrou que a extrapolação de dados para estimativas de estoque de carbono em áreas maiores pode projetar resultados falsos, quando a variabilidade espacial de atributos de solo não é levada em consideração.

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