Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface and Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; The Contemporary Transformation of the State; Explaining the Transformation of the State; The Functionalist Image of Europeanisation; Method; Research Strategies: Comparative Method vs. Case Study; Research Design; Choice of the Case; Notes; 2 European Transport Liberalisation; A Brief Introduction to Transport Policy; Building a Common Transport Market; The Problem of European Transport Policy; Political Conflict; Policy Outcome
Conclusion: Pressure for National Transport PoliciesNotes; 3 Italian Transport Policy in the European Context; Road Haulage; A Decade of Road-Haulage Policy; Refusing the European â#x80;#x98;Railway Ragoutâ#x80;#x99;; Italian and European Railway Reform Projects Compared; The Impact of the Railway Reforms on Italy; Organisational Autonomy; Market-making; Conclusion; The Puzzle of Italian Transport Policy; Notes; 4 Linking Italy to Europe: Improving Prospects for Europeanisation; Linking Italy to Europe: The Central Administration; Linking Italy to Europe: The Italian Antitrust Agency
The Role of Antitrust in RegulationCompetencies and Powers of the Italian Antitrust Agency; The Autorità Garante in Action; The European Link of the Italian Antitrust Law; Antitrust and Transport; Conclusion; Notes; 5 Europeanisation and the Regulatory Policy Cycle; How Does the European Policy Cycle Work?; European Decision Making; Implementation and Enforcement; Road Haulage; Railways; Conclusion: the Significance of Legal Enforcement; Regulatory Competition and the Demand for Reregulation; Regulatory Competition in Transport; Regulatory Competition in the Road-Haulage Sector
Regulatory Competition in the Railway SectorConclusion; The Explanatory Power of the Regulatory Policy Cycle; Notes; 6 Europeanisation and Institutional Mediation; How is Europeanisation Mediated by National Institutions?; Road Haulage Sector; State Capacity; Administrative Interest Intermediation; The Interaction Between Interest Groups and the State; The Pattern of European Influence: Deviation Amplification; Railway Sector; State Capacity; Administrative Interest Intermediation; European Influence on National Policy Dynamics: Random Enforcement
Europeanisation and National Entrepreneurial PoliticsNotes; 7 Conclusions; Images of Europeanisation in Comparison With Italian Transport Reform; Possible generalisations; Lessons for Europeanisation Research; Notes; Bibliography; Index
