TY - BOOK AU - Stetter,Stephan TI - EU foreign and interior policies: cross-pillar politics and the social contruction of sovereignty SN - 0415414911 PY - 2007/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - European Union KW - Sovereignty KW - Central-local government relations KW - European Union countries N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Theoretical framework : addressing the functional dynamics in the integration of foreign and interior policies at the EU level -- The construction of an EU insider/outsider distinction -- The institutional and substantive dynamics of cross-pillarization -- Authority delegation to supranational actors : primary capabilities -- Authority delegation in between treaty reforms : the secondary capabilities of supranational actors -- Substantive cross-pillar linkages in foreign and interior affairs : the cases of EU Middle East and migration policies -- Policy-making in cross-pillar settings : actor preferences and policy-making dynamics -- The divergent policy preferences of supranational actors in foreign and interior policies : tackling the myth of supranational unity -- Patterns of policy-making in EU foreign and interior policies : executive dominance and co-ordination problems ER -