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46 J. Common Mkt. Stud. 1 (2008)

handle is hein.journals/jcmks46 and id is 1 raw text is: JCMS 2008 Volume 46. Number 1. pp. 1-25 Introduction: Charting a Contested Transformation* GEOFFREY EDWARDS Pembroke College, University of Cambridge CHRISTOPH 0. MEYER King's College London Abstract The governance of the European Union has been changed through its responses to international terrorism. The analysis of those changes is grounded in an examina- tion of the different perceptions of the phenomenon in academic and political debate. This introductory article traces the most relevant changes across compe- tences, policies and governing modes and highlights dynamics applicable to other areas of EU activity: cross-pillarization, the growth of horizontal governing net- works, co-operation outside the treaty framework and the impact of third countries on EU policy-making. The article puts forward a three-pronged constructivist framework to understand better the main dynamics and factors underpinning the various forms of change, in particular why the emphasis has been on co-ordination and information-sharing rather than on supranational integration. Performance issues are then critically assessed, both in terms of whether the new measures, competences, instruments and resources are likely to be effective as well as with regard to the intended and unintended harmful effects for the civil and democratic rights of EU and third-country citizens. * The authors would like to thank the contributors to this volume for comments on several drafts of this paper and for the opportunity to learn from their expertise and research across a diverse range of policy areas, actors and issues. We are particularly grateful to an anonymous reviewer for his perceptive and detailed comments. The usual disclaimer applies. C 2008 The Author(s) Journal compilation C 2008 Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK and 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA

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