The Eu And Federalism

Author : Michael Burgess
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134736782

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Federalism and the European Union by Michael Burgess Pdf

A revisionist interpretation of the post-war evolution of European integration and the European Union (EU), this book reappraises and reassesses conventional explanations of European integration. It adopts a federalist approach which supplements state-based arguments with federal political ideas, influences and strategies. By exploring the philosophical and historical origins of federal ideas and tracing their influence throughout the whole of the EU's evolution, the book makes a significant contribution to the scholarly debate about the nature and development of the EU. The book looks at federal ideas stretching back to the sixteenth century and demonstrates their fundamental continuity to contemporary European integration. It situates these ideas in the broad context of post-war western Europe and underlines their practical relevance in the activities of Jean Monnet and Altiero Spinelli. Post-war empirical developments are explored from a federalist perspective, revealing an enduring persistence of federal ideas which have been either ignored or overlooked in conventional interpretations. The book challenges traditional conceptions of the post-war and contemporary evolution of the EU, to reassert and reinstate federalism in theory and practice at the very core of European integration.

Author : Dimitry Kochenov
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 869 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781107072701

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EU Citizenship and Federalism by Dimitry Kochenov Pdf

Leading experts in EU constitutional law examine the foundational importance of citizenship rights in delimiting the scope of EU law.

Author : Bojan Kovacevic
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-05-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317139003

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Europe's Hidden Federalism by Bojan Kovacevic Pdf

The hidden federal features of the European Union help explain the challenges of legitimacy, democracy and freedom that face an unfinished political community. Ideas about federalism and the reality of existing federal states cannot be sharply divided in an analysis of the EU’s multilevel political order, but so far, both scholars and major decision makers have shown interest only in the normal functioning of federal systems: ignoring the dilemma of the federation’s legitimate authority has resulted in an existential crisis for the EU which has become ever more manifest over recent years. This book employs a combination of political philosophy and political science, of federal philosophic ideas and their traces in real federal institutions, in order to achieve the task of understanding the federal features of the EU governance system. The first part of the work focuses on building an appropriate theoretical framework to explain the new meanings attached to familiar notions of democracy, legitimacy and citizenship in the context of a political community like the EU. In the second part the federal features of the EU’s political system are examined in comparison to other current and historical federal perspectives like the US, Switzerland, Yugoslavia and Germany. Through an analysis of the hidden federal aspects of the EU and the links between hidden federalism and the EU’s legitimacy crisis, this book reveals the patterns that should be avoided and gives us guidelines that should be followed if the EU is to become democratic and politically united without jeopardising the state character of its members.

Author : Elke Cloots,Geert De Baere,Stefan Sottiaux
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781847319975

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Federalism in the European Union by Elke Cloots,Geert De Baere,Stefan Sottiaux Pdf

This edited volume aims to reveal the Janus-faced character of federalism in the European Union. Federalism appears in two main forms in the EU. On the one hand, numerous formerly unitary Member States have embarked on a path towards a (quasi-)federal governance structure. On the other hand, the EU itself is sometimes qualified as a federal system. Significantly, the concept of federalism has a very different, even opposite, connotation in both contexts. When associated with Member State reform, federalism is regarded as a technique for accommodating autonomy claims of sub-state nations. By contrast, when federalism is used as a label for the EU itself, it is conceived as a far-reaching way of integrating the nations of Europe. This dual appearance of federalism in the EU context is central to the structure of the book. The first collection of essays addresses the question whether the EU may be described as a federal system, and whether it can learn from existing federations. In the second set of contributions, the attention shifts to domestic federalisation processes, more particularly to the impact of these processes on EU law and vice versa.

Author : Anand Menon,Martin A. Schain
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2006-11-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199291106

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Comparative Federalism:The European Union and the United States in Comparative Perspective by Anand Menon,Martin A. Schain Pdf

The Convention on the Future of Europe served to galvanize debate about the nature and future developmental trajectory of the European Union. More specifically, it engendered discussion over the degree to which the process resembled that which had occurred in Philadelphia some two hundred years earlier, and, more broadly, over the extent to which the European Union does, or should, resemble the United States. Partly as a consequence of such debates, comparative federalism is now animportant topic, with scholarly work comparing the US and EU proliferating rapidly. The present volume seeks to build on and contribute to this growing literature, by developing a systematic comparison of the institutions, policies and developmental patterns of the European Union and the UnitedStates.

Author : R. Daniel. KELEMEN,R. Daniel Kelemen
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780674039421

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The Rules of Federalism by R. Daniel. KELEMEN,R. Daniel Kelemen Pdf

This book examines patterns of environmental regulation in the European Union and four federal polities--the United States, Germany, Australia, and Canada. Daniel Kelemen develops a theory of regulatory federalism based on his comparative study, arguing that the greater the fragmentation of power at the federal level, the less discretion is allotted to component states. Kelemen's analysis offers a novel perspective on the EU and demonstrates that the EU already acts as a federal polity in the regulatory arena. In The Rules of Federalism, Kelemen shows that both the structure of the EU's institutions and the control these institutions exert over member states closely resemble the American federal system, with its separation of powers, large number of veto points, and highly detailed, judicially enforceable legislation. In the EU, as in the United States, a high degree of fragmentation in the central government yields a low degree of discretion for member states when it comes to implementing regulatory statutes. Table of Contents: Acknowledgments 1. Regulatory Federalism and the EU 2. Environmental Regulation in the EU 3. Environmental Regulation in the United States 4. Environmental Regulation in Germany 5. Environmental Regulation in Australia and Canada 6. Food and Drug Safety Regulation in the EU 7. Institutional Structure and Regulatory Style Notes References Cases Cited Index R. Daniel Kelemen's The Rules of Federalism is an important contribution to both the literature on federalism and on the European Union. It makes an original theoretical and empirical contribution to our understanding of regulatory federalism and sheds new light on the federal systems which it compares. It will open up new avenues of inquiry. --Alberta Sbragia, University of Pittsburgh The Rules of Federalism makes a significant contribution to the literature on regulatory federalism. Keleman's original theoretical perspective is made plausible through a series of fascinating case studies. The book will be of interest to scholars of federalism, constitutional design, environmental policy, and the European Union. --Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale Law School

Author : Dr Finn Laursen
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781409489146

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The EU and Federalism by Dr Finn Laursen Pdf

Tracing the evolution of federalist theory and the European Union (EU), an international line up of distinguished experts debate the pros and cons of treating the EU in a comparative context and ask whether a constitutional equilibrium has been reached in the EU. They examine policymaking or modes of governance in the areas of employment, health, environment, security and migration, comparing the EU's policies with policies of both international organisations like NATO, OECD and federal states such as Canada, Japan and South Africa.

Author : Brady Gordon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2022-04-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108830096

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The Constitutional Boundaries of European Fiscal Federalism by Brady Gordon Pdf

This book provides an authoritative source for which models of fiscal federalism are compatible with the constitutional boundaries of the European legal order. It offers an encompassing guide to the leading constitutional case law in all EU Member States.

Author : Charlie Jeffery,Roland Sturm
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : EF
ISBN : 0714645079

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Federalism, Unification and European Integration by Charlie Jeffery,Roland Sturm Pdf

This is an assessment of how an established, federal constitutional framework can adapt to meet the challenge posed by the achievement of German unity and the deepening of european Unity.

Author : Andrew Glencross,Alexander H. Trechsel
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2010-10-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780739133361

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EU Federalism and Constitutionalism by Andrew Glencross,Alexander H. Trechsel Pdf

EU Federalism and Constitutionalism: The Legacy of Altiero Spinelli, edited by Andrew Glencross and Alexander H. Trechsel, represents the first book-length study of the travails of the implementation of federalism at the European level from the perspective of Altiero Spinelli's ideas and his political life, which were both devoted to a federally united Europe. It is also a timely publication given the protracted struggle to implement a new EU institutional architecture—the 2009 Lisbon Treaty—that is already being tested by the fallout from the global financial crisis. This fallout has brought into stark relief the tensions within the EU over the question of enhancing solidarity and federal unity or remaining a looser association of sovereign states. Hence by examining the successes and failures of federalism within the EU system, the book seeks to explain not only how the EU has reached its current impasse but also how it may fare in the future. To achieve this objective, the book takes an interdisciplinary approach that covers all three dimensions of the European project: historical, legal, and political. In this fashion, Andrew Glencross and Alexander H. Trechsel's EU Federalism and Constitutionalism: The Legacy of Altiero Spinelli offers a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the history, evolution, and future of federal principles and institutions in the European integration process.

Author : Robert Schütze
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2009-10-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199238583

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From Dual to Cooperative Federalism by Robert Schütze Pdf

What is the federal philosophy underlying the law-making function in the European Union? Which federal model best characterizes the European Union? This book analyses and demonstrates how the European legal order evolved from a dual federalism towards a cooperative federalist philosophy.

Author : Finn Laursen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317033585

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The EU and Federalism by Finn Laursen Pdf

Tracing the evolution of federalist theory and the European Union (EU), an international line up of distinguished experts debate the pros and cons of treating the EU in a comparative context and ask whether a constitutional equilibrium has been reached in the EU. They examine policymaking or modes of governance in the areas of employment, health, environment, security and migration, comparing the EU's policies with policies of both international organisations like NATO, OECD and federal states such as Canada, Japan and South Africa.

Author : Sergio Fabbrini
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005-02-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134315802

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Democracy and Federalism in the European Union and the United States by Sergio Fabbrini Pdf

The European Union - a supranational system with its own institutional characteristics and autonomy - has a structure and functional logic which are more similar to those of the US than those of European nation states. Yet, by and large, the EU and the US tend to be analyzed more as potential geopolitical and economic rivals or allies than compared as institutional peers. By bringing together some of the most influential political scientists and historians to compare the European and American experiences of federalism, Democracy and Federalism in the European Union and the United States explores the future development, and seeks a better understanding, of a post-national European Union democracy. This book consists of three core parts: how the EU has developed and the implications of the process of European federalization the features of American federalism, tracing the intellectual debate that led to the approval of the American federal constitution in 1787 the future of European Union. This is essential reading for all students of European politics, democracy and international relations.

Author : Firat Cengiz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-20
Category : Antitrust law
ISBN : 0415730430

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Antitrust Federalism in the EU and the US by Firat Cengiz Pdf

This book analyses multi-level governance in competition policy, or "antitrust federalism", in the US and the EU from a comparative perspective. The book compares how competition laws and authorities of different levels - the federal and the state levels in the US and the national and the supranational levels in the EU - interact with each other. The book compares how competition laws and authorities of different levels - the federal and the state levels in the US and the national and the supranational levels in the EU - interact with each other. The EU and the US stand among the strongest existing examples of multi-level polities and they developed mature competition policies. Despite such similarities, however, recent developments imply that they are moving in different directions in the field of antitrust federalism. Inspired by these divergent policy developments taking place at both sides of the Atlantic, the book addresses three principal research questions: firstly, what are the key similarities and differences between the US and the EU in terms of antitrust federalism; secondly, what are the reasons for differences (if any), and finally, can the US and the EU draw any policy lessons from each others' experiences in antitrust federalism? The book is essentially multidisciplinary in nature and it aims to initiate a dialogue between the law and political science literatures in its field.

Author : Michael Burgess
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:174200127

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Federalism and the European Union by Michael Burgess Pdf