Towards A Federal Europe

Author : Alexander H. Trechsel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317998198

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An excellent new analysis of federalism and the EU that investigates their mutual impact. It shows how scholars of comparative politics increasingly include the EU among their cases when investigating the impact of federalism on key issues such as policy making. The last decade saw a new wave of scholarly publications hit the shores as research on federalism and on the EU came together. These emerging strands of research genuinely enrich our understanding of the EU and its politics. Despite this recent wave, the topic of federalism and the EU is still extremely fruitful. This volume contributes to the continuing debate at a moment in time when the EU is undergoing profound changes. It is structured around four interrelated dimensions: the constitutional/theoretical dimension the institutional vision the party/citizens dimension the policy dimension. This structure allows the reader to consecutively "funnel down" from the more theoretical and abstract levels to the more concrete policy oriented level.

Author : Yann Fouéré
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Europe
ISBN : UCSD:31822010411312

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Author : Andrew Duff
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2022-09-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031106651

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Constitutional Change in the European Union by Andrew Duff Pdf

Europe’s future is contested between those who want to integrate further, those who prefer things to stay as they are, and those who would retreat into nationalism. These divisions impair the government of the European Union and weaken its ability to shoulder more responsibility for its unstable neighbourhood. This open access book analyses the EU’s evolving constitution, arguing that the lack of effective federal government lies at the heart of its problems. It recommends reforms for each EU institution, including those involving treaty change. It makes the case for a unified executive, a more legitimate legislature, and the introduction of a federal treasury and supreme court. It proposes a fresh category of affiliate membership underpinned by a new European security council that would overcome the historic division between the EU and NATO. The book is essential reading for practitioners and students of European integration.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Europe
ISBN : OCLC:60789366

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Author : Elke Cloots,Geert De Baere,Stefan Sottiaux
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-03
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781847319982

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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 : 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 : Y. Fouéré
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:67963441

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Author : Joachim Jens Hesse,Vincent Wright
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0198279922

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Federalizing Europe? by Joachim Jens Hesse,Vincent Wright Pdf

The constitutional and institutional development of the European Union, and federalism in particular, are widely and intensively debated. The issue of federalism has proved to be divisive and misunderstood. This book provides a critical reappraisal of the political, economic, and socio-cultural potential of current federal political-institutional arrangements. It includes both an analysis of their necessary preconditions as well as an evaluation of their advantages and disadvantages compared with other forms of state organization. The authors examine the issue at the level of the Union, the member states, and the states of Central and Eastern Europe, reflecting the increasing interdependence and interplay of these three levels: nation states in all parts of Europe influencing one another and the Union, and being influenced by it. The book concludes with an overall assessment of the federalizing processes at work in Europe, both at the Union and the nation state level, and points out the problems, paradoxes, and likely outcomes of these processes.

Author : Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt,Per Ekman,Anna Michalski,Lars Oxelheim
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2023-01-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783031223976

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The EU between Federal Union and Flexible Integration by Antonina Bakardjieva Engelbrekt,Per Ekman,Anna Michalski,Lars Oxelheim Pdf

Against a backcloth of tumultuous events in Europe, the EU faces once again the fateful question of moving towards federal union or let flexible integration guide the Union. The sixth volume in Interdisciplinary European Studies explores the coexistence of deepening political integration and flexible patterns of integration in the EU. The book brings together scholars from economics, law, and political science to provide insights into issues with a bearing on the future of the EU: the crisis of rule of law and political values, the move towards a European defence union, the power of the new European public prosecutor’s office, the prospects of financial stability through the Recovery and Resilience facility, and the state of European parliamentary democracy. The chapters are based on up-to-date research findings and succinct assessments of the current state of affairs and ongoing debates. They conclude with policy recommendations for decision-makers on European and national levels.

Author : Charlie Jeffery
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136310935

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The Regional Dimension of the European Union by Charlie Jeffery Pdf

Decision-making within the EU has moved to a third (regional) level of government emerging in the EU policy process alongside the first (Union) and second (member state) levels. Multi-level governance can increasingly be identified. These papers describe and analyse this third level.

Author : David Martin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Europe
ISBN : UOM:39015029727735

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Towards a Wider, Deeper, Federal Europe by David Martin Pdf

This discussion paper looks at the possible shape of a wider Europe and its institutional implications.

Author : Union européenne des fédéralistes,European Federalists' Union
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1952
Category : European federation
ISBN : IND:39000002166689

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Towards a European Constitution by Union européenne des fédéralistes,European Federalists' Union Pdf

Author : Florentina Harbo
Publisher : Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft Mbh & Company
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 383291398X

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Towards a European Federation? by Florentina Harbo Pdf

The institutional architecture of the EU and its role in the world, as well as peoplesí alienation and dissatisfaction with the EU, are primary reasons why it makes sense to rethink the legal and political structure of the EU. Even if there is a wide academic agreement that the EU could better be understood in the framework of federalism, there is still a lack of comprehensive study on the EU from a perspective of comparative federalism. This book demonstrates that a federal structure could be an appropriate institutional and constitutional response to the EU challenges. The EU develops as a federal polity with an institutional-federal pact. It combines dual and cooperative federalism, based on examples of successful federations without achieving a traditional federation.

Author : Giandomenico Majone
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2005-03-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780191534393

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Dilemmas of European Integration by Giandomenico Majone Pdf

If one lesson emerges clearly from fifty years of European integration it is that political aims should be pursued by overtly political means, and not by roundabout economic or legal strategies. The functionalist strategy of promoting spillovers from one economic sector to another has failed to achieve a steady progress towards a federal union, as Jean Monnet and other functionalists had hoped. On the other hand, the unanticipated results of 'integration through law' have included over-regulation and an institutional framework which is too rigid to allow significant policy and institutional innovations. Thus, integration by stealth has produced sub-optimal policies and a steady loss of legitimacy by the supranational institutions. Both the functionalist approach and the classic Community Method are becoming obsolete. This major new statement from a leading European scholar provides the most thorough analysis currently available of the pitfalls and ambiguities of 50 years of European integration, without losing sight of its benefits. Majone provides a clear demonstration of how a number of European policies - including environmental protection - lack a logically defensible rationale, while showing how, in other cases, objectives may be better achieved by re-nationalizing the policy in question. He also shows how, in an information-rich environment, co-ordination by mutual adjustment becomes possible, meaning that member states are no longer as dependent on central institutions as in the past. He explains how the challenge for future research is to investigate methods-other than delegation to supranational institutions-by which member states can credibly commit themselves to collective action. Dilemmas of European Integration concludes by explaining exactly why the model of a United States of Europe is bound to fail-not just due to lack of popular support, but because it finds itself unable to deliver the public goods which Europeans expect to receive from a full fledged government. Although failing as a would-be federation, the present Union could become an effective confederation, built on the solid foundation of market integration. The new Constitutional Treaty, Majone argues, seems to point in this direction.

Author : Dusan Sidjanski
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1040128379

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The Federal Future of Europe by Dusan Sidjanski Pdf