Beyond the regulatory polity? : the European integration of core state powers / edited by Philipp Genschel and Markus Jachtenfuchs.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Genschel, Philipp, editor.

Jachtenfuchs, Markus, 1961- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European Union.

European Union countries--Politics and government.

European Union countries.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xv, 278 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Summary:

Most EU-scholars conceive of the EU as a multilevel polity with strong powers to regulate economic policy externalities among the member states but little power to intervene in, let alone assume, core functions of sovereign government ('core state powers') such as foreign and defense policy, public finance, public administration, and the maintenance of law and order. This book challenges this view. Based on a systematic comparison of integration processes in military security, fiscal policy, and public administration, it finds steady progress in the integration of core state powers although with substantial sectoral variation. But the EU is not heading towards state-building. In contrast to the historical experience of national federations, the European integration of core state powers proceeds mostly by regulating national capacities, not by creating European ones, and leads to territorial fragmentation rather than increased cohesiveness. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: Beyond Market Regulation. Analysing the European Integration of Core State Powers / Philipp Genschel Genschel, Philipp, Markus Jachtenfuchs Jachtenfuchs, Markus 1

Part I Military Security

2 Integrating the Acquisition of Leviathan's Swords? The Emerging Regulation of Defence Procurement within the EU / Moritz Weiss Weiss, Moritz 27

3 Military Integration in Europe / Frédéric Mérand Mérand, Frédéric, Kathleen Angers Angers, Kathleen 46

4 Defence Policy and the Logic of 'High Politics' / Anand Menon Menon, Anand 66

Part II Fiscal and Monetary Policy

5 Why Is there Fiscal Capacity but Little Regulation in the US, but Regulation and Little Fiscal Capacity in Europe? The Global Financial Crisis as a Test Case / Mark Hallerberg Hallerberg, Mark 87

6 Fiscal Integration by Default / Waltraud Schelkle Schelkle, Waltraud 105

7 The Divided Sovereignty of the Eurozone / Nicolas Jabko Jabko, Nicolas 124

Part III Public Administration

8 Regulating Capacity Building by Stealth: Pattern and Extent of EU Involvement in Public Administration / Eva G. Heidbreder Heidbreder, Eva G. 145

9 The Rise of a European Public Administration: European Capacity Building by Stealth / Jarle Trondal Trondal, Jarle 166

Part IV Cross-cutting Perspectives

10 Differentiated Integration of Core State Powers / Berthold Rittberger Rittberger, Berthold, Dirk Leuffen Leuffen, Dirk, Frank Schimmelfennig Schimmelfennig, Frank 189

11 Building the New European State? Federalism, Core State Powers, and European Integration / R. Daniel Kelemen Kelemen, R. Daniel 211

12 Covert Integration of Core State Powers: Renegotiating Incomplete Contracts / Adrienne Héritier Héritier, Adrienne 230

13 Conclusion: The European Integration of Core State Powers. Patterns and Causes / Philipp Genschel Genschel, Philipp, Markus Jachtenfuchs Jachtenfuchs, Markus 249.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199662821

0199662827

OCLC:

858004839