The European Union and Beyond

Multi-Level Governance, Institutions, and Policy-Making

Edited by Jae-Jae Spoon and Nils Ringe

The European Union and Beyond: Multi-Level Governance, Institutions, and Policy-Making seeks to examine current debates and issues in the study of regional integration, multilevel governance and European Union studies. Contributions focus on a diverse set of topics related to these areas, including monetary union, trade, public administration, legislative representation, free movement and comparisons of the European Union to other federal systems, and supranational organizations. The chapters are diverse in approach with contributors coming from the fields of public administration, political economy, law, international relations and comparative politics. The goal of the volume is to provide an up‐to-date assessment of the current debates and issue in these fields of study.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / ECPR Press

Pages: 278 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼

978-1-78552-335-9 • Hardback • January 2020 • $126.00 • (£97.00)

978-1-5381-5690-2 • Paperback • September 2021 • $40.00 • (£31.00)

978-1-78552-336-6 • eBook • January 2020 • $38.00 • (£29.00)

Subjects: Political Science / World / European, Political Science / General, Political Science / Institutions

The European Union and Beyond

Multi-Level Governance, Institutions, and Policy-Making

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Summary

The European Union and Beyond: Multi-Level Governance, Institutions, and Policy-Making seeks to examine current debates and issues in the study of regional integration, multilevel governance and European Union studies. Contributions focus on a diverse set of topics related to these areas, including monetary union, trade, public administration, legislative representation, free movement and comparisons of the European Union to other federal systems, and supranational organizations. The chapters are diverse in approach with contributors coming from the fields of public administration, political economy, law, international relations and comparative politics. The goal of the volume is to provide an up‐to-date assessment of the current debates and issue in these fields of study.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers / ECPR Press

Pages: 278 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼

978-1-78552-335-9 • Hardback • January 2020 • $126.00 • (£97.00)

978-1-5381-5690-2 • Paperback • September 2021 • $40.00 • (£31.00)

978-1-78552-336-6 • eBook • January 2020 • $38.00 • (£29.00)

Subjects: Political Science / World / European, Political Science / General, Political Science / Institutions

Author

Jae-Jae Spoon is Professor Political Science and Director of the European Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh.

Nils Ringe is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Center for European Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Table of Contents

Foreword, Alberta M. Sbragia
Introduction: Comparative Federalism, Institutional Complexity, and Policy Choice, Jae-Jae Spoon and Nils Ringe
1. Stalking an Unidentified European Political Object: Alberta Sbragia at Work, George Ross
2. Trilateral Competitive Independence: European and American Trade Policy Choices and the Rise of China, Diego A. Salazar-Morales and Mark Hallerberg
3. Of Magnets and Centrifuges: The U.S. and EU Federal Systems and Private International Law, Ronald A. Brand
4. Citizenship and Free Movement in Comparative Federalism, Willem Maas
5. Multi-level Politics from within a Single European Legislature: Analyzing Early Exits from the Eighth European Parliament, William T. Daniel
6. Building a Bridge to Europe? National Legislators’ Views on Their Role in the European Union, Lauren K. Perez
7. Is There a European Union Administrative Style? Administrative Traditions and the European Commission, B. Guy Peters
8. The Leadership Deficits of Surplus Germany, Wade Jacoby and Elizabeta Jevtic-Somlai
9. Legacy Debt, Financial Integration, Political Polarisation and Economic Divergence: Italy and the Euro, Simona Piattoni and Ton Notermans
10. Regional Variations and Crisis: Comparing European Union and Association of Southeast Asian Nations Integration Dynamics, Reuben Wong and Daniela Irrera
11. The Governance of the European Union: Which Role for National Governments? Sergio Fabbrini
Conclusion, Jae-Jae Spoon and Nils Ringe
Index
About the Contributors

Reviews

This enlightening collection of essays attempts to describe and analyze the essence of the European Union (EU). The volume honors Alberta Sbragia, a noted scholar of the EU. Much of the discussion addresses what the EU is not—the contributors make it clear that the EU is not a state or a government or an international organization; there is less discussion of what the EU actually is. The analyses range from Sbragia’s conceptions of the EU as multilevel governance and not government, to comparative federalism of a sort, and to the meshing of supranationalism above the member states to intergovernmentalism among member states. . . One intriguing chapter compares four EU administrative styles (Anglo American, Napoleonic, Germanic, and Scandinavian) and reveals the difficulty of developing a uniform theoretical vision and policy. These four approaches are quite varied, and the Scandinavian administrative approach presents the most compatibility between administration and politics at both the national intergovernmental level and the supranational level. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, faculty, professionals.

— Choice

This volume, dedicated to a leading European studies scholar, seeks to understand the European Union not as an international organization but as a federal system comparable to that of Germany, Canada or the US. It is packed with fresh insights into vital issues of the day, including Europe’s response to the rise of China, the embattled Euro, the challenges to common citizenship, and the machinations of European politicians and bureaucrats. Underneath it all remain the power and interests of Europe’s nation-states.
— Andrew Moravcsik, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Princeton University

In this book a stellar line-up of scholars make sense of the European Union from a deeply informed comparative perspective. This wide-ranging volume is a fitting tribute to Alberta Sbragia’s pathbreaking contribution to the study of federalism and European integration.
— Gary Marks, Burton Craige Distinguished Professor of Political Science, UNC-Chapel Hill and Robert Schuman Fellow, EUI, Florence