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978-1-78552-335-9 • Hardback • January 2020 • $120.00 • (£80.00)
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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.
I: Governance in the European Union
1. Euro‐Politics Thirty Years On, David Cameron
2. Complementary or Incompatible? Italy and Germany in the EMU, Simona Piattoni and Ton Notermans
3. Competitive Interdependence, Competitive Liberalisation, and EU‐US Trade Relations in the Obama and Trump Eras, Mark Hallerberg and Diego A. Salazar
4. European Reforms and the Leadership Deficits of Surplus Germany, Wade Jacoby and Elizabeta Jevtic‐Somlai
5. Is There a European Union Administrative Style?: Administrative Traditions and the European Commission, B. Guy Peters
II: Regional Integration and Multilevel Governance
6. Governance in the European Union: A Comparative Federalism Perspective, Sergio Fabbrini
7. Of Magnets and Centrifuges: The US and EU Federal Systems and Private International Law, Ronald A. Brand
8. Assessing the Impact of MEP Careers on National Political Parties in Europe, William T. Daniel
9. Building a Bridge to Europe? MPs’ Views on Their Role in the EU, Lauren Perez
10. Citizenship and Free Movement in Comparative Federalism, Willem Maas
11. Regional Variations and Crisis: Comparing Institutionalisation in the EU and ASEAN, Reuben Wong and Daniella Irerra
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.
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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