Germany and the European Union: Europe's Reluctant Hegemon?

ISBN-13: 9780333645437 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 280 str.

Simon Bulmer; William E. Paterson

Opis

Analyzing Germany's domestic politics, European policy, relations with partners, and the resultant expressions of power within the EU, the text addresses such key questions as whether Germany is becoming Europe's hegemon, and if Berlin's European policy is being constrained by its internal politics.

Spis treści

Introduction: Analysing Germany and the EU.- Chapter 1: Germany and European Integration: Before Reluctant Hegemony.- Chapter 2: Sources of Germany’s European Power.- Chapter 3: German institutions and EU Policy-Making: constraints or enforcers?.- Chapter 4: German Political Actors and European Policy: a new politicisation?.- Chapter 5: German European Policy in the Twenty-First Century.- Chapter 6: Monetary policy and the eurozone crisis: the emergence of German hegemony?.- Chapter 7: From Political Dwarf to Potential Hegemon? German Foreign Policy in Transition.- Conclusion.

O autorze

SIMON BULMER is Professor of European Politics, University of Sheffield.

WILLIAM E PATERSON is Honorary Professor of German and European Politics, Aston University.