States and Regions in the European Union: Institutional Adaptation in Germany and Spain

ISBN-13: 9780521803816 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 284 str.

Tanja Borzel

Opis

This book reveals how the institutional structures of different countries have been changed in different ways by membership in the European Union. In particular, the author shows how European Union membership has affected the relationship between the center and the regions. In studies of Germany and Spain, she indicates how Europeanization has undermined the regions, but then led to cooperation between center and regions to get the most from the European Union.

Recenzje

'The thorough and counterintuitive examination of the impact of Europeanization on German cooperative federalism and Spanish competitive regionalism places Tanja Borzel's study of the States and Regions in the European Union directly among the most cutting-edge literature on European integration … there is much to recommend about this book … organised very lucidly which makes it easy to follow the arguments … appropriate even for advanced undergraduates and not just graduate students or academics interested in European studies, federalism, and regionalism … an excellent illustration of both a comparativist work and clear academic writing, which does not bog the reader down with excessive jargon.' Journal of International Relations and Development

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Europeanization and domestic institutional change: a historical institutionalist approach; 2. Reinforcing cooperative federalism: institutional adaption to Europeanization in Germany; 3. Transforming competitive regionalism: institutional adaptation to Europeanization in Spain; 4. Sharing versus shifting the costs of adaptation: the Europeanization of environmental policy-making in Germany and Spain; Conclusions.