Comparative Federalism The European Union and the United States in Comparative Perspective

by Menon, Anand; Schain, Martin A.

• ISBN13: 9780199291106
• ISBN10: 0199291101
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-18
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The Convention on the Future of Europe served to galvanize debate about the nature and future developmental trajectory of the European Union. More specifically, it engendered discussion over the degree to which the process resembled that which had occurred in Philadelphia some two hundredyears earlier, and, more broadly, over the extent to which the European Union does, or should, resemble the United States. Partly as a consequence of such debates, comparative federalism is now an important topic, with scholarly work comparing the US and EU proliferating rapidly. The present volumeseeks to build on and contribute to this growing literature, by developing a systematic comparison of the institutions, policies and developmental patterns of the European Union and the United States.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	p. ix
List of Tables	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Conceptual Issues, Principles, and Approaches
The United States and the European Union: Comparing Two Sui Generis Systems	p. 15
The Limits of Comparative Politics: International Relations in the European Union	p. 35
Developmental Perspectives
Constitutionalizing the Federal Vision?	p. 59
Eurofederalism: What Can European Union Learn From United States?	p. 93
Institutions and Processes
Federation, Confederation, and Mixed Government: A EU-US Comparison	p. 121
Comparing Constitutional Change in the United States and the European Union	p. 149
Federalism and Public Administration: The United States and the European Union	p. 177
The US Supreme Court and the European Court of Justice Compared	p. 195
Federalism and Democratization: The United States and European Union in Comparative Perspective	p. 221
Understanding the European Parliament from a Federalist Perspective: The Legislatures of the United States and European Union Compared	p. 245
Public Policies
The Politics of Central Banking in the United States and in the European Union	p. 275
Fiscal Federalism in the United States and in the European Union	p. 293
Agricultural Biotechnology: Representative Federalism and Regulatory Capacity in the United States and European Union	p. 311
Immigration Policy	p. 339
Index	p. 365
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