Federalism Doomed?

by Heinemann-Gruder, Andreas

• ISBN13: 9781571812070
• ISBN10: 1571812075
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Berghahn Books

Summary

The conceptual uncertainty when dealing with processes of integration and disintegration in Europe is striking because traditional notions of the nation-state, constitutionalism, sovereignty, and federalism do not account for emerging realities in either Western or Eastern Europe. This volume explores the complex inter-relationship between federal arrangements and their effects on integrating multi-ethnic societies in Europe, and takes stock of current debates on the effects of federalism on integration and disintegration in Eastern and Western Europe. For the first time federalism is addressed in a pan-European context and an attempt is made to look for remedies to overcome nationalism in both East and West within a federalist institutional framework. Andreas Heinemann-Grüderis currently Senior Researcher at the Bonn International Center for Conversion and is Adjunct Professor for Political Science at the Humboldt University.

Author Biography

Andreas Heinemann-Gruder is currently Senior Researcher at the Bonn International Center for Conversion and is Adjunct Professor for Political Science at the Humboldt University.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgements	viii
Introduction	1	(16)
Andreas Heinemann-Gruder
Section I Federalism and State Forms
Choosing a Federal Form of Governance for Europe	17	(21)
Douglas V. Verney
Federal Arrangements, Negarchy, and International Security: The Philadelphia System and the European Union	38	(25)
Francis Campbell
The European Union: Is It a Supranational State in the Making?	63	(20)
Gretchen M. MacMillan
The European Union and the Democratic Deficit: The Emergence of an International Rechtsstaat?	83	(20)
James A. Caporaso
Section II Lessons from Failed Federations
The Demise of Socialist Federations: Developmental Effects and Institutional Flaws of the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia	103	(13)
Jim Seroka
Fabricating Federalism in ``Dayton Bosnia'': Political Development and Future Options	116	(30)
Lenard J. Cohen
Why Did Russia Not Break Apart? Legacies, Actors, and Institutions in Russia's Federalism	146	(21)
Andreas Heinemann-Gruder
A Confederation in the Making? Means, Ends, and Prospects of the Commonwealth of Independent States	167	(28)
Mark Webber
Section III National Approaches and Future Directions
East Meets West: Cultural Reconfigurations of National Identities in Post-1989 Europe	195	(18)
Willfried Spohn
New and Old Regions in European and Global Political Economies	213	(17)
Henry Teune
Federalism Doomed? Institutional Implications of European Union Enlargement	230	(18)
Michael Kreile
Bibliography	248	(20)
About the Authors	268	(1)
Index	269