Regional Integration and Democracy Expanding on the European Experience

by Anderson, Jeffrey J.; Guilhon Albuquerque, José Augusto; Barreto, António; Biersteker, Thomas J.; Gedeon, Péter; Hayward, Jack; Kurzer, Paulette; Marks, Gary; Merkel, Wolfgang; Vega-Cánovas, Gustavo

• ISBN13: 9780847690244
• ISBN10: 0847690245
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-03-25
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This ambitious and original work explores the complex interrelationship between democracy and regional integration. Its empirical center of gravity rests in Europe, yet the volume shifts the common terms of discussion on integration and democracy by including case studies outside of Europe and by exploring a broader range of themes, especially the fate of domestic institutions and processes in an integrating milieu. This novel focus also enriches the contributors' fresh analysis of the European Union's democratic deficit, the impact of regional integration on national democracy, and the dynamic interactions between democracy and integration elsewhere in the world.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1	(20)
Jeffrey J. Anderson
Section I European Integration and Democracy
Locating the Emerging European Polity: Beyond States or State?	21	(24)
Thomas J. Biersteker
Legitimacy and Democracy: Endogenous Limits of European Integration	45	(24)
Wolfgang Merkel
Territorial Identities in the European Union	69	(26)
Gary Marks
Section II European Integration and the Nation-State
Portugal: Democracy through Europe	95	(28)
Antonio Barreto
Hungary: Europeanization Without EU Leadership?	123	(22)
Peter Gedeon
France and the United Kingdom: The Dilemmas of Integration and National Democracy	145	(26)
Jack Hayward
Germany: Between Unification and Union	171	(22)
Jeffrey J. Anderson
Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Italy: Does Market Integration Affect Democratic Structures?	193	(32)
Paulette Kurzer
Section III From European Integration to Regional Integration
NAFTA and the EU: Toward Convergence?	225	(36)
Gustavo Vega-Canovas
Mercosur: Democratic Stability and Economic Integration in South America	261	(24)
Jose Augusto Guilhon Albuquerque
Conclusion	285	(10)
Jeffrey J. Anderson
Bibliography	295	(22)
Index	317	(16)
About the Editors and Contributors	333