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

by Tanja A. Börzel

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521803816
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	11/29/2001
Series:	Themes in European Governance
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.75(d)

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

"Contributing quite effectively to ongoing debates in European integration theory between intergovernmentalist, neofuntionalist, and multilevel governance approaches, this book should be of considerable interest, not just to EU scholars, but more broadly to those interested in how external challenges (of which Europeanization is just one example) can prompt domestic change.... Both ambitious and convincing, Borzel's study of institutional adaptation in Germany and Spain deserves wide attention.... Recommended for graduate collections and above." Choice

"Börzel makes an important contribution to the growing body of literature on the impact of institutions on choices...This is one of the very few studies that creatively combines and integrates rational choice and constructivist explanations. The attempt enriches our understanding of how policymakers make choices." Perspectives on Politics

"Börzel's work is an excellent piece of scholarship that provides great insight into the effects of the Europeanization of public policy and similarities in multilevel intergovernmental cooperation. Many facets of her work yearn for further investigation...as always, however, excellent pieces of research inevitably raise more questions than they answer." Governance April 04

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