What makes the EU viable?: european integration in the light of the antebellum us experience

Drawing on international relations theory, law and historical analysis, this book compares European integration with the antebellum USA to assess what makes the EU viable despite contestation over the rules of the game of integration. It reveals that changing the system of representation is no shortcut solution for the EU's constitutional woes. INDICE: Acknowledgements - Introduction: Questioning What Makes the EU Viable - The Problem of Viability in a Compound Polity - Developing an AnalogicalComparison between the EU and the Antebellum US Republic - Comparing how the Rules of the Game are Contested - The Struggle to Maintain a Compound System: Creating and Contesting the Rules of the Game in European Integration - Contrasting and Explaining the Viability of Two Compound Systems - The Future Evolution of the EU Compound Polity: The Obstacles to Voluntary Centralization - Conclusion: Implications for EU Studies and the Debate over the Future of Integration - Notes - Bibliography - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-22450-6
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 248
• Fecha Publicación: 08/07/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés