European disunion: between sovereignty and solidarity

The Euro crisis catapulted the European Union into its most serious politicalcrisis since its inception, leaving it simultaneously torn between opposing demands for more sovereignty and solidarity. Throughout its history, the Union has been plagued by power struggles between its member states. Periodic criseshave been met by indecision and compromise that put securing agreement above effective outcomes. The complexity of its decision making processes is mainly due to the refusal to concentrate power and wish to preserve enough semblance of national sovereignty to retain the respect and loyalty of member state citizens. This edited volume focuses on the key themes of disunion, sovereignty and solidarity. It assesses all of the main EU institutions: member states, civil society actors and policy areas. INDICE: Introduction;Jack Haywardand Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel. 1. Union without Concensus; J.Hayward. PartI Enfeebled Democratic Legitimacy. 2. The Difficult Emergence of a European People; Michael Bruter. 3. A Nascent Transnational Civili Society; Elizabeth Monaghan. 4. An Obdurately National Party Politics; Robert Ladrech. Part II Institutional Deadlock: A Surfeit of Would-be Leaders. 5. National Governments, the European Council and Councils of Ministers: A Plurality of Sovereignties. Member State Soverreigns without an EU Sovereign; Jack Hayward. 6. The European Commission Bureaucracy: Handling Sovereingty throught the Back and Front Doors; Edward C. Page. 7. The Empowerment of Parliaments in EU Interrogations: Victims or Victors?; Maja Kluger Rasmussen. 8. National Courts and European Union Courts; Patrick Birkinshaw. 9. Defending the Euro: Unity and Disunity among Europe's Central Bankers; David Howarth. 10. Territorial Flexibility; Michael Keating. Part III Policy Divergences and Convergences. 11. Foreign and Defence Policy: The Sovereignty Obsession and the Quest for Elusive Solidarity; Anand Menon. 12. Economics and Monetary Disunion?; Kenneth Dyson. 13. Social and Labour Market Policy: The (Re-)Emergence of Competitive Tension; Nick Parsons. 14. From Environmental Disunion towards Envirnomental Union?: Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel. Part IV Adjusting to the REceding Sovereigntyof Member States. 15. A Contested Franco-German Duumvirate; William Paterson.16. Opt-out: Britain's Unsplendid Isolation; Philip Norton. 17. The Nordic Countries: The Causes and Consequences of Variable Geometry; Nick Sitter. 18. Southern European and the 'Trade-off': Architects of European Disunion?; Martin J. Bull. 19. The Central and East European Countries: From Weak Latecomers to Good Citizens of the Union; Vesselin Dimitrov. Conclusion: European Disunion: Between Solidarity and Sovereignty; Rüdiger K.W. Wurzel and Jack Hayward.

• ISBN: 978-0-230-36773-9
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 352
• Fecha Publicación: 30/08/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido