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A fresh alternative to traditional state-centred analyses of the process of European integration is presented in this book. World-renowned scholars analyze the state in terms of its component parts and clearly show the interaction of subnational, national and supranational actors in the emerging European polity. This `multi-level politics' approach offers a powerful lens through which to view the future course of European integration.
The contributors' empirical exploration of areas such as regional governance, social policy and social movements underpins their broad conceptual and theoretical framework providing significant new insight into European politics.
List of contents
Examining the Present Euro-Polity with the Help of Past Theories - Philippe C Schmitter
Negative and Positive Integration in the Political Economy of European Welfare States - Fritz W Scharpf
Competencies, Cracks, and Conflicts - Gary Marks et al
Regional Mobilization in the European Union
Neo-Voluntarism - Wolfgang Streeck
A New European Social Policy Regime?
Social Movements and the Changing Structure of Political Opportunity in the European Union - Gary Marks and Doug McAdam
Imagining the Future of the Euro-Polity with the Help of New Concepts - Philippe C Schmitter
Summary
This work analyzes the state in terms of its component parts and shows the interaction of subnational, national and supernational actors in the emerging European polity. This approach offers a view through which to assess the future course of European integration.
