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Zusatztext An important contribution to the updating and re-evaluation of literature on the EU and the German political system. Klappentext These essays examine the Europeanization of the political system of the Federal Republic of Germany across the polity, politics and public policy dimensions. The book's 17 chapters focus on three key themes: the challenge to the power of Germany to determine the course of the integrationist project and to shape European public policies; the increasing constraints in the domestic political arena associated with Europeanization; and domestic contestation over both the 'constitutive politics of the EU' and specific policy choices. This volume is essential reading for students of comparative European politics and German studies. Zusammenfassung Examining the Europeanization of Germany's political system, this text: challenges Germany's power to determine the course of the integrationist project and to shape European public policies; increasing constraints in the domestic political arena associated with Europeanization; and domestic contestation over the "constitutive politics of the EU". Inhaltsverzeichnis Living with Europe: Power, Constraint, and Contestation Europeanization in Context; Concept and Theory The Federal Executive: Bureaucratic Fusion versus Governmental Bifurcation The Bundestag: Institutional Incrementalism Behavioural Reticence ; The German Länder: From Milieu-Shaping to Territorial Politics Public Law: Towards a Post-National Model The Party System: Structure, Policy and Europeanization Interest Groups: Opportunity Structures and Organizational Capacity The Media Agenda: The Marginalization and Domestication of Europe Economic Policies: From Pace-Setter to Beleaguered Player ; Competition Policy: From Centrality to Muddling Through? Electricity and Telecommunications: Fit for the European Union? Social Policy: Transforming Pensions, Challenging Health Care? Environmental Policy: A Leader State under Pressure? Justice and Home Affairs: Europeanization as a Government-Controlled Process Foreign and Security Policy: On the Cusp Between Transformation and Accomodation Europeanization Compared: The Shrinking Core and the Decline of 'Soft' Power ...
