Federalizing Europe? - The Costs, Benefits, and Preconditions of Federal Political Systems

Zusatztext ... it is an honest exercise and it does furnish some important comparative questions as well as alerting us to the dangers of over-simplification in assuming that 'federalization' will lead inexorably to a European federal super-state. Klappentext This volume looks at the costs, benefits, and preconditions of federal political systems. Distinguished contributors consider theories of federalism, dimensions of federalism (political, economic, and cultural), and the experiences of the national states of Europe, East and West. It is the first book-length treatment of the current debate over the future constitutional shape of Europe. Zusammenfassung This volume looks at the costs, benefits, and preconditions of federal political systems. Distinguished contributors consider theories of federalism, dimensions of federalism (political, economic, and cultural), and the experiences of the national states of Europe, East and West. It is the first book-length treatment of the current debate over the future constitutional shape of Europe.

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• Authors: Joachim Jens (Ford-Monnet Professor of Euro Hesse, Joachim Jens Wright Hesse, Wright Hesse
• Assisted by: Joachim J Hesse (Editor), Joachim J. Hesse (Editor), Joachim Jens Hesse (Editor), Hesse Joachim Jens (Editor), Vincent Wright (Editor), Wright Vincent (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.1996
• EAN: 9780198279921
• ISBN: 978-0-19-827992-1
• No. of pages: 420
• Series: Nuffield European Studies; Nuffield European Studies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Europe, Political Ideologies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Political science & theory, Political science and theory, EU (European Union), International institutions, Constitution: government & the state, Political ideologies and movements, EU & European institutions, Constitution: government and the state