The domestic structure of European community policy-making in Germany / / Simon Bulmer

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812452303321
• Autore: Bulmer Simon
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2015
• ISBN: 1-315-71015-3; 1-317-48808-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (410 p.)
• Collana: Routledge Revivals
• Disciplina: 341.24220943
• Soggetti: Germany (West) Economic policy 1974-1990; European Economic Community countries Economic policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 1986 by Garland Pub.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Half Title""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Original Title Page""; ""Original Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""List of Figures and Tables""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Preface""; ""I West German Domestic Political Structures and European Community Policy-Making""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Importance of the Nation State in EC Policy-Making""; ""3 The German Dimension""; ""4 The Domestic Politics Approach""; ""5 The Structure of EC Policy-Making""; ""6 The Objectives of Analysis""; ""Footnotes""; ""PART ONE The Political Organisations Involved""; ""II The Organisation of EC Policy-Making in the Federal Government""""1 The Representation of the Federal Government in EC bodies""; ""2 Ministerial Organisation and EC Policy-Making""; ""3 Interministerial Coordination and EC Policy-Making""; ""4 The Role of the German Permanent Representation""; ""5 Conclusions""; ""Footnotes""; ""III German Interest Groups in EC Policy-Making""; ""1 A Framework for Analysis""; ""2 The German Interests Themselves""; ""A Industrialists' Employers' and Commercial Interests""; ""B Farmers' Interests""; ""C Trade Union Interests""; ""3 Conclusions""; ""Footnotes""""IV Political Parties and German EC Policy-Making""; ""1 The Social Democratic Party""; ""2 The CDU/CSU and EC Policy-Making""; ""3 The Free Democratic Party and EC Policy-Making""; ""4 Conclusion""; ""5 Case Study""; ""6 Political Parties and the delayed ; introduction of EMS""; ""Footnotes""; ""V The Role of the Bundestag and the Bundesrat in EC Policy-Making""; ""1 The distinguishing features of the legislative process and parliamentary control in the Federal Republic""; ""2 The impact of EC membership on the powers of the Bundestag and Bundesrat""; ""3 The establishment of special procedures for scrutinising EC legislation""""4 The Article 2 procedure""; ""5 Weaknesses in the Article 2 procedure and attempts to overcome them""; ""6 The use of 'conventional' Bundestag controls""; ""7 Conclusions""; ""Footnotes""; ""VI Subnational Government in EC Policy-Making""; ""1 Cooperative Federalism""; ""2 The Laender Observer""; ""3 Direct Laender Contacts With the Community Level""; ""4 Institutionalised Laender Participation in German EC Policy-Making""; ""5 Case Study""; ""6 Local Authorities and the European Community""; ""7 Conclusions""; ""Footnotes""""PART TWO CASE STUDIES""; ""VII The European Community's Proposal to Harmonise Member States' Brewing Regulations""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The European Commission's Proposals""; ""3 The Federal Government and the EC Proposal""; ""4 The Brewers' Interests and Their Strategy""; ""5 The Involvement of the Political Parties""; ""6 Bundestag and Bundesrat Scrutiny of the EC Proposal on Beer""; ""7 The Involvement of Subnational Government""; ""8 Epilogue""; ""9 Conclusions""; ""Footnotes""; ""VIII The ManshoIt Plan for the Reform of EC Agricultural Structures""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 The Commission's Proposals""