02995nam 22004931 450 991051179640332120200514202323.01-4725-5373-X10.5040/9781472553737(CKB)3710000001095442(MiAaPQ)EBC4427678(OCoLC)895073300(UtOrBLW)bpp09257091(EXLCZ)99371000000109544220140929d2013 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierFiscal harmonization in the European communities national politics and international cooperation /Donald J. PuchalaLondon :Bloomsbury,2013.1 online resource (173 pages)Bloomsbury Academic Collections: Economics,2051-0012Reprint. Originally published in 1984 by Frances Pinter (Publishers) Limited.1-4725-1418-1 1-4725-0671-5 Includes bibliographies and index.Preface -- 1. The Analysis of International Policy-Making -- 2. Fiscal Harmonization in Theory and Practice -- 3. West Germany and the Community VAT -- 4. The Dutch Interlude -- 5. Italy Postpones the VAT -- 6. Britain Confronts the Community -- 7. Lessons in International Cooperation -- Index"The specific concern of this study is 'politicization' or the relationships between contests in national politics and the capacity for international cooperation. Progress towards fiscal harmonization in the European Community is selected as the substantive focus for the study, although the object is to learn from the EC rather than about it. The author argues that common EC policies usually reach fruition as complex compromises, derived from decisions based on the perceived effect on domestic politics and rivalries, rather than transnational neatness. Lack of political will is frequently blamed for delays in the acceptance of common policies, whereas the truth often lies in the fact that national governments believe that domestic political costs would be prohibitive. Politicization is studied in four major areas: 1. Identification, causes and effects 2. The effect on domestic politics and transnational cooperation in the EC 3. Effects on further 'European integration' 4. Deriving lessons from the EC for more general relationships between domestic politics and international cooperation."--Bloomsbury Publishing.European cooperationFiscal policyEuropean Economic Community countriesBusiness studies: generalEuropean cooperation.Fiscal policy336.3/094Puchala Donald James1939-247450UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910511796403321Fiscal harmonization in the European communities621411UNINA