The federal vision [[electronic resource] ] : legitimacy and levels of governance in the United States and the European Union / / edited by Kalypso Nicolaïdis and Robert Howse

• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2001
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (556 p.)
• Disciplina: 320.44/049
• Soggetto topico: Federal government - European Union countries; Federal government - United States
• Altri autori: HowseRobert <1958-> NicolaïdisKalypso
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""List of Figures""; ""List of Tables""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: The Federal Vision, Levels of Governance, and Legitimacy""; ""I: Articulating the Federal Vision""; ""1. The United States and the European Union: Models for Their Epochs""; ""2. Federalism without Constitutionalism: Europe's Sonderweg""; ""II. Levels of Governance in the United States and the European Union: Facts and Diagnosis""; ""3. Centralization and Its Discontents: The Rhythms of Federalism in the United States and the European Union"" ; ""4. Blueprints for Change: Devolution and Subsidiarity in the United States and the European Union""""5. Devolution in the United States: Rhetoric and Reality""; ""6. Federalism in the European Union: Rhetoric and Reality""; ""III. Legal and Regulatory Instruments of Federal Governance""; ""7. The Role of Law in the Functioning of Federal Systems""; ""8. Comparative Federalism and the Issue of Commandeering""; ""9. Regulatory Legitimacy in the United States and the European Union""; ""IV. Federalism, Legitimacy, and Governance: Models for Understanding"" ; ""10. Securing Subsidiarity: The Institutional Design of Federalism in the United States and Europe""""11. Federal Governance in the United States and the European Union: A Policy Network Perspective""; ""12. Federalism and State Governance in the European Union and the United States: An Institutional Perspective""; ""13. Democratic Legitimacy under Conditions of Regulatory Competition: Why Europe differs from the United States""; ""V. Federalism, Legitimacy, and Identity""; ""14. Citizenship and Federations: Some Preliminary Reflections""; ""15. The Constitutions of Institutions"" ; ""16. Beyond Devolution: From Subsidiarily to Mutuality""""17. European Citizenship: The Relevance of the American Model""; ""Conclusion: The Federal Vision Beyond the Federal State""; ""Appendix: Basic Principles for the Allocation of Competence in the United States and the European Union""; ""About the Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z""
• Sommario/riassunto: This book brings together historians, political scientists legal scholars and political economists to address questions of the federal vision and to articulate a vision for the 21st century.
• Titolo autorizzato: The federal vision
• ISBN: 0-19-159999-9; 1-281-94413-0; 9786611944131; 0-19-152962-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910782867803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II