The Federal Vision

Legitimacy and Levels of Governance in the United States and the European Union
ISBN13: 9780199245000ISBN10: 0199245002 Paperback, 556 pages

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Table of Contents

Forewords , Jacques Delors Joseph Nye
Introduction: Articulating the Federal Vision
Introduction: The Federal Vision and Legitimacy , Robert Howse and Kalypso Nicolaidis
The US and the EU: Models for Their Epochs , Daniel Elazar
Federalism without a Constitution: The Principle of Constitutional Tolerance , Joseph Weiler
Part I. Levels of Governance in the US and the EU
Historical Overview: The Growth and Retreat of Federal Competence in the US and the EU , Mark Pollack
Devolution and Subsidiarity in the US and the EU: The Blueprints , David Lazer and Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger
Devolution in the United States: Rhetoric and Reality , John Kincaid
Federalism in the EU: Rhetoric and Reality , Andrew Moravcsik
Part II. Legal and Regulatory Instruments of Federal Governance
The Role of Law in the Functioning of Federal Systems , George Bermann
Levels of Governance in the United States and Europe: Reflections on EU Directives and the Anti-Commandeering Rule , Daniel Halberstam
Regulatory Legitimacy in the United States and the European Union , Giandomenico Majone
Part III. Federalism, Legitimacy and Governance: Models for Understanding
Securing Subsidiarity: The Institutional Design of Federalism in the US and Europe , Cary Coglianese
Federal Governance in the US and the EU: A Policy Network Perspective , John Peterson
Federalism and State Governance in the EU and the US: An Institutional Perspective , Vivien Schmidt
Democratic Legitimacy under Conditions of Regulatory Competition: Why Europe differs from the United States? , Fritz Scharpf
Part IV. Federalism, Legitimacy and Identity
Citizenship and Federations: Some Preliminary Reflections , Sujit Choudhry
The Constitutions of Institutions , Elizabeth Meehan
Beyond Devolution: Lessons from the US to the EU , Marc Landy
European Citizenship: The Relevance of the American Model , Denis Lacorne
Conclusion
Where do we go from here? Beyond the Transatlantic Context , Robert Howse and Kalypso Nicolaidis
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