What Makes the EU Viable? [electronic resource] : European Integration in the Light of the Antebellum US Experience /
Glencross, A.author.
Drawing on international relations theory, law and historical analysis, this book compares European integration with the antebellum USA to assess what makes the EU viable despite contestation over the rules of the game of integration. It reveals that changing the system of representation is no shortcut solution for the EU's constitutional woes.
Description based upon print version of record.
1 The Problem of Viability in a Compound Polity; 2 Developing an Analogical Comparison between the EU and the Antebellum US Republic; 3 Comparing How the Rules of the Game are Contested; 3.4 Conclusion; 4 The Struggle to Maintain a Compound System:Creating and Contesting the Rules of the Game in European Integration; 5 Contrasting and Explaining the Viability of Two Compound Systems; 6 The Future Evolution of the EU Compound Polity: The Obstacles to Voluntary Centralization; Conclusion: Implications for EU Studies and the Debate over the Future of Integration; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Drawing on international relations theory, law and historical analysis, this book compares European integration with the antebellum USA to assess what makes the EU viable despite contestation over the rules of the game of integration. It reveals that changing the system of representation is no shortcut solution for the EU's constitutional woes.
European Union.
European Union.
Comparative politics.
International relations.
Political science.
European Union Politics.
Comparative Politics.
International Relations.
Political Science.