Tamed power
Subtitle: Germany in Europe
By: edited by Peter J. Katzenstein.
Contributors: Katzenstein, Peter J.
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Ithaca, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 314
Subjects: European Union -- Germany.; Germany -- Relations -- Europe.; Europe -- Relations -- Germany.; Europe -- Economic integration.; European Union countries -- Economic policy.
Description: Katzenstein contends that a multilateral institutionalization of power is the most distinctive aspect of the relationship between Europe and Germany. Only the observer who is aware of this important fact can understand why Germany is willing to give up its new sovereign power.

Although Germany is larger than any other member of the European Union and plays a crucial role in the economic and political life of Eastern Europe, its power is now funneled through the institutions of the European Union rather than erupting in a narrow, power-defined sense of national self-interest.

The empirical chapters of this book explore the institutionalization of power relations between the European Union and Germany, as well as the relations of Germany and the European Union with most of the smaller European states.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.