Hierarchy and interdependence in multi-level structures
Subtitle: foreign and European relations of Belgian, German and Austrian federated entities
By: Tamara Kovziridze
Publisher: VUBPRESS
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Brussels
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9789054875369
Description: "This book analyses the relationship between federalism and European integration, and in this context examines the impact of Europeanization on the three EU member states that are constitutionally federal: Belgium, Germany and Austria. The author chooses two theoretical concepts - hierarchy and interdependence - to characterize certain institutional and structural features of federal states. Her comparative analysis shows that European integration does have an impact on federalism and that it is leading to growing institutional interdependence between the levels of governance in all three states."--Back cover.
Notes: Thesis (Ph. D)--Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Theoretical framework and conceptual tools; title: Belgium, Germany and Austria: three faces of the federal principle; title: Comparative analysis of Belgium, Germany and Austria.