Designing Europe Comparative Lessons from the

In this captivating work, David McKay examines the policy dynamics of the European Union following the adoption of a single currency in 1999. It studies in detail the experience of existing federations, identifying specifically those arrangements that hold lessons for the emerging European policy. It will prove helpful for anyone curious about the economic future of Europe.

David McKay is Professor of Government, University of Essex.

List of Figures

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List of Tables

x

`Stateness', Federalism, and Institutional Adaptation

1

(7)

Federalism and Stateness Problems

4

(2)

The Chapters to Come

6

(2)

The Federal Experience and the European Union

8

(15)

Problems of Definition

8

(6)

Adapting Federalism: Constitutions, Institutions, and Party Systems

14

(5)

Measuring Centralization

19

(2)

Conclusion

21

(2)

The United States: The Rise and Fall of Territorial Politics

23

(22)

Constitutional Origins and the Territorial Dimension

23

(2)

The National Idea and the Rise of Sectionalism, 1800-61

25

(4)

The New Federal Bargain: Accommodating the South, 1870-1940

29

(3)

The Decline of Territorial Politics, 1940-2000

32

(4)

The Territorial Dimension of Intergovernmental Aid

36

(7)

Summary and Conclusions

43

(2)

Canada: The Unresolved Federal Bargain

45

(23)

Origins

45

(3)

The Ebb and Flow of Federal Power: Canadian Federalism 1867-1982

48

(4)

Re-negotiating the Federal Bargain, 1982-2000

52

(4)

A Changing Party System

56

(1)

Fiscal Federalism: The Politics of Intergovernmental Bargaining

57

(8)

Summary and Conclusions

65

(3)

Australia: Party Discipline and Fiscal Dependence

68

(19)

Origins

68

(4)

Centralizing Trends, 1901-72

72

(2)

Crisis and Change in Intergovernmental Relations, 1972-2000

74

(3)

Political Parties and Adversarial Politics

77

(2)

The Politics of Dependence: Fiscal Federalism in Australia

79

(1)

Federal Grants and Equalization: How the System Works

80

(5)

Summary and Conclusions

85

(2)

Germany: Adaptation and Change in a Centralized Federation

87

(18)

Origins

87

(1)

The Founding Constitution: Germany's Basic Law

88

(2)

Centralized Cooperative Federalism: The Federal Republic, 1950-90

90

(3)

Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations and the Challenge of Unification

93

(5)

Territory, Politics, and German Federalism

98

(4)

Summary and Conclusions

102

(3)

Switzerland: Dispersing Power for National Unity

105

(22)

Constitutional Origins: The Politics of Collective Security

105

(3)

Institutional Adaptation: Socialism, Security, and Cantonal Sovereignty, 1874-1950

108

(2)

Equalization and the Limited Accrual of Central Power, 1950-2000

110

(5)

Reform Attempts: The Case of the Perequation Financiere

115

(4)

Dispersing Power for National Unity

119

(6)

Summary and Conclusions

125

(2)

The Federal Experience in Comparative Context

127

(16)

The EU in Comparative Context I: Constitutional Design

127

(3)

The EU in Comparative Context II: Institutional Adaptation

130

(4)

The EU in Comparative Context III: Adaptation and the Role of Political Parties

134

(2)

The EU in Comparative Context IV: The Fiscal Dimension

136

(6)

Conclusions

142

(1)

Designing Europe

143

(11)

Territory, Identity, and Power: The EU in Comparative Perspective

143

(2)

The European Union and Institutional Design

145

(7)

Conclusions

152

(2)

References

154

(9)

Index

163

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