Economic Government of the EU A Balance Sheet of New Modes of Policy Coordination

The creation of Monetary Union marked a major step in the evolution of the European Union. Is the EU now taking the next step toward a full-fledged economic government? This book seeks to answer this question by studying the evolution, execution and performance of new modes of economic policy coordination as potential stepping-stones towards more institutionalized forms of economic governance.

Ingo Linsenmann is a Research Fellow, Christoph O. Meyer is a Research Fellow, and Wolfgang Wessels is Jean Monnet Chair for Political Science, all at the University of Cologne.

Stepping Stones towards an Economic Government for Europe? Why Study Modes of Self Coordination?; C.O.Meyer, W.Wessels & I.Linsenmann * SECTION I: THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO CHANGES OF GOVERNING MODES * The Emergence and Functioning of Policy Coordination: Legal Framework, History and Typology; I.Linsenmann & C.O.Meyer * The Living Constitution of Economic Governance: A Neo-Institutionalist Approach to Theorising Integration; C.O.Meyer, I.Linsenmann & W.Wessels * To Coordinate or not to Coordinate? The Economic Rationale for Fiscal Policy Coordination in the Euro Zone; J.Le Cacheux * SECTION II: MODES OF POLICY COORDINATION IN ACTION: ADAPTATION AND RESPONSE ACROSS LEVELS AND POLICY FIIELDS * New Governance Structures in Employment Policy Making? Taking Stock of the European Employment Strategy; K.Jacobsson & A.Vifell * The Dismal Record of the Stability and Growth Pact; J.Le Cacheux & F.Touya * Europeanization Through Policy Coordination? Comparing and Understanding National Adaptation Patterns; C.O.Meyer & G.Umbach * SECTION III: SIX YEARS OF POLICY COORDINATION: DISCERNING TRENDS AND TESTING THEORIES * Towards a Communitarisation? Spill-overs between Structural Funds and the European Employment Strategy; I.Hartwig * Towards a Horizontal Fusion of Governing Structures? Coordination of Coordination Processes through the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines; I.Linsenmann * Towards Deliberative Supranationalism? Analysing the Role of Committee Interaction in Soft Co-ordination; K.Jacobsson & A.Vifell * A 'Grand Débat Européen' on Economic Governance? Publicised Discourses as Indicators for the Performance of Policy Coordination Modes; C.O.Meyer & Tobias Kunstein * SECTION IV: WHAT KIND OF ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE FOR WHAT KIND OF UNION? * Multi-level Institutionalism, Loose Policy Coordination and the Limits of EU Economic Governance; C.O.Meyer * New Rules, New Paths? The Prospect for Economic Governance after the Convention and the Intergovernmental Conference; I.Linsenmann & W.Wessels Stepping Stones towards an Economic Government for Europe? Why Study Modes of Self Coordination?; C.O.Meyer, W.Wessels & I.Linsenmann * SECTION I: THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO CHANGES OF GOVERNING MODES * The Emergence and Functioning of Policy Coordination: Legal Framework, History and Typology; I.Linsenmann & C.O.Meyer * The Living Constitution of Economic Governance: A Neo-Institutionalist Approach to Theorising Integration; C.O.Meyer, I.Linsenmann & W.Wessels * To Coordinate or not to Coordinate? The Economic Rationale for Fiscal Policy Coordination in the Euro Zone; J.Le Cacheux * SECTION II: MODES OF POLICY COORDINATION IN ACTION: ADAPTATION AND RESPONSE ACROSS LEVELS AND POLICY FIIELDS * New Governance Structures in Employment Policy Making? Taking Stock of the European Employment Strategy; K.Jacobsson & A.Vifell * The Dismal Record of the Stability and Growth Pact; J.Le Cacheux & F.Touya * Europeanization Through Policy Coordination? Comparing and Understanding National Adaptation Patterns; C.O.Meyer & G.Umbach * SECTION III: SIX YEARS OF POLICY COORDINATION: DISCERNING TRENDS AND TESTING THEORIES * Towards a Communitarisation? Spill-overs between Structural Funds and the European Employment Strategy; I.Hartwig * Towards a Horizontal Fusion of Governing Structures? Coordination of Coordination Processes through the Broad Economic Policy Guidelines; I.Linsenmann * Towards Deliberative Supranationalism? Analysing the Role of Committee Interaction in Soft Co-ordination; K.Jacobsson & A.Vifell * A 'Grand Débat Européen' on Economic Governance? Publicised Discourses as Indicators for the Performance of Policy Coordination Modes; C.O.Meyer & Tobias Kunstein * SECTION IV: WHAT KIND OF ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE FOR WHAT KIND OF UNION? * Multi-level Institutionalism, Loose Policy Coordination and the Limits of EU Economic Governance; C.O.Meyer * New Rules, New Paths? The Prospect for Economic Governance after the Convention and the Intergovernmental Conference; I.Linsenmann & W.Wessels