States and Regions in the European Union: Institutional Adaptation in Germany and Spain

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ISBN: 9780521803816 | 0521803810
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Copyright: 2/4/2002

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Tanja Börzel argues that the effect of Europeanization on the politics and institutions of the EU's member states depends on the degree of conflict between European and domestic norms and rules. The book examines the relationship between the central state and regions in Germany and Spain, showing how Europeanization has served to weaken the powers of the regions. In both countries, the regions were forced to cooperate more closely with the centre, but the institutional impact in the two countries has been strikingly different. In Germany the existing cooperative Federal system was reinforced, but in Spain the traditional competitive relationship between the levels of government could not continue. Europeanization has led to a significant change in the pattern of Spanish politics, turning rivalry into cooperation. This book thus presents an important analysis of the impact of Europeanization on domestic politics, and on the relationship between states and regions in particular.

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viii

List of tables

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

xii

Introduction

(14)

Part I Europeanization and domestic institutional change: A historical institutionalist approach

Europeanization as a process of institutionalization and institutional change

(3)

Conceptualizing the domestic impact of Europe: Resource dependency versus institutional adaptation

(9)

The domestic impact of Europe as a resource-dependent process

(4)

The domestic impact of Europe as a process of institutional adaptation

(5)

The domestic impact of Europe as an ``institution-dependent'' process

(18)

Actors' behavior: Purposeful but socially constrained

(1)

Institutions: Formal and informal rule structures which constitute actors and regulate their behavior

(2)

Europeanization as a challenge to domestic institutions: Facilitating or prohibiting adaptation?

(14)

Part II Reinforcing cooperative federalism: Institutional adaptation to Europeanization in Germany

The Federal Republic of Germany as a model of cooperative federalism

(8)

Functional division of labor, strong bicameralism, and fiscal equalization as the major formal institutions of German federalism

(3)

Multilateral bargaining and consensus-seeking as the dominant institutional culture of German federalism

(2)

Adapting to centralization: The Lander strategy of cooperation and cost-sharing

(3)

The rinascimento of cooperative federalism: The impact of Europeanization on the territorial institutions of Germany

(35)

The double loss of competencies and the uneven distribution ``say and pay''

(5)

``The Lander strike back''

(21)

Redressing the territorial balance of power through sharing the costs of adaptation

(6)

Reinforcement through flexible adjustment: The Europeanization of cooperative federalism

(3)

Conclusion

(5)

Part III Transforming competitive regionalism: Institutional adaptation to Europeanization in Spain

The Spanish State of Autonomies as a form of competitive regionalism

(10)

Political autonomy, fiscal centralization, and weak intergovernmental cooperation as the major formal institutions of the Spanish State of Autonomies

(5)

Bilateralism, confrontation, and regional competition as the dominant institutional culture of Spanish regionalism

(2)

Confronting centralization: The CCAA strategy of confrontation and cost-shifting

100

(3)

Toward a framework of joint decision-making: The impact of Europeanization on the territorial institutions of Spain

103

(45)

The centralization of implementation and the uneven distribution of ``say and pay''

103

(4)

The Comunidades Autonomas fight centralization

107

(9)

A new strategy of cooperation and the emergence of institutional change

116

(18)

The transformation of Spanish competitive regionalism: Europeanization or institutional consolidation?

134

(14)

Conclusion

148

(5)

Part IV Sharing versus shifting the costs of adaptation: The Europeanization of environmental policy-making in Germany and Spain

The ``blooming'' of cooperative federalism: Institutional adaptation to the Europeanization of environmental policy-making in Germany

153

(25)

The uneven distribution of ``say and pay'' in European environmental policy-making

153

(7)

Sharing the costs of adaptation: Joint cooperation and joint non-implementation

160

(12)

Flexible adjustment through the joint shifting and joint sharing of adaptational costs: ``Fertilizing'' cooperative federalism

172

(6)

The ``greening'' of competitive regionalism: Institutional adaptation to the Europeanization of environmental policy-making in Spain

178

(31)

The uneven distribution of ``say and pay'' in European environmental policy-making

178

(4)

Shifting the costs of adaptation: Confrontation, non-implementation, and non-cooperation

182

(6)

The increasing failure of cost-shifting in reducing adaptational costs

188

(4)

Making implementation work: Mutual consultation and pragmatic collaboration

192

(4)

Europeanization and the emergence of multilateral intergovernmental cooperation

196

(13)

Conclusion

209

(25)

Conclusions: Toward convergence in Europe?

The domestic impact of Europe: Transformation versus reinforcement

211

(9)

Cooperative regionalism on the rise?

220

(8)

Institution dependency and beyond: Some suggestions for future research

228

(3)

Europe of the regions: Europe of the citizens?

231

(3)

Appendix: The major EU environmental policies of the policy study

234

(6)

List of references

240

(25)

Index

265

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States and Regions in the European Union: Institutional Adaptation in Germany and Spain

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