The Regimes of European Integration: Constructing Governance of the Single Market

Donnelly, Shawn

ISBN 10: 0199579407 / ISBN 13: 9780199579402

Published by OUP Oxford, 2010

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The Regimes of European Integration shows why international regimes get built or not and whether national governments delegate to the international level. It contains case studies in economic and social regulation in Germany, the UK, and within the European Union. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPS; JPSN2; KCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592. . 2010. hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Regimes of European Integration: Constructing Governance of the Single Market
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199579407
• ISBN 13: 9780199579402
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The regulation of financial markets and companies in Europe has undergone significant changes over the last decade. The Commission, Member States, and Parliament constructed regimes that facilitate new legislation, sanction delegation to the Commission for financial market law, and structure the cross-border regulation of companies within the single market. The substance of this book is about that regime development.

In creating the regimes discussed in The Regimes of European Integration, EU leaders contributed to the ongoing constitutionalization of Europe by contesting and constructing norms. Each of the regimes required an explicit definition of the vertical relationship between the EU and the member states, and of the horizontal relationship amongst the member states. It defined the kind of regulatory state that would be required, the mix of European and national bodies involved, and the procedures they were to follow in carrying out their functions. It also defined what kinds of national variation in related economic and social policy would be regarded as legitimate. As they made these agreements, European leaders simultaneously articulated what it meant to be a member state in the single market, and what it meant to delegate responsibilities to the EU. This constitutionalised these ideals by sorting out the issues of EU and national responsibilities in a powerfully authoritative way. The theory of this book is about demonstrating the normative foundations of these constitutional agreements and showing how they had to be built on the shoulders of national ones.

About the Author

Shawn Donnelly is Assistant Professor of European Economic Governance at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. He joined the Department of Legal and Economic Governance Studies in autumn 2007 and is a member of the Centre for European Studies and the Institute for Governance Studies. He specializes in international and comparative political economy with a focus on Europe, regulation, and political norms about the relationship between state and the market.