Compared to early expectations, the process of European integration has resulted in a paradox: frustration without disintegration and resilience without progress. The article attempts to develop an institutional explanation for this paradox by exploring the similarities between joint decision making ("Politikverflechtung") in German federalism and decision making in the European Community. In both cases, it is argued, the fact that member governments are directly participating in central decisions, and that there is a de facto requirement of unanimous decisions, will systematically generate sub-optimal policy outcomes unless a "problem-solving" (as opposed to a "bargaining") style of decision making can be maintained. In fact, the "bargaini...
This article explains the zigzag of the stepwise federalism reform in Germany by accessing the theor...
In this article, German federalism is analyzed through its implications for public spending and for ...
Since the late 1980s, the European Communities have seen rapid developments towards economic and pol...
Compared to early expectations, the process of European integration has resulted in a paradox: frust...
The unique institutions that make up Germany\u27s "unitary federal state," long considered part of t...
The unique institutions that make up Germany's "unitary federal state," long considered part of the ...
SIGLEBibliothek Weltwirtschaft Kiel YY11,378 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Tech...
"Die im internationalen Vergleich einmaligen Institutionen des "unitarischen Bundesstaats" erschiene...
The unique institutions that make up Germany's unitary federal state, long considered part of the co...
In federal states with territorially based ethnic, linguistic or religious cleavages, the allocation...
Germany’s preferences regarding the kind of federal Europe it wants have been characterized by both ...
The process of European integration is marked both by continued deepening and widening, and by growi...
This paper explores the impact of European integration on the German polity broadly conceived: speci...
Germany’s preferences regarding the kind of federal Europe it wants have been characterized by both ...
The article deals with the relationship between the bonds created by the integration process with ec...
This article explains the zigzag of the stepwise federalism reform in Germany by accessing the theor...
In this article, German federalism is analyzed through its implications for public spending and for ...
Since the late 1980s, the European Communities have seen rapid developments towards economic and pol...
Compared to early expectations, the process of European integration has resulted in a paradox: frust...
The unique institutions that make up Germany\u27s "unitary federal state," long considered part of t...
The unique institutions that make up Germany's "unitary federal state," long considered part of the ...
SIGLEBibliothek Weltwirtschaft Kiel YY11,378 / FIZ - Fachinformationszzentrum Karlsruhe / TIB - Tech...
"Die im internationalen Vergleich einmaligen Institutionen des "unitarischen Bundesstaats" erschiene...
The unique institutions that make up Germany's unitary federal state, long considered part of the co...
In federal states with territorially based ethnic, linguistic or religious cleavages, the allocation...
Germany’s preferences regarding the kind of federal Europe it wants have been characterized by both ...
The process of European integration is marked both by continued deepening and widening, and by growi...
This paper explores the impact of European integration on the German polity broadly conceived: speci...
Germany’s preferences regarding the kind of federal Europe it wants have been characterized by both ...
The article deals with the relationship between the bonds created by the integration process with ec...
This article explains the zigzag of the stepwise federalism reform in Germany by accessing the theor...
In this article, German federalism is analyzed through its implications for public spending and for ...
Since the late 1980s, the European Communities have seen rapid developments towards economic and pol...