The Evolution of the European Economic Governance System

Dr. Hanna Lierse M.A.

doi:10.5771/9783845231556

Summary

Der vorliegende Band beschäftigt sich mit den Besonderheiten des europäischen Wirtschaftssystems und deckt Gründe für die Entstehung verschiedener Kooperationsmodi auf. Aufbauend auf einem diskursiv-institutionalistischen Ansatz, lenkt das Projekt die Aufmerksamkeit auf die Rolle von themenspezifischem Wissen und politischer Kommunikation in der EU.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2011
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-6663-8
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-3155-6
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Schriften zur europäischen Arbeits- und Sozialpolitik
Volume: 8
Language: English
Pages: 306
Product type: Book Titles

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 14
1. Scientific contribution of the study No access Pages 15 - 19
2. Introducing key terms No access Pages 19 - 22
3. Research aims and objectives No access Pages 22 - 23
4. Scope of research: case and country selection No access Pages 23 - 25
5. Structure of the project No access Pages 25 - 26
1. Defining governance No access Pages 27 - 32
2. Multi-level governance in the European Union No access Pages 32 - 34
3. The current state of European economic governance No access Pages 34 - 37
4. Drawback and benefits of European economic governance structures No access Pages 37 - 42
1. 1. The neofunctional perspective on European integration No access Pages 43 - 50
  2. The bargaining-oriented perspective No access Pages 50 - 55
  3. Towards a framework of social constructivism No access Pages 55 - 59
2. 1. Ideas: a conceptual account No access Pages 59 - 65
  2. Economic ideas: monetary and tax policy in the EU No access Pages 65 - 72
  3. Legitimising policy ideas: elites, media and the public No access Pages 72 - 79
3. 1. Decision-making rules and actors No access Pages 79 - 86
  2. The European communicative discourse No access Pages 86 - 93
4. A framework for analysis and guiding research hypotheses No access Pages 93 - 98
1. 1. A qualitative case study approach No access Pages 99 - 103
  2. Cross-case and over-time comparison: explanations and arguments No access Pages 103 - 107
  3. Country selection: EU, Germany, France and the UK No access Pages 107 - 109
2. 1. Data collection and sampling techniques No access Pages 109 - 115
  2. A qualitative content analysis based on thematic structuring No access Pages 115 - 118
  3. Developing thematic categories and coding guidelines No access Pages 118 - 122
3. Summary: methodological considerations No access Pages 122 - 124
1. 1. Monetary cooperation in Europe: origins, changes and priorities No access Pages 125 - 129
  2. Economic and monetary union: policy initiatives and theory No access Pages 129 - 132
2. 1. The Commission and the Werner Plan No access Pages 132 - 137
  2. Leaders and elites in France and Germany No access Pages 137 - 144
  3. The failure to legitimise the Werner Plan? No access Pages 144 - 155
  4. Economic instability and the unfeasibility of the Werner Plan No access Pages 155 - 156
3. 1. The Commission and the Delors Plan No access Pages 156 - 160
  2. Leaders and elites in France and Germany No access Pages 160 - 167
  3. Policy legitimisation: the emergence of a reform understanding? No access Pages 167 - 179
  4. The 1988 EMU: the emergence of a central bank consensus No access Pages 179 - 181
4. Policy discourses and the evolution of European monetary governance No access Pages 181 - 184
1. 1. Corporate taxation in Europe: origins, changes and priorities No access Pages 185 - 191
  2. European initiatives: a historical outline No access Pages 191 - 193
2. 1. The Commission and the 1975 directive: a progressivity approach No access Pages 193 - 197
  2. The member states: systems, changes and viewpoints No access Pages 197 - 203
  3. Policy legitimisation: the lack of issue salience No access Pages 203 - 211
  4. The 1975 governance failure and the lack of reform relevance No access Pages 211 - 213
3. 1. The Commission and the rise of a new discourse No access Pages 213 - 216
  2. The member states: systems, changes and viewpoints No access Pages 216 - 223
  3. Policy legitimisation: the harmony on unfair competition No access Pages 223 - 232
  4. The 1997 Code of Conduct: the emergence of a consensus No access Pages 232 - 233
4. Reform discourses and the evolution of European tax governance No access Pages 233 - 236
1. The institutionalisation of economic ideas and European governance No access Pages 237 - 241
2. The role of issue salience and governance success No access Pages 241 - 244
3. Policy ideas and European governance success No access Pages 244 - 246
4. The construction of soft and supranational governance structures No access Pages 246 - 248
5. Political communication in the EU: elites, media and the public No access Pages 248 - 251
6. Critical evaluation and outlook No access Pages 251 - 256
1. Secondary Literature No access Pages 257 - 275
2. Primary Literature No access Pages 275 - 282
Appendix No access Pages 283 - 306