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An outstanding cast of contributors led by Charlie Jeffery, Ailsa
Henderson and Daniel Wincott, confront the idea of 'methodological
nationalism', that is the uncritical choice of the 'nation-state'
as a unit of analysis that dominates postwar social science. It
looks within the state to a regional-scale unit of analysis. Using
specially collected data from 14 regions across five European
states Citizenship After the Nation State explores how citizens
define and pursue collective goals at regional scale as well as at
the scale of the 'nation-state'. It shows that regional
institutions, actors and processes have transformed the state, in
many ways 'de-nationalizing' it, and recasting it as a more complex
form of political organisation, one that needs to respond to the
demands of distinctive regional political communities as well as
the political community as organized at the state-level. What comes
'after the nation-state' is, in other words, not the regional
disintegration of the state or the emergence of a 'Europe of the
Regions', but rather the consolidation of multi-levelled statehood.
The 1990s have seen intense debates about the role of regions in
European integration. Changes in EU structural funding rules, the
innovations of the Maastricht treaty, and the growing importance of
federal and regional government within EU member states have all
boosted the significance of regional tiers of government in EU
politics. Taken together their effect has been to shift the balance
of decision-making responsibility within the EU to a third
(regional) level of government emerging in the EU policy process
alongside the first (union) and second (nation-state) levels. As a
result, a system of multi-level governance can increasingly be
identified, in which different levels of government adopt different
roles in different fields or phases of the European policy process.
The 1990s have seen intense debates about the role of regions in
European integration. Changes in EU structural funding rules, the
innovations of the Maastricht treaty, and the growing importance of
federal and regional government within EU member states have all
boosted the significance of regional tiers of government in EU
politics. Taken together their effect has been to shift the balance
of decision-making responsibility within the EU to a third
(regional) level of government emerging in the EU policy process
alongside the first (union) and second (nation-state) levels. As a
result, a system of multi-level governance can increasingly be
identified, in which different levels of government adopt different
roles in different fields or phases of the European policy process.
The way Germany engages with the other states of the EU is often
oversimplified and misunderstood. This book offers a nuanced
analysis of the German role in the EU, using a novel approach which
identifies German influence in the EU in terms of "soft" power.
Rather than pursuing interests at the expense of other states, this
book focuses on the creation of a "milieu" of multilateral
cooperation in which Germany's diplomatic interests can
flourish.
Offering an confrontation of the uncritical choice of the
'nation-state' as a unit of analysis in postwar social science,
this book utilises specially collected data from 14 regions across
five European states to explores how citizens define and pursue
collective goals at regional scale as well as at the scale of the
'nation-state'.
Understanding Germany's federal structure is crucial to
understanding contemporary Germany. The federal system shaped the
way German unification was carried out, it shapes the way which
policies are made, and it plays a role in determining the way in
which Germany presents its priorities in the European Union. This
first part establishes the context by setting out and analyzing the
character of pre-unification West German federalism and the
challenge posed for the federal system by German unification. The
second part takes stock of key issues in the operation of
post-unification federalism, including the policy process, the role
of parties in federalism, conflicts of interest over financial
allocations and the impact of deepening European integration. The
final part offers a series of critical perspectives which address
the long-term legacies of unification and the increasing pressures
for reform which now beset the federal system.
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