Based on a transatlantic dialogue between scholars, this work addresses the complex and changing relationship between levels of governance within the United States and the European Union. It examines modes of governance on both sides, analyzing the ramifications of the legitimacy crisis in our multi-layered democracies and moving beyond the current policy debates over devolution and subsidiarity. Its authors believe that in spite of the fundamental differences between them, both the EU and the US are in the process of re-defining a federal vision for the twenty-first century.
Forewords,Jacques Delors Joseph Nye Introduction: Articulating the Federal Vision Introduction: The Federal Vision and Legitimacy,Robert Howse and Kalypso Nicolaidis The US and the EU: Models for Their Epochs,Daniel Elazar Federalism without a Constitution: The Principle of Constitutional Tolerance,Joseph Weiler Part I. Levels of Governance in the US and the EU Historical Overview: The Growth and Retreat of Federal Competence in the US and the EU,Mark Pollack Devolution and Subsidiarity in the US and the EU: The Blueprints,David Lazer and Viktor Mayer-Schoenberger Devolution in the United States: Rhetoric and Reality,John Kincaid Federalism in the EU: Rhetoric and Reality,Andrew Moravcsik Part II. Legal and Regulatory Instruments of Federal Governance The Role of Law in the Functioning of Federal Systems,George Bermann Levels of Governance in the United States and Europe: Reflections on EU Directives and the Anti-Commandeering Rule,Daniel Halberstam Regulatory Legitimacy in the United States and the European Union,Giandomenico Majone Part III. Federalism, Legitimacy and Governance: Models for Understanding Securing Subsidiarity: The Institutional Design of Federalism in the US and Europe,l“~
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