States and Regions in the European Union: Institutional Adaptation in Germany and Spain [Hardcover]

This book analyses the impact of Europeanization on domestic politics and the relationship between states and regions.This book reveals how the institutional structures of different countries have been changed in different ways by membership in the European Union. In particular, she shows how European Union membership has affected the relationship between the center and the regions. In studies of Germany and Spain, the author shows how Europeanization has undermined the regions, but then led to cooperation between center and regions in getting the most from the European Union.This book reveals how the institutional structures of different countries have been changed in different ways by membership in the European Union. In particular, she shows how European Union membership has affected the relationship between the center and the regions. In studies of Germany and Spain, the author shows how Europeanization has undermined the regions, but then led to cooperation between center and regions in getting the most from the European Union.This book reveals how the institutional structures of different countries have been changed in different ways by membership in the European Union. In particular, the author shows how European Union membership has affected the relationship between the center and the regions. In studies of Germany and Spain, she indicates how Europeanization has undermined the regions, but then led to cooperation between center and regions to get the most from the European Union.Introduction; 1. Europeanization and domestic institutional change: a historical institutionalist approach; 2. Reinforcing cooperative federalism: institutional adaption to Europeanization in Germany; 3. Transforming competitive regionalism: institutional adaptation to Europeanization in Spain; 4. Sharing versus shifting the costs of adaptation: the Europeanization of environmental policy-making in Germany and Spain; Conclusions. Contributing quite effectively to ongoing debates in l“'