Beyond the Regulatory Polity?

Most EU-scholars conceive of the EU as a multilevel polity with strong powers to regulate economic policy externalities among the member states but little power to intervene in, let alone assume, core functions of sovereign government ('core state powers') such as foreign and defense policy, public finance, public administration, and the maintenance of law and order. This book challenges this view. Based on a systematic comparison of integration processes in military security, fiscal policy, and public administration, it finds steady progress in the integration of core state powers although with substantial sectoral variation. But the EU is not heading towards state-building. In contrast to the historical experience of national federations, the European integration of core state powers proceeds mostly by regulating national capacities, not by creating European ones, and leads to territorial fragmentation rather than increased cohesiveness.1. Introduction: Beyond Market Regulation: Analyzing the European Integration of Core State Powers ; PART I. MILITARY SECURITY ; 2. Integrating the Acquisition of Leviathan's Swords? The Emerging Regulation of Defense Procurement Within the EU ; 3. Military Integration in Europe ; 4. Defence Policy and the Logic of 'High Politics' ; PART II. FISCAL AND MONETARY POLICY ; 5. Why is there Fiscal Capacity but little Regulation in the US, but Regulation and little Fiscal Capacity in Europe? The Global Financial Crisis as a Test Case ; 6. Fiscal Integration by Default ; 7. The Divided Sovereignty of the Eurozone ; PART III. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ; 8. Regulating Capacity Building by Stealth. Pattern and Extent of EU Involvement in Public Administration ; 9. The Rise of a European Public Administration. European Capacity Building by Stealth ; PART IV. CROSS-CUTTING PERSPECTIVES ; 10. Differentiated integration of Core State Powers ; 11. Building the New European State? Federalism, Core State Powers, and European Integration ; 12. Covert Integration of Core State Powers. Renegotiating Incomplete Contracts ; 13. Conclusion: The European Integration of Core State Powers. Patterns and Causes