Collignon The Governance of European Public Goods

Towards a Republican Paradigm of European Integration
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-64012-9
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 271 Seiten, eBook

This edited volume proposes an innovative approach to European Integration by combining economics and political theory in its study of public goods. The contributors review such elements as a neo-medieval governance, the merits of a new European Republic, and, alongside Europe, include South East Asia in its discussions. By addressing different issues within the overarching approach of public goods and the republican paradigm of governance, Collignon introduces an important new perspective.

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Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collignon, Stefan

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1.        Introduction2.      European public goods in the neo-medieval model of governance. 10Theory of public goods. 12What are public goods?. 13Externalities and the role of state. 15Problems in the provision of public goods. 17European public goods. 20Neo-medieval paradigm.. 22Problems of neo-medievalism.. 27Neo-medieval provision of European public goods?. 29Conclusion. 333.      The European Union as a Republic. 35Public goods in the European context 36Governing externalities. 37The Concept of the Republic. 42Historic roots. 42The Republic and the State. 43The Logic of Public Goods. 45Public goods, Republics and Citizenship. 46Incentive Structures for the provision of public goods. 48The Euro and the European Republic. 51Democracy and the Principal-Agent Relationship. 53State and Republic. 53The Sovereignty of the Citizens against the Power of the State?. 55The Federal Order of the Republic. 59Conclusion. 634.      On paradigms and public goods:  Has the crisis changed the economic paradigm of EMU?  65The crisis and the Euro Area’s dominant paradigm.. 65Studying policy paradigms. 68Ideas and paradigms in the study of policy-making. 68The three orders of policy change. 70The policy paradigm of ‘stable money and sound finances’ 74Stable money. 74Sound finances. 76The separation of monetary and fiscal policy. 78Major responses to the Euro Area crisis: within or beyond EMU’s paradigm?. 79The case of EMU fiscal surveillance reform.. 79< The case of the ECB’s non-standard monetary policy measures. 82Conclusion. 875.      Principals and Agents in European Democracy. 91The Pre-crisis Discussion about the Democratic Deficit of the European Union. 92Discussing Europe — The Standard Version of the Democratic Deficit 92Examining the Deadlock between Majone, Moravcsik and Hix. 93Discussion of the Deadlock. 96Applying the principal-agent Model to the Debate on Democratic Deficit 97Explaining the Principle-Agent Model 97Benefits and Costs Associated with Member States Delegation to Supranational Agents. 98What does principal-agent theory tell us about the EU’s Democratic Deficit?. 99Reforms in the Lisbon Treaty. 102What does Pollack say about the European Parliament?. 103Delegation and Legitimacy – the Principals’ Perception and the Centrality of the Public Discourse  106Institutional discourses in the European Union. 107The Discussion about the Democratic Deficit after the Lisbon Treaty. 108‘The Euro Crisis’ or ‘how member states took the power away from the people’ 111The European Union and the Erosion of the Permissive Consensus. 113Europe and its Political Response to the Euro Crisis. 114Conclusion: Outlining the Agency Slack. 121Conclusion. 1246.      Why Does EU Governance Change?. 131The Frame Of Integration. 133Economic Causes For Governance Problems. 133Economically Adequate Governance. 135Explaining integration. 138Exogenous Shocks. 139Endogenous Efforts. 141The Public Goods Approach in a Nutshell 144Two Crises That Shook The EU.. 146Testing the theory. 146Make The Approach Visible &Selecting Cases. 147 Case Studies. 149Synthesis. 171Conclusion. 1737.      The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) As A Public Good. 174Background of ASEAN Integration. 175From Political to Economic Cooperation. 175The ASEAN Economic Community. 177ASEAN Way. 180ASEAN’s Potential 183The AEC as a Public Good. 184Obstacles to ASEAN Economic Integration. 187Increasing Externalities. 187Different Marginal Benefits and Costs. 192Developmental Gaps and the Lack of Leadership or a Redistributive Mechanism.. 196No Mechanism for Preference Revelation. 199Strengthening ASEAN Institutions for the Better Governance of ASEAN Public Goods. 200Central Level or Voluntary Cooperation?. 200The Case for Increased Institutionalisation. 202New Procedural Rules for ASEAN?. 2058.   ;     Bibliography. 209

Über Autor(innen)

Stefan Collignon is a professor of political economy at Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, at which he founded the Asia Forum, and the London School of Economics, UK. He has previously taught at Harvard University and Hamburg University. Further to this, Stefan Collignon held the role of Deputy Director General for Europe in the German Federal Ministry for Finance, and has published several books and journal articles over his career.