1st Edition
Globalization and Institutional Adjustment Federalism as an Obstacle?
By Axel Hülsemeyer
Copyright 2004
155 Pages
by
Routledge
155 Pages
by
Routledge
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Combining the disciplines of international political economy, public sector economics and comparative politics, this stimulating book debates whether federalism obstructs institutional adjustment under conditions of a globalized economy, or whether this depends upon the extent to which a given political system is centralized. Axel Hülsemeyer analyzes the ratification of the Single European Act and... Read more
Contents: Introduction: globalization, 'the State' and 'the Market'; Globalization and the adjustment of the public sector; Tracing the process of institutional mediation; Ratification through constitutional change: Germany, the Single European Act and the Maastricht Treaty; Implementation with a hitch: Canada, the CUSFTA and the NAFTA; Conclusion: federalism as an obstacle?; Bibliography; Index.
Biography
Axel Hülsemeyer
