1st Edition

The Domestic Structure of European Community Policy-Making in West Germany (Routledge Revivals)

By Simon Bulmer Copyright 1986
410 Pages
by Routledge

410 Pages
by Routledge

408 Pages
by Routledge

The Federal Republic of Germany’s position in the European Community had been described as one of interdependence, penetration and integration. Of the three terms this research addresses itself most directly to penetration: to the links between the German political system and policy-making at the Community level. These links operated in two directions. Thus membership for the European Community... Read more

Table of Contents;  List of Figures and Tables;  Abbreviations;  Preface;  1. West German Domestic Political Structures and European Community Policy-Making;  Part 1: The Political Organisations Involved;  2. The Organisation of EC Policy-Making in the Federal Government  3. German Interest Groups in EC Policy-Making  4. Political Parties and German EC Policy-Making  5. The Role of the Bundestag and the Bundesrat in EC Policy-Making  6. Subnational Government in EC Policy-Making;  Part 2: Case Studies;  7. The European Community’s Proposal to Harmonise Member States’ Brewing Regulations  8. The Mansholt Plan for the Reform of EC Agricultural Structures  9. Conclusions;  Postscript;  Bibliography;  Appendix I: Interviews

Biography

Simon Bulmer