Luigi Paganetto - The Political Economy of the European Constitution
Publisher: Ashgate | 2007-08-06 | ISBN: 0754649482 | PDF | 350 pages | 1.22 MB



The enlargement process, the creation of the Monetary Union and theneed to promote further the political and economic integration ofEurope have ignited an intense debate at the European level amongresearchers and policy-makers. This book reviews and provides newcontributions on the political economy of the European constitution. Itexamines the effects that political, legal, and regulatory institutionshave on economic development and on the many issues, like socialprotection, fiscal reform, and regional policies that are on the tableof European policy-makers. It also provides ideas and analysis of suchissues as the problem of voting reform, the centralistion anddecentralisation of the policy process and the allocation of new policyperogatives at the EU level which are crucial for the design of a newEuropean constitution.