Outstanding book ... stimulating introduction ... this is a volume that is rich in ideas and takes the debates over US and EU federal development in original and thought-provoking directions.

• Preface ; Introduction: The Federal Vision, Levels of Governance, and Legitimacy ; PART I. ARTICULATING THE FEDERAL VISION ; The United States and the European Union: Models for Their Epochs ; Federalism without Constitutionalism: Europe's Sonderweg ; PART II. LEVELS OF GOVERNANCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: FACTS AND DIAGNOSIS ; Centralization and Its Discontents: The Rhythms of Federalism in the United States and the European Union ; Blueprints for Change: Devolution and Subsidiarity in the United States and the European Union ; Devolution in the United States: Rhetoric and Reality ; Federalism in the European Union: Rhetoric and Reality ; PART III. LEGAL AND REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS OF FEDERAL GOVERNANCE ; The Role of Law in the Functioning of Federal Systems ; Comparative Federalism and the Issue of Commandeering ; Regulatory Legitimacy in the United States and the European Union ; PART IV. FEDERALISM, LEGITIMACY AND GOVERNANCE: MODELS FOR UNDERSTANDING ; Securing Subsidiarity: The Institutional Design of Federalism in the United States and Europe ; Federal Governance in the United States and the European Union: A Policy Network Perspective ; Federalism and State Governance in the European Union and the United States: An Institutional Perspective ; Democratic Legitimacy under Conditions of Regulatory Competition: Why Europe differs from the United States ; PART V. FEDERALISM, LEGITIMACY, AND IDENTITY ; Citizenship and Federations: Some Preliminary Reflections ; The Constitutions of Institutions ; Beyond Devolution: From Subsidiarily to Mutuality ; European Citizenship: The Relevance of the American Model ; CONCLUSION ; The Federal Vision Beyond the Federal State ; APPENDIX: BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR THE ALLOCATION OF COMPETENCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION ; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS ; INDEX

Outstanding book ... stimulating introduction ... this is a volume that is rich in ideas and takes the debates over US and EU federal development in original and thought-provoking directions.

• Preface ; Introduction: The Federal Vision, Levels of Governance, and Legitimacy ; PART I. ARTICULATING THE FEDERAL VISION ; The United States and the European Union: Models for Their Epochs ; Federalism without Constitutionalism: Europe's Sonderweg ; PART II. LEVELS OF GOVERNANCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: FACTS AND DIAGNOSIS ; Centralization and Its Discontents: The Rhythms of Federalism in the United States and the European Union ; Blueprints for Change: Devolution and Subsidiarity in the United States and the European Union ; Devolution in the United States: Rhetoric and Reality ; Federalism in the European Union: Rhetoric and Reality ; PART III. LEGAL AND REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS OF FEDERAL GOVERNANCE ; The Role of Law in the Functioning of Federal Systems ; Comparative Federalism and the Issue of Commandeering ; Regulatory Legitimacy in the United States and the European Union ; PART IV. FEDERALISM, LEGITIMACY AND GOVERNANCE: MODELS FOR UNDERSTANDING ; Securing Subsidiarity: The Institutional Design of Federalism in the United States and Europe ; Federal Governance in the United States and the European Union: A Policy Network Perspective ; Federalism and State Governance in the European Union and the United States: An Institutional Perspective ; Democratic Legitimacy under Conditions of Regulatory Competition: Why Europe differs from the United States ; PART V. FEDERALISM, LEGITIMACY, AND IDENTITY ; Citizenship and Federations: Some Preliminary Reflections ; The Constitutions of Institutions ; Beyond Devolution: From Subsidiarily to Mutuality ; European Citizenship: The Relevance of the American Model ; CONCLUSION ; The Federal Vision Beyond the Federal State ; APPENDIX: BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR THE ALLOCATION OF COMPETENCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION ; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS ; INDEX

Outstanding book ... stimulating introduction ... this is a volume that is rich in ideas and takes the debates over US and EU federal development in original and thought-provoking directions.

• Preface ; Introduction: The Federal Vision, Levels of Governance, and Legitimacy ; PART I. ARTICULATING THE FEDERAL VISION ; The United States and the European Union: Models for Their Epochs ; Federalism without Constitutionalism: Europe's Sonderweg ; PART II. LEVELS OF GOVERNANCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION: FACTS AND DIAGNOSIS ; Centralization and Its Discontents: The Rhythms of Federalism in the United States and the European Union ; Blueprints for Change: Devolution and Subsidiarity in the United States and the European Union ; Devolution in the United States: Rhetoric and Reality ; Federalism in the European Union: Rhetoric and Reality ; PART III. LEGAL AND REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS OF FEDERAL GOVERNANCE ; The Role of Law in the Functioning of Federal Systems ; Comparative Federalism and the Issue of Commandeering ; Regulatory Legitimacy in the United States and the European Union ; PART IV. FEDERALISM, LEGITIMACY AND GOVERNANCE: MODELS FOR UNDERSTANDING ; Securing Subsidiarity: The Institutional Design of Federalism in the United States and Europe ; Federal Governance in the United States and the European Union: A Policy Network Perspective ; Federalism and State Governance in the European Union and the United States: An Institutional Perspective ; Democratic Legitimacy under Conditions of Regulatory Competition: Why Europe differs from the United States ; PART V. FEDERALISM, LEGITIMACY, AND IDENTITY ; Citizenship and Federations: Some Preliminary Reflections ; The Constitutions of Institutions ; Beyond Devolution: From Subsidiarily to Mutuality ; European Citizenship: The Relevance of the American Model ; CONCLUSION ; The Federal Vision Beyond the Federal State ; APPENDIX: BASIC PRINCIPLES FOR THE ALLOCATION OF COMPETENCE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THE EUROPEAN UNION ; ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS ; INDEX