Europeanization, European Integration and Financial Services

This book deals with the political philosophy that underpins theories of European integration and develops an understanding of Europeanization based on downloading and up-loading. Downloading is the means by which EU policy is amalgamated with domestic legislation and institutions. Up-loading indicates the use of national governments or sub-national interests in the development of European integration processes. European integration takes place at the supranational level and in general, is distinct from Europeanization. Through a study of financial services regulation these processes are made explicit.

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KERRY HOWELL is a Reader in Governance, Director of the Research Centre for Institutional Governance and Jean Monnet Teaching Fellow in the Ashcroft International Business School at Anglia Polytechnic University. He has acted as a consultant for economic forecasters and political practitioners as well as numerous companies and interest groups.

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General Introduction: Linking Levels of Theory and Methodological Approaches PART I: PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES AND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKS Recognising Civil Constitutions: Hegel and Kant as the Basis of European Integration Theory Re-assessing European Integration Theory Up-loading, Downloading or Crossloading? Conceptualizing Europeanization and European integration Theory PART II: EUROPEANIZATION AND EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE Identifying the European Union: Empirical and Historical Developments Macro Up-loading and Shared Beliefs: The Single European Act and Economic and Monetary Union Micro Up-loading: Sub-National Interests and Supranational Institutions PART III: EUROPEANIZATION AS SITUATION AND PROCESS: SYNTHESISING THEORY AND METHODOLOGY Identifying Difference and Potential Shared Beliefs: Domestic Issues and Financial Services Regulation Shared Beliefs and Micro and Macro Uploading Macro Up-loading and Supranational Institutions: Formulating the Financial Services Action Plan Europeanization Impacts on Member State Financial Services: Case Studies of the UK, Germany, Poland and Italy General Conclusion References