Impact of Europeanization on Economic Policies: Convergence or Divergence or both?

Index

Introduction

1 Definitions of Europeanization
Ladrech (1994)
Börzel (1999)
Hix and Goetz (2001)
Risse, Cowles and Coparaso (2001)

2 Top-down Approach & Bottom-up Approach

3 Discussing Europeanization
Domestic Impact
Presence of “Misfit” factor
Facilitating Actors

4 Logic of consequentalism vs. Logic of Appropriateness

5 Europeanization and Economic Integration

6 Five Faces of Europeanization (Olsen)
Change in Geographical boundary of Europe
Creation of a system of governance at supranational level
Domestic impact of single point governance
Exporting European system of governance beyond EU borders
Intensifying political unification of Europe

7 Three Levels of Europeanization of economic policies

8 Europeanization and Globalization
Europeanization not regional prototype of Globalization
Europeanization as Protective Element
Benefits to member states through common European Economic Policies

9 Impact of Europeanization on European Economic Policies
Germany, Britain and France
A European Monetary Integration
B Environment Policy Area
C Financial Services Sector
D Telecommunication Sector
E Electricity Sector
F Air Transport Sector

10 Convergence or Divergence or both?

11 Europeanization of Economic policies: An Interactive Approach

Bibliography