Bulletin n. 2/2016
December 2016
INDICE
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Windwehr Jana
    Der Europäische Wirtschaftsraum – Revival eines Auslaufmodells?
    in Zeitschrift für Politik , Jahrgang 63, Heft 4, 2016 ,  2016 ,  446–458
    Abstract With the ›Brexit‹ referendum, the considerable differences among member states concerning economic performance, political preferences as well as value orientation which have become visible in both the sovereign debt and the refugee crisis and a long list of countries interested in either accession to or close association with the European Union, the academic and occasionally political debate on flexible integration has become an immediate necessity. The European Economic Area - already regarded as outdated after the accession of most of its members to the European Union as well as Iceland’s membership application - can serve as a case in point as to the possibilities and limits of such far-reaching partial integration of third countries together with the example of Switzerland’s bilateral sectoral treaties. It becomes clear that such models imply a trade-off between market access and participation rights and that the accuracy of fit in economic and political terms needs to be thoroughly evaluated in every single case.
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