Community and autonomy : institutions, policies and legitimacy in multilevel Europe / Fritz W. Scharpf.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: Community and Autonomy in the European Union (2010) -- 1. The Joint-decision Trap: Lessons from German Federalism and European Integration (1988) -- 2. Community and Autonomy: Multilevel Policy-making in the European Union (1994) -- 3. Negative and Positive Integration in the Political Economy of European Welfare States (1996) -- 4. The Problem-solving Capacity of Multilevel Governance (1997) -- 5. Interdependence and Democratic Legitimation (2000) -- 6. Democratic Legitimacy under Conditions of Regulatory Competition: Why Europe Differs from the United States (2001) -- 7. Notes Toward a Theory of Multilevel Governing in Europe (2001) -- 8. The European Social Model: Coping with the Challenges of Diversity (2002) -- 9. Legitimate Diversity: The New Challenge of European Integration (2003) -- 10. The Joint-decision Trap Revisited (2006)