The EU and federalism : polities and policies compared / by Finn Laursen.

Includes index.

Part I Introduction: Federalism: from classical theory to modern day practice in the EU and other polities, Finn Laursen. Part II The Federal Polity: Comparing the incomparable: treating the EU in comparative context, Steven B. Wolinetz; The European Union {u2013} a federation sui generis?, Ingeborg Tömmel; The EU as a '4th branch' of member state governments?, Chien-Yi Lu. Part III Federalism and the Environment: Environmental policy in the EU and Canada, Robert Boardman; Regional responses to the glocal water crisis: the EU and SADC experiences compared, Paulo Canelas de Castro. Part IV Federalism, Employment and Health Policy: Ties that bind: comparing modes of governance in employment policy in Canada and the European Union, Donna E. Wood; The dialectics of law and policy: federal health policy in Canada and the EU, Katherine Fierlbeck. Part V Federalism, Governance and Economic Performance: EU and OECD benchmarking and peer review compared, Nico S. Groenendijk; The comparison of policy responses to financial crises between the EU post-2008 and Japan in 1990s, Eiji Yamashita. Part VI Federalism, Security and Migration: Security governance in the Transatlantic area: United States, NATO and the European Union, Roberto Domínguez; A problem by their own hands: intra-EU migration and its implications for Europe, Michael Johns. Part VII Concluding Comments: The EU and Federalism: constitutional equilibrium or continued federalization?, Finn Laursen.

Tracing the evolution of federalist theory and the European Union (EU), an international line up of distinguished experts debate the pros and cons of treating the EU in a comparative context and ask whether a constitutional equilibrium has been reached in the EU. They examine policymaking or modes of governance in the areas of employment, health, environment, security and migration, comparing the EU's policies with policies of both international organisations like NATO, OECD and federal states such as Canada, Japan and South Africa.