Another Great Illusion: The Advancement of Separatism through Economic Integration

2014 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn Brancati
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Integration Scheme ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Electoral Support ◽  
The World ◽  
Independent States

Economic integration is widely argued to increase subnational demands for independence. Yet increasingly high degrees of integration have not been associated with a commensurate growth in separatist activity. This article argues that integration is not likely to promote separatism in general because the economic benefits of integration are not uniformly positive, and are not large enough for most regions to provide for their own defense in order to sustain themselves as independent states. This argument is empirically tested using the case of post-WWII European integration, a hard test of the argument, since the European Union is the most advanced economic integration scheme in the world. The quantitative analysis supports the argument, showing that European integration is only weakly associated with a modest increase in electoral support for separatist parties. Further qualitative analysis suggests that the effect of integration is conditional on other factors as well.

scholarly journals EFFECTS OF TRADE FLOW LIBERALIZATION: CASE OF ASEAN, NAFTA & MERCOSUR

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-69
Author(s):  
Hasan Mahmutović ◽  
◽  
Alem Merdić ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
European Union ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Regional Policy ◽  
Trade Flow ◽  
Trade Flows ◽  
Uneven Distribution ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The World ◽  
Distribution Of Income

An important factor and the inescapable link of the globalization process are economic integrations, which by the liberalization of trade flows contributes significantly to the interconnection of countries, thus directly affecting the enhancement of the value of macroeconomic parameters at the level of the formed integration. The aim of this paper is to examine the effects of economic integration on the example of ASEAN, NAFTA and MERCOSUR integration, which, along with the European Union, represent the most relevant integrations in the world. The analysis showed, as a consequence of the integration, increased volume of trade exchange, increased FDI level and achieved real economic growth on the level of integration. However, the analysis has shown, in particular in the ASEAN area, that there is still a problem of uneven distribution of income and fairer implementation of regional policy, in order to integrate growth generated into the development of less developed areas.

scholarly journals Value Added Taxation during the Third European Integration (the Treaty of Rome of 1957)

Taxes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 41-46
Author(s):  
Dmitriy G. Bachurin ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Social Development ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Value Added ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Third ◽  
Treaty Of Rome ◽  
Legal Mechanism

Based on an analysis of the regulatory framework of the modified value added tax (VAT), the author has studied the characteristics and singled out periods of the Europe-wide value added taxation. It is noted that the legal mechanism of value added taxation acquires the quality of a rather dynamic regulator of economics in the conditions of the European Union, while the arising effects of social correction, slowdown of capital widening and economic integration processes positively affect social development in each socially oriented European states.

scholarly journals Did Decentralisation Affect Citizens’ Perception of the European Union? The Impact during the Height of Decentralisation in Europe

Economies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vassilis Tselios ◽  
Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Two Dimensions ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Economic Costs ◽  
Fiscal Decentralisation ◽  
Logistic Regressions ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Levels

The aim of this paper is to assess the extent to which different levels of decentralisation across regions of the European Union (EU) affected citizens’ perceptions about European integration over the period 1973–2002. The paper uses Eurobarometer Surveys to explore by means of multinomial logistic regressions whether decentralisation was an important factor behind the varying perceptions about Europe. Two dimensions of decentralization—political and fiscal—are considered in the analysis, alongside several compositional and contextual effects. The results of the analysis show that fiscal decentralisation was fundamental for citizens’ support for European integration, while there is limited evidence that political decentralisation played a similar role. Hence, while fiscal decentralisation may have given prominence to the economic benefits of European integration, political decentralisation was more associated with its economic costs. Taking into account that history matters, this paper raises potentially interesting insights for the design of policies aimed at promoting social cohesion.

Unia Europejska w stanie krytycznym. Nowe sytuacje – nowe konstelacje – nowe orientacje

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Czachór
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Scientific Thinking ◽  
Specific Situation ◽  
European Research ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Integration Process ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The World ◽  
The Eu

The crisis in the European Union is forcing the world of science, mainly representatives of European research and studies, to change thinking, and thus to the need to search for new patterns of scientific thinking. Such formulas and views that will allow to explain and understand the dynamics of the construction and deconstruction of European integration. The paradigm of situationism is helpful here, which refers to the postulate of identifying and defining critical situations leading to changes in the EU. We define the situation here as a set of conditional circumstances and the state of the matter in which the European Union is located. The situation is also a fragment of the action (reconstruction of activities) taking place in the European integration process. Situationism may aspire to an integrative metatheory, because rejects all generalisation and universalisation of reality. It makes European integration actors (mainly policy-makers) connected with their actions (interactions – transactions) dependent on instruments (procedures) and requirements of the specific situation in which they found themselves.

Introduction

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michele Gazzola ◽  
Bengt-Arne Wickström
Keyword(s):  
International Economic ◽  
European Union ◽  
World Trade Organization ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Level ◽  
Domestic Markets ◽  
The World

In the last decades the world has experienced several major changes that have had an impact on linguistic diversity and on the way language is perceived by individuals. Increasing international economic integration (sometimes referred to as “globalization”) has emphasized the need for companies to look beyond their national borders and domestic markets and to compile new international rules to guide this process. The World Trade Organization, for example, was founded in 1995. Supranational political integration has become stronger. At the European level, the Treaty of Maastricht, signed in 1992, followed by other agreements, has deepened the process of European integration, increased the importance of the European Union, improved the mobility of labor on the continent, and led to the monetary union of several European states. In addition, three EU enlargements (2004, 2007, and 2013) have almost doubled the number of member states in less than ten years, and increased the EU population by about 30 percent....

scholarly journals Intensyfikacja współpracy gospodarczej w Unii Europejskiej w latach 2010‑2019 w świetle teorii nowej międzyrządowości

Politeja ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (3(66)) ◽  
pp. 15-27
Author(s):  
Klaudia Kudławiec
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Monetary Union ◽  
Economic And Monetary Union ◽  
System Reform ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Political Union ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Economic Union

Intensification of Economic Cooperation in the European Union in the Years 2010-2019 in the Light of the Theory of New Intergovernmentality The subject of the article is the process of intensifying economic integration in the European Union in the years 2010-2019, which is to lead to the creation of a real Economic and Monetary Union. The article is based on the theory of new intergovernmentalism, through which the eurozone system reform has been analyzed. The first part presents the main assumptions of the theory of new intergovernmentalism in relation to two models of European integration: intergovernmental and supranational. The second part was devoted to four projects included in the future Economic and Monetary Union: Financial Union, Economic Union, Fiscal Union and Political Union.

scholarly journals Integracja gospodarcza Danii, Finlandii i Szwecji z Unią Europejską

2015 ◽  
pp. 227-247
Author(s):  
Leszek Leśniewski
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Monetary Union ◽  
European Monetary Union ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Monetary ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Opt Out

This paper explores economic integration of the Scandinavian states (Denmark, Finland and Sweden) with the European Union during the global crisis. The aim of this paper is to present comparative study of different choices made by these countries with regard to the European integration: EMU opt – out clause in Denmark, membership of Finland in the European Monetary Union and derogation for Sweden – and as result different reaction to the financial and economic crises

THE EUROPEAN UNION FORUM ON KIDS' SAFETY IN INTERNET SIF 2019

2019 ◽  
pp. 3-6
Author(s):  
D. A. Bogdanova
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
World Wide Web ◽  
World Wide ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Internet Forum ◽  
The World

The article provides an overview of the activities of the European Union Forum on kids' safety in Internet — Safer Internet Forum (SIF) 2019, which was held in Brussels, Belgium, in November 2019. The current Internet risks addressed by the World Wide Web users, especially children, are described.

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