Gunter Walzenbach's Outputs (23)

The Weberian ideal type in political economy: Obsolete match or fruitful encounter? (2024)
Journal Article

This article highlights the analytical contribution of the Weberian ideal type to the field of political economy. Major strands of political economy have continued to integrate ideal type thinking to understand better the dynamics of national, region... Read More about The Weberian ideal type in political economy: Obsolete match or fruitful encounter?.

International political economy: Who gets what, when and how? (2022)
Book Chapter

Subsidiarity: A principle for global trade governance? (2021)
Book Chapter

One day, evolution in governance might lead to a world state with an ability to develop globally binding norms and rules. Then a world government would stand above individual countries and make the most of an irrevocable transfer of sovereignty. Yet,... Read More about Subsidiarity: A principle for global trade governance?.

Varieties of European subsidiarity: A multidisciplinary approach (2021)
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Subsidiarity as a principle in favour of decentralised decision-making is a cornerstone of the very legal construction of the EU. Yet, the question of how decision-making powers should be distributed between the EU and the member states is not, or on... Read More about Varieties of European subsidiarity: A multidisciplinary approach.

Symbolic regionalism and European governance: Why Africa is different (2020)
Book Chapter

"So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world" (Immanuel Kant).

Co-ordination in Context: Institutional Choices to Promote Exports (2020)
Book

The doubtful handshake: From international to comparative political economy (2019)
Book Chapter

Procedure over substance? CETA and the political economy of subsidiarity (2019)
Journal Article

Competing notions of subsidiarity can help to understand the intricacies of new types of trade deals as concluded between Canada and the European Union. From this perspective the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) balances two fundamen... Read More about Procedure over substance? CETA and the political economy of subsidiarity.

Introduction: Two spaces of subsidiarity? (2019)
Journal Article

Scholarship on subsidiarity conducted since the nineteenth century has developed two strands of interpretation suggesting competing models of social organisation as far as the potential location of decision-making power is concerned. While this intel... Read More about Introduction: Two spaces of subsidiarity?.

Striking a balance? Comparative and international political economy in times of crisis (2017)
Book Chapter

Distinctive institutional organizations of capitalism explain why strong international economic pressures towards convergence have as yet not created a single model for the domestic political economy.

Global political economy (2016)
Book Chapter

Global political economy is a field of study that deals with the interaction between political and economic forces.

The Tusk proposal and the Brexit debate: Not a bad deal at all? (2016)
Journal Article

Of course ‘nothing is agreed until everything is agreed’, but, as it stands, the Draft proposal for a Council Decision (EUCO 4/16) contains a number of concessions going a long way in the direction of the concerns raised by British Eurosceptics. For... Read More about The Tusk proposal and the Brexit debate: Not a bad deal at all?.

Problem-solving European style? The challenges and opportunities of multi-level governance in Ukraine (2014)
Journal Article

European governance and transformation in Ukraine (2011)
Book Chapter

Comparative constitutionalism and democratisation (2010)
Journal Article

Evropeyske upravlinnya ta transformatsii v Ukrayni (2009)
Book Chapter

The motives of the European Union to develop a foreign policy towards postsoviet transition countries might be more firmly rooted in economic interests. Gaining and granting market access through the gradual extension of cooperation agreements offers... Read More about Evropeyske upravlinnya ta transformatsii v Ukrayni.

European Governance (2006)
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European competition policy: Governance as graduated coordination (2006)
Book Chapter

The process of economic integration and liberalisation in the European Union releases powerful market forces. These forces can be disruptive, but with the help of a multi-level competition policy can be channelled towards the achievement of greater s... Read More about European competition policy: Governance as graduated coordination.

Polycentric governance meets the new economy: The United States, the European Union and transnational regulation (2006)
Book Chapter

The emerging global information economy is widely integrated due to technological innovation rather than to hierarchical forms of institutional organization. As a consequence, the almost universal availability of electronic networks across national b... Read More about Polycentric governance meets the new economy: The United States, the European Union and transnational regulation.

Death of a salesman? German foreign economic policy at fifty (2001)
Journal Article

The maintenance of executive capacity in Germany: Revisiting the annual budget of the European Union (2001)
Journal Article

Export promotion: Gaining advantage through credit and insurance (1999)
Book Chapter

Convergent co-ordination patterns in the French and German core executive: The case of the BSE crisis (1999)
Journal Article

This article analyses the introduction of a world-wide ban on British beef exports in March 1996; it raises the question how and to what extent a neo-institutional approach can contribute to our understanding of key events leading to the convergence... Read More about Convergent co-ordination patterns in the French and German core executive: The case of the BSE crisis.