The Politics of Economic and Monetary Union

If the plans concerning EMU will be realised, by 2002 national currencies will be replaced by the Euro and national central banks will be partially replaced by the European Central Bank. The Politics of Economic and Monetary Union starts with the argument that EMU is more a political than an economi...

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Other Authors: Minkkinen, Petri (Editor), Patomäki, Heikki (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Springer US 1997, 1997
Edition:1st ed. 1997
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction: The Politics of Economic and Monetary Union
  • 2. The Political Aspects of Economic and Monetary Union: A View from Brussels
  • 3. The Independence of the European Central Bank: Implications for Democratic Governance
  • 4. The Role of ”Ideas” in Dutch, Danish and Swedish Economic Policy in the 1980s and the Beginning of the 1990s
  • 5. Identity Politics in the European Union: The Case of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)
  • 6. Economic and Monetary Union and the Crisis of European Social Contracts
  • 7. EMU and the Legitimation Problems of the European Union
  • 8. An Emu or an Ostrich? EMU and Neo-Liberal Economic Integration; Limits and Alternatives
  • 9. Conclusions: Dialectics of the Multi-faced EMU
  • 8. Index