With the introduction of
euro notes and coins in 2002 and the prospect of a UK referendum on the single currency,
questions about how Economic and Monetary Union is affecting European states will come
ever closer to the centre of political debate right across Europe. This ground-breaking
book brings together leading experts in the field to examine the nature of the effects of
the euro on EU member states.
Readership: Scholars and students of European Union, Comparative Politics, Political
Economy, Economics, Business, EU Law
Table of Contents
Kenneth Dyson: 1.
Introduction: EMU as Integration, Europeanization and Convergence
1 European and Global
Contexts
Geoffrey Underhill: 2.
Global Integration, EMU, and Monetary Governance in the European Union: The Political
Economy of the 'Stability Culture'
Wolfgang Wessels And Ingo
Linsenmann: 3. EMU's Impact on National Institutions: Fusion towards an Economic
Governance or Fragmentation?
David McKay: 4. The
Political Economy of Fiscal Policy under Monetary Union
2 Domestic Political and
Policy Contexts
Andrew Gamble And Gavin
Kelly: 5. Britain and EMU
Martin Marcussen: 6. EMU: A
Danish Delight and Dilemma
Dirigisme David Howarth: 7.
The French State in the Euro-Zone; 'Modernization' and Legitimizing
Kenneth Dyson: 8. Germany
and the Euro: Redefining EMU, Handling Paradox, and Managing Uncertainty and Contingency
Claudio Radaelli: 9. The
Italian State and the Euro: Institutions, Discourse and Policy Regimes
Amy Verdun: 10. The
Netherlands and EMU: A Small Open Economy in Search of Prosperity
3 Sectors, States and EMU
Michael Moran: 11. Politics,
Banks and Financial Market Governance in the Euro-Zone
Colin Crouch: 12. The Euro
and Labour Market and Wage Policies
Martin Rhodes: 13. Why EMU
Is (or May Be) Good for European Welfare States
Kenneth Dyson: 14.
Conclusion: European States and Euro Economic Governance
430 pages