Political aspects of the Economic and Monetary Union : the European challenge / edited by Søren Dosenrode.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dosenrode-Lynge, Sören Zibrandt von.

Series:

International political economy of new regions series.

The international political economy of new regions series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economic and Monetary Union.

Monetary policy--European Union countries.

Monetary policy.

Monetary unions.

European Union countries.

Monetary unions--Political aspects--European Union countries.

European Union countries--Economic integration.

Physical Description:

xi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2002]

Contents:

Part I The History and Structure of the EMU

1. The Negotiations Leading to the Creation of the ECB / Erik Hoffmeyer 9

2. The Euro-Zone in a Political and Historical Perspective / Kenneth Dyson 17

3. The Economic and Monetary Union's Institutional Framework / Soren Dosenrode 41

Part II The EMU and the Dynamics of European Integration

4. EMU and the Dynamics of European Integration / Loukas Tsoukalis 71

5. What Makes a European Monetary Union Without a Parallel Fiscal Union Politically Sustainable? / Sverker Gustavsson 87

Part III EMU, EU and Democracy

6. Democracy, EU and the EMU / Morten Kelstrup 121

7. Will Monetary Unification Make it Easier or More Difficult to Democratize the European Union? / Philippe C. Schmitter 147

8. The European Central Bank and Democracy: the Political Framework of Economic Policy in the EMU / Henrik Plaschke 165

Part IV The Welfare state and the EMU

9. Money's not Everything

The EU and the Danish Welfare State / Peter Abrahamson, Anette Borchorst 195

10. EMU

A Defense Mechanism for the Nordic Welfare State / Wolfgang Zank 221

Part V The EMU

A Political Construction

11. Political Implications of the Economic and Monetary Union / Soren Dosenrode 247.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0754619516

OCLC:

48679113