Author: Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192846426
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
European Political Economy: Theoretical Approaches and Policy Issues
Author: Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192846426
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
European Political Economy
Author: Leila Simona TalaniPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000152146
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
As with the previous version (Ashgate 2004), this second edition is divided, for didactic purposes, into two parts. The first part provides an overview of political science approaches to European political economy, both mainstream and critical ones. As such, it contributes directly to the current debate among scholars of political science and international political economy concerning the nature of the process of European integration. The second part provides alternative explanations of some European economic policy events - the ECB, banking regulation, fiscal co-ordination, the crisis of the euro-zone, social policy and unemployment - allowing the reader to assess the explanatory value of competing approaches.
European Union Political Economy
Author: Konstantinos HazakisPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498560067
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
The European Political Economy: Theory and Policy provides a comprehensive and up-to-date guide on how the European Union works in theory and in practice. It thoroughly analyzes the policy making of European integration underlining the fundamental challenges for European Union and Euro area future.
The Political Economy of European Integration
Author: Erik JonesPublisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415340632
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
This book provides an accessible introduction to diverse political economy perspectives on different aspects of European integration. It presents a critical appraisal of how scholars in the EU and US use theory to understand European integration.
European Political Economy
Author: Leila Simona TalaniPublisher: Routledge
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
European Political Economy provides a useful didactic tool for all scholars and students interested in a non-formalized political economy approach to European economic integration. Beginning with a theoretical orientation to European economic issues and European political economy, Leila S. Talani shows that political scientific approaches to political economy can generate new and important insights into the nature and dynamics of the European Union (EU). The chapters collectively present a comprehensive and coherent statement of political scientists' definitions of political economy, and apply their concepts, theories, and insights to contemporary developments in the EU. The book derives its distinctive focus from an emphasis on ideas, interests, and institutions as basic approaches to the study of European economic and political developments.
Political Economy of Europe
Author: Hardy HanappiPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000451488
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The development of European unification has reached a critical stage. Despite 75 years of peace, increases in welfare, and growth since World War 2, there is now a growing scepticism of the European agenda from various quarters, most notably embodied in the exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union. To fully understand the dynamics at work, this book presents an introduction to the development of the political economy of Europe from 1900 to 2020. The first part of the book provides an overview of European economic and political history from 1900 to the present. It is clear from this history that Europe’s population, and most notably its leaders, have been deeply influenced by ideology during this time. This sets the context for the second part of the book, which takes a closer look at some major paradigms framing European dynamics: (1) the market-oriented paradigm, (2) Marx’s paradigm, and (3) the fascist paradigm. In this part, the essential core of each of these paradigms is presented and critiqued. In the third part, the current bottlenecks of European evolution (the migration crisis, Brexit, rise of new Fascism, the climate crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic) are investigated in the light of a possible emergence of a new scientific paradigm. Europe’s role in the global division of labour – its possibility to serve as a role model for the advantages of democratically governing a highly diverse set of populations – is also explained. This book is an ideal text for students undertaking courses on the political economy of Europe in either economics or politics departments.
European Integration in Times of Crisis
Author: Demosthenes IoannouPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317388518
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
Few events over the past few decades have given rise to an amount of debate and speculation concerning the state of the European Union (EU) and the future of European integration as the economic and financial crisis that began in 2007. In spite of substantial media, policy-making and academic attention, the fundamental questions of why and how the euro area (EA) has remained not only intact but also expanded and integrated further during the crisis require deeper theoretical investigation. One needs to understand not only the economics but also the politics and institutions of the crisis. A lack of such an understanding is the reason why a number of observers, at least initially, had a hard time making sense of policy-makers’ decisions (and pace thereof), including why the EA did not implode as some predicted. Economic theories provide a certain perspective for why the crisis occurred and what economic policies were and are needed to resolve it; however, they fail to capture the deeper roots and management of the crisis. In order to improve our understanding of a discussion that has oscillated between fears of EA disintegration on the one hand and the concrete advancement of integration during the crisis on the other, this special collection brings together leading scholars of European integration who apply key theoretical approaches – from liberal intergovernmentalism and neofunctionalism to other prominent theoretical accounts that have been applied to European integration such as historical institutionalism, critical political economy, normative theory, and a public opinion approach – to the economic and financial crisis. The contributions seek to analyse, understand and/or explain the events that occurred and the (re)actions to them in order to draw conclusions concerning the applicability and usefulness of their respective theoretical perspectives. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of European Public Policy.
The Political Economy of European Integration
Author: Finn LaursenPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004639039
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
The study of European integration produced much scholarly debate in the 1950s and '60s. The following two decades saw few works on European integration that included more elaborate discussions of theory and methodology; most studies in that period were fairly descriptive. In recent years there has been renewed theoretical interest in European integration. This book, however, is one of the first to discuss and apply various political-economy approaches explicitly to integration, including classical integration theory and modern public choice theories. Areas covered include common policies and decision making, as well as the external relations of the EU. The influence of the European Parliament, the concept of subsidiarity, trade policy, Economic and Monetary Union, reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, relations with EFTA and Eastern European countries, as well as enlargement, are all discussed. Audience: Of interest to both scholars and policy makers concerned with these issues.
From the Werner Plan to the EMU
Author: Lars MagnussonPublisher: Peter Lang Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
The aim of this book is to explore the preconditions of a European political economy. The establishment of the monetary union and the European Central Bank constitutes a major step towards greater economic, social and political integration between the Member States of the European Union, and is therefore a momentous event in European history. What do the historically given preconditions of a European political economy mean in practice and theory in terms of future possibilities? With a historical perspective on European monetary integration, from the strains in the dollar-based Bretton Woods order in the 1960s and earlier, the Werner Plan around 1970, and the internal market in the 1980s to the Maastricht Treaty in 1992, future prospects of EMU are discussed. The book is based on the reflections of a working group at the European University Institute in Florence in operation from 1999 to 2001. The fifteen chapters are organised in clusters on the historical and conceptual setting, on financial institutions and economic theory, on social practices and legal framework, and on future prospects. Historians, philosophers, economists, political scientists and sociologists contribute to this interdisciplinary attempt to come to terms with both the preconditions and the prospects of EMU. Contents: Lars Magnusson/Bo Strath: From the Werner Plan to the EMU: In Search of a European Political Economy. Historical Perspectives and Future Prospects--Hubert Zimmermann: The Fall of Bretton Woods and the Emergence of the Werner Plan--Amy Verdun: The Political Economy of the Werner and Delors Reports: Continuity amidst Change or Change amidst Continuity?--David Purdy: Economic Theory and Policy from theKeynesian Revolution to the Third Way--J. Peter Burgess/Bo Strath: Money and Political Economy: From the Werner Plan to the Delors Report and Beyond--Lars Magnusson/Jan Ottosson: The Political Transaction Costs of the Convergence Criteria--The EMU Compromise for the Delors Committee to Maastricht--Sheila C. Dow: The ECB, Banking, Monetary Policy and Unemployment--Roger Hammersland: - We are arrogant because we are good--A Critical Appraisal of Central Banking versus Fiscal Policy in Accomplishing the Community Wide Convergence of the 1980s and 1990s--Ole Bjorn Roste: Labour Markets and the EMU: The Cases of Norway and Sweden--Barbara MacLennan: Finance, Gender and Structural Change in the European Union--Ulrike Liebert: Constructing EMU: Euro-Scepticism and the Emerging European Public Space--Diamond Ashiagbor: EMU and the Shift from a - Social Policy Agenda to an - Employment Policy Agenda in European Labour Law--Ton Notermans: The Werner Plan as a Blueprint for EMU?--Jos de Beus: Are Third Way Social Democrats Friends or Enemies of European Integration? A Tocquevillian Tale on the Politics of Administration--David Purdy: Welfare Reform, Social Citizenship and European Integration--Robert Salais: Filling the Gap between Macroeconomic Policy and Situated Approaches to Employment. A Hidden Agenda for Europe?--Lars Magnusson/Bo Strath: Postscript."
The European Union and Supranational Political Economy
Author: Riccardo FiorentiniPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317662709
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
The financial crisis – originated in 2008 in the United States – had a dramatic impact on the world economy. The European Union was immediately involved, but its reaction to the crisis was clearly inadequate. The misgovernment of the European economy not only put at risk the European Monetary Union, but it also caused further hindrances to the recovery of the global economy. The global financial turmoil shook deep-rooted beliefs. The doctrine of international neo-liberalism is more and more criticized. Nevertheless, the critics of neo-liberalism focus their attention on the relationship between the state and the market, as if the nation states, with their international organisations, have enough power for an effective global governance of the world economy. The model of European supranational integration, though seriously imperfect, can suggest some new way out from the crisis – even at the world level – based on a new relationship between the supranational government of the Union and the market. In this book, several academic disciplines are involved: international economics, international political economy, international law, international relations, political theory and democratic theory. Adopting such a multidisciplinary theoretical perspective, the volume tries to answer the following question: Is a more supranational Europe able to provide a better government of the EMU? Does this reform involve more European democracy?