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This book offers the first comprehensive political analysis of the Euro crisis that erupted in Greece in 2010 and subsequently threatened the very survival of the Euro area. It has left a profound mark on democratic politics all over Europe, changing public attitudes and voting preferences, institut...

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Other Authors: Cramme, Olaf (Editor), Hobolt, Sara Binzer (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
European Union countries > Politics and government.
Democracy > European Union countries.
Currency crises > Political aspects > European Union countries.
Euro > Political aspects.
Table of Contents:
  • A European Union under stress / Olaf Cramme and Sara B. Hobolt
  • Political legitimacy in a non-optimal currency area / Fritz W. Scharpf
  • Public attitudes towards the Euro crisis / Sara B. Hobolt
  • The Europeanization of the national political debate / Hanspeter Kriesi and Edgar Grande
  • Politicizing Europe : the challenge of executive discretion / Jonathan White
  • The role of national legislatures in EU politics / Tapio Raunio
  • Differentiated integration before and after the crisis / Frank Schimmelfennig
  • The insurance potential of a non-optimal currency area / Waltraud Schelke
  • EU law-making and the state of European democratic agency / Damian Chalmers and Mariana Chaves
  • Democratizing a macroeconomic union in Europe / Simon Hix
  • Democratic standards in an asymmetric union / Andreas Follesdal
  • Rethinking electoral democracy in Europe / Catherine E. de Vries
  • The need for legitimate opposition and protectionism / Sverker Gustavsson.