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Europe's crisis of legitimacy : governing by rules and ruling by numbers in the Eurozone /

This volume examines the interrelationship between democratic legitimacy at the European level and the ongoing Eurozone crisis that began in 2010.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schmidt, Vivien Ann, 1949- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Financial crises > Political aspects > European Union countries.
European Economic Community countries > Economic conditions > 21st century.
Légitimité des gouvernements > Pays de l'Union européenne.
Pays de l'Union européenne > Politique économique > 21e siècle.
Pays de l'Union européenne > Conditions économiques > 21e siècle.
Democracy.
Political Ideologies.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
International Relations.
Economic Policy.
Public Policy.
European Union countries
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction Europe's Crisis of Legitimacy
  • Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone
  • Democratic Legitimacy
  • EU Actors' Different Pathways to Legitimacy
  • A Note on Methodological Approach
  • Conclusion
  • Part I Conceptualizing Legitimacy in the EU
  • 2. Conceptualizing Legitimacy Input, Output, and Throughput
  • Democracy and Legitimacy
  • Assessing Legitimacy
  • Defining Output, Input, and Throughput Legitimacy
  • Differentiating Throughput from Output and Input
  • Evaluating Throughput Legitimacy
  • Efficacy
  • Modalities of Accountability
  • EU Accountability
  • Transparency
  • Conclusion
  • 3. Split-Level Legitimacy and Politicization in EU Governance
  • Split-Level Legitimacy in the EU
  • EU Output Legitimacy
  • EU Throughput Legitimacy
  • EU Input Legitimacy
  • EU Legitimacy and Its Relationship to Identity
  • The Politicization of EU Governance
  • Depoliticization in EU Governance
  • Politicization "At the Bottom": Growing Politics against Policy
  • Politicization from the Bottom Up: EU Actors' Increasing Policy with Politics
  • Politicization "At the Top": Policy with Politics in EU Actors' Dynamics of Interaction
  • Is Politicization a Good Thing or a Bad Thing?
  • Conclusion
  • Part II Throughput Legitimacy in the Eurozone Crisis
  • 4. Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone Crisis
  • Sources of the Eurozone Crisis
  • Trials and Tribulations in the Run-Up to the Maastricht Treaty
  • German Ideas and Discourse on Monetary Integration
  • French Ideas and Discourse on Monetary Integration
  • Italian Ideas and Discourse on Monetary Integration
  • The Introduction of the Single Currency
  • Initial Responses to the Eurozone Crisis: Doubling Down on the Rules
  • Trials and Tribulations at the Inception of the Euro Crisis
  • Initial Actions and Reactions
  • Institutional Innovations
  • Reinforcing the Rules and Numbers
  • Ideational Underpinnings of the Policy Responses
  • Reinterpreting the Rules by Stealth in the Eurozone Crisis
  • Conclusion
  • 5. The Council "Dictatorship" or "Deliberative Body"?
  • Council Power and Procedural Legitimacy
  • Council Governance as Unaccountable "Dictatorship"
  • Germany's Power to Impose "One Size Fits One" Rules
  • German Power in the Franco-German Partnership
  • Council Governance as Mutually Accountable "Deliberative Body"
  • Deliberative Mutual Accountability in the Council
  • The Council's Interactive Processes of Deliberative Accountability
  • Council Governance as Harsh Dictatorship or Deliberative Authoritarianism in Program Countries?
  • National "Ownership" and Accountability
  • Council Secrecy as Crisis Management or Crisis Exploitation?
  • Greek Bailouts as Harsh Dictatorship or Deliberative Authoritarianism?