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Democratic politics in a European Union under stress / edited by Olaf Cramme and Sara B. Hobolt.

Contributor(s): Cramme, Olaf [editor.] | Hobolt, Sara Binzer [editor.]Publisher: Oxford, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 259 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780198724483; 0198724489Subject(s): European Union countries -- Politics and government | Democracy -- European Union countries | Currency crises -- Political aspects -- European Union countries | Euro -- Political aspects | Democracy | Europe -- European Union countriesDDC classification: 323.6094 LOC classification: JN40 | .D477 2015
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.
Summary: 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, institutional and societal norms, and deeply anchored political traditions. The contributors to this volume reveal the extent to which policymakers are torn between the pressures emanating from financial markets and the demands put forward by their own constituents; how they struggle to reconcile national preferences with wider European interests; and how a polarized and politicized Union seeks to maintain some degree of cohesion. The emerging picture is that of a European Union under serious stress, transformed by new governance structures and a shifting balance of power. In response, the authors evaluate the prospects of a more legitimate and democratic Europe. They provide a rich and pluralist set of new analyses and proposals, aimed at understanding and navigating the myriad tensions which surround the EU in the aftermath of the crisis. If the European project is to regain the trust of its citizens, such considerations must take a central place in public debate.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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, institutional and societal norms, and deeply anchored political traditions. The contributors to this volume reveal the extent to which policymakers are torn between the pressures emanating from financial markets and the demands put forward by their own constituents; how they struggle to reconcile national preferences with wider European interests; and how a polarized and politicized Union seeks to maintain some degree of cohesion. The emerging picture is that of a European Union under serious stress, transformed by new governance structures and a shifting balance of power. In response, the authors evaluate the prospects of a more legitimate and democratic Europe. They provide a rich and pluralist set of new analyses and proposals, aimed at understanding and navigating the myriad tensions which surround the EU in the aftermath of the crisis. If the European project is to regain the trust of its citizens, such considerations must take a central place in public debate.