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Informationen zum Autor Bob Hancké teaches political economy at the European Institute of the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has published several books including 'Large Firms and Institutional Change', 'Intelligent Research Design', and 'Beyond Varieties of Capitalism'. His main interests are comparative economic systems, macro political economy, and labour relations. Klappentext This book examines the crisis of EMU through the lenses of comparative political economy. It retraces the development of wage-setting systems in the core and peripheral EMU member states, and how these contributed to the increasing divergence between creditor and debtor states in the late 2000s. Zusammenfassung This book examines the crisis of EMU through the lenses of comparative political economy. It retraces the development of wage-setting systems in the core and peripheral EMU member states, and how these contributed to the increasing divergence between creditor and debtor states in the late 2000s. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Understanding EMU: The role of labour market institutions 2: The Other Road to Maastricht: Currency blocs, wage moderation, and social conflict 3: The Perils of Coordination: Wages and labour relations from the European Monetary System to EMU 4: Diversity without Unity: Labour unions and wage setting in EMU 5: The Perverse Effects of Beneficial Constraints: Labour market institutions and economic performance 6: The Missing Link: Labour, inflation, and EMU
