Ruling Europe - The Politics of the Stability and Growth Pact

Klappentext This 2010 book analyses the fraught history and politics of the Stability and Growth Pact from its origins to the present economic crisis. Zusammenfassung One cannot understand the euro without understanding the Stability and Growth Pact. The SGP is central to Economic and Monetary Union in Europe since it regulates the fiscal policies of EU Member States. This book analyses the fraught history and politics of the SGP from its origins to the present. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Jean-Claude Juncke; 1. The politics of the Stability and Growth Pact; Part I: 2. States, intergovernmentalism and negotiating the SGP; 3. Opening the box: a domestic politics approach to the SGP; 4. The functional logic behind the SGP; 5. The role of experts and ideas; Part II: 6. Implementation of the SGP in good and in bad times; 7. From bad times to crisis; 8. The SGP before the European Court of Justice; 9. The SGP in times of financial turbulence and economic crisis; 10. Conclusion: the past, present and future of the SGP and implications for European integration theory; Appendix.

Product details

• Authors: Martin Heipertz, Martin Verdun Heipertz, Heipertz Martin, Amy Verdun
• Assisted by: Jean-Claude Juncker (Foreword)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.02.2011
• EAN: 9780521283304
• ISBN: 978-0-521-28330-4
• No. of pages: 334
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Economics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Politics & government, Political Economy, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state