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This book provides a post-crisis perspective on European politics by studying interactions within and among related domestic and EU political spheres. The contributors focus on political dynamics associated with the policy decisions and outcomes of crisis response in all three domains: EU institutions, public policy, and democratic politics.
List of contents
Chapter 1: Beyond the Crisis: Governance and Politics in the European Union between Crisis and Opportunity (Editor's Introduction)
Boyka Stefanova
Part I: European Governance in a Time of Crisis: Limitations and Prospects of The EU's Economic and Monetary Union
Chapter 2: Collaborative Federalism in the European Union: Intergovernmental Relations and the Allocation of Powers in the Economic and Monetary Union
Robert Csehi
Chapter 3: Trust and Currency: Functional Preconditions and Problems of the Euro
Jenny Preunkert
Chapter 4: European Monetary Union versus European Clearing Union: An Application of Keynes to Regional Monetary Systems
Ashley A.C. Hess
Chapter 5: Why the Euro Will Survive: The Institutionalization of Accepted Policies through Key Actors
Leif Johan Eliasson
Part II: The Politics of Crisis Response: European Governance Meets Public Policy
Chapter 6: The Sovereign Debt Crisis, Bailout Politics, and Fiscal Coordination in the European Union
Hilary Appel and Carissa Tudor Block
Chapter 7: A Discernible Impact? The Influence of Public Opinion on EU Policy-Making
Jennifer Boyle and Chris Hasselmann
Chapter 8: Informal Governance and the Eurozone Crisis
Alexandra Hennessy
Chapter 9: Coping with Financial Crisis: Crisis Response, Institutional Innovation, and the Variety of Finance Capitalism in Italy and Spain
Boyka Stefanova
Chapter 10: EU Affairs in Spanish Electoral Competition at the Height of the Euro Crisis
Cristina Ares Castro-Conde
Chapter 11: Testing the Resilience of Civil Society: The Euro Crisis, Portugal's Welfare State and the Third Sector
Miguel Glatzer
Part III : Democratic Politics in the Context of Crisis: a Citizens' Perspective
Chapter 12: Public Attitudes and Support for the EU in the Wake of the Financial Crisis
Jennifer Boyle and Chris Hasselmann
Chapter 13: Implications of the Greek Crisis: Nationalism, Enemy Stereotypes, and the European Union
Zinovia Lialiouti and Giorgos Bithymitris
Chapter 14: Identity and Economic Rationality: Explaining Attitudes towards the EU in a Time of Crisis
Simona Guerra and Fabio Serricchio
Chapter 15: Public Perceptions of the European Union and the Effect of the Crisis: A Persistent East-West Divide?
Borbala Göncz
Chapter 16: Satisfaction with Democracy in Times of Economic Crises
Evelyn Bytzek
About the author
Boyka Stefanova is associate professor in the Department of Political Science and Geography at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
Summary
This book provides a post-crisis perspective on European politics by studying interactions within and among related domestic and EU political spheres. The contributors focus on political dynamics associated with the policy decisions and outcomes of crisis response in all three domains: EU institutions, public policy, and democratic politics.
