Unwitting Architect - German Primacy and the Origins of Neoliberalism

"This book asks how Germany-a country long thought to be irrevocably European and committed to a more social market economy-could have emerged at the center of neoliberal restructuring in Europe"--

List of contents

Introduction

1. The Origins of Neoliberalism and the Role of the German State

2. Foreign Economic Policy and Advanced Unevenness

3. Embedding Liberalism: The German Social Model and Its International Supports

4. Unwinding Bretton Woods: The Deutsche Mark Float and the Renewal of Stability Politics

5. Defeating Alternatives: German Grand Strategy and the European Left

6. Disciplining the Hegemon: German Monetary Power and the Volcker Shock

7. Deflecting Neoliberalism: Power and Purpose in Germany's Eurocrisis Management

Conclusion: Conclusion

About the author

Julian Germann is Senior Lecturer in International Relations, Department of International Relations, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex.

Product details

• Authors: Julian Germann
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2021
• EAN: 9781503609846
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-0984-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Emerging Frontiers in the Global Economy
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics