The politics of economic and monetary union
By: edited by Petri Minkkinen and Heikki Patomäki.
Contributors: Minkkinen, Petri.; Patomäki, Heikki.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: European Union -- Congresses; Monetary unions -- Europe -- Congresses; Europe -- Economic integration -- Congresses; European Union countries -- Economic policy -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Description: If the plans concerning EMU will be realised, by 2002 national currencies will be replaced by the Euro and national central banks will be partially replaced by the European Central Bank. The Politics of Economic and Monetary Union starts with the argument that EMU is more a political than an economic project.

The politics of EMU includes many dimensions. The book tries to explain the hegemony of the neoliberal and German vision of Europe in the context of recent developments in the global political economy. It assesses the consequences of this hegemony and the possibility for alternatives from a variety of perspectives. In many chapters, it is also argued that the legitimation problems of the Union may turn into an acute crisis also because of EMU.

We should expect an actualised crisis to lead to a transformation of the Union.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Extensively revised papers from a workshop held in October 1996 at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki.