Ruling Europe : The Politics of the Stability and Growth Pact
ISBN: 9780521197502 | 0521197503
Edition: 1stFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date: 4/30/2010
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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.
The Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) is central to Economic and Monetary Union in Europe (EMU). Initiated by Germany in 1995 and adopted in 1997, it regulates the fiscal policies of European Union Member States. Following... MORE
The Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) is central to Economic and Monetary Union in Europe (EMU). Initiated by Germany in 1995 and adopted in 1997, it regulates the fiscal policies of European Union Member States. Following... MORE
| List of tables | p. viii |
| Foreword | p. ix |
| Preface | p. xi |
| Acknowledgements | p. xiii |
| List of abbreviations | p. xvi |
| The politics of the Stability and Growth Pact | p. 1 |
| States, intergovernmentalism and negotiating the SGP | p. 19 |
| Opening the box: A domestic politics approach to the SGP | p. 42 |
| The functional logic behind t... MORE | p. 64 |
| The role of experts and ideas | p. 85 |
| Implementation of the SGP in good and in bad times | p. 113 |
| From bad times to crisis | p. 128 |
| The SGP before the European Court of Justice | p. 154 |
| The SGP in times of financial turbulence and economic crisis | p. 174 |
| Conclusion: The past, present and future of the SGP and implications for European integration theory | p. 196 |
| Appendix | p. 205 |
| Bibliography | p. 296 |
| Index | p. 311 |
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