European Union beyond the Crisis

Evolving Governance, Contested Policies, and Disenchanted Publics

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

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This volume explores institutional and policy developments in the EU and its member states in a parallel examination of citizens’ views of the effectiveness of crisis response reflected in public trust, output legitimacy, and satisfaction with democracy. Our approach to understanding the crisis posits EU-level governance and institutional change, national-level policymaking, and domestic politics as interrelated, interdependent domains of political action and public spheres that collectively shape the political landscape of post-crisis Europe. The volume sheds new light on the relationship among the institutional, policy, and polity consequences of the crisis. The book has two fundamental aims. The first is to demonstrate the interconnected nature of European governance, domestic reform, and democratic politics. The unprecedented complexity of the financial, sovereign debt, economic, and social crises in Europe has led to a political crisis that reflects the struggle to effectively address its various causes and effects. The second objective is to present a theoretically informed assessment of the consequences of the European crises for state-society relations and democratic legitimacy. Our analysis of the crisis in a variety of national contexts and European governance highlights the difficulties faced by political decision-makers. We find that the domestic policy process is selectively affected or disconnected from the process of rule-making at the EU level, that public opinion still matters in the process of policy formation and EU crisis response, and that the salience of the EU agenda in the domestic public sphere increasingly depends on the preferences of political actors. Public response to the crisis has become increasingly complex as well, ranging from declining trust in the political institutions, emerging national stereotypes, changing expectations of the EU level of crisis response, growing disconnect between political parties and voters, and evolving intra-regional distinctions across the EU’s east-west divide.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2014-11-14
Mått159 x 237 x 30 mm
Vikt635 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor356
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498503471

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Chapter 1: Beyond the Crisis: Governance and Politics in the European Union between Crisis and Opportunity (Editor’s Introduction)Boyka StefanovaPart I: European Governance in a Time of Crisis: Limitations and Prospects of The EU’s Economic and Monetary UnionChapter 2: Collaborative Federalism in the European Union: Intergovernmental Relations and the Allocation of Powers in the Economic and Monetary UnionRobert Csehi Chapter 3: Trust and Currency: Functional Preconditions and Problems of the EuroJenny PreunkertChapter 4: European Monetary Union versus European Clearing Union: An Application of Keynes to Regional Monetary SystemsAshley A.C. HessChapter 5: Why the Euro Will Survive: The Institutionalization of Accepted Policies through Key Actors Leif Johan EliassonPart II: The Politics of Crisis Response: European Governance Meets Public PolicyChapter 6: The Sovereign Debt Crisis, Bailout Politics, and Fiscal Coordination in the European UnionHilary Appel and Carissa Tudor BlockChapter 7: A Discernible Impact? The Influence of Public Opinion on EU Policy-MakingJennifer Boyle and Chris HasselmannChapter 8: Informal Governance and the Eurozone CrisisAlexandra HennessyChapter 9: Coping with Financial Crisis: Crisis Response, Institutional Innovation, and the Variety of Finance Capitalism in Italy and SpainBoyka StefanovaChapter 10: EU Affairs in Spanish Electoral Competition at the Height of the Euro CrisisCristina Ares Castro-CondeChapter 11: Testing the Resilience of Civil Society: The Euro Crisis, Portugal’s Welfare State and the Third SectorMiguel GlatzerPart 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 CrisisJennifer Boyle and Chris HasselmannChapter 13: Implications of the Greek Crisis: Nationalism, Enemy Stereotypes, and the European Union Zinovia Lialiouti and Giorgos BithymitrisChapter 14: Identity and Economic Rationality: Explaining Attitudes towards the EU in a Time of Crisis Simona Guerra and Fabio SerricchioChapter 15: Public Perceptions of the European Union and the Effect of the Crisis: A Persistent East-West Divide?Borbala GönczChapter 16: Satisfaction with Democracy in Times of Economic CrisesEvelyn Bytzek

The financial and economic crisis of 2008 provoked a political earthquake in the European Union, affecting EU institutions, member states, and the citizens of Europe in dramatic fashion. The European Union beyond the Crisis: Evolving Governance, Contested Policies, Disenchanted Publics is remarkable in its ability to analyze how the interdependence and tensions between EU governing structures, national governments, and citizens impacted the policy responses to the crisis. In that respect, it goes beyond rehearsed discussions around multi-level governance or the democratic deficit in the European Union and represents a very welcome addition to the literature on EU politics and policymaking.