Germany’s Role in the Euro Crisis

Franz-Josef Meiers studied Political Science, History, and Sociology at the University of Muenster (Germany), Juniata College, Huntingdon, PA (USA), and Duke University, Durham, NC (USA). He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Juniata College in 1983 and his Dr. phil. and habilitation degrees from the University of Muenster in 1987 and 2005. Since 2007, he is a Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Political Science of the University Erlangen-Nuernberg where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in International Relations and the American Political System.

• Introduction.- "Made in Germany": Categorial Imperatives of Ordoliberalism.- Teetering at the Edge of the Precipice: Merkel's Politics of Small Steps, 2009-2013.- Germany's Ordoliberal Lodestar and the Shifting Euro Crisis, 2014.- Germany's Role in the Euro Crisis Management.- "Merkelism" and the "New Normal".