Professor Kenneth Dyson is Research Professor in European Politics in the School of European Studies, Cardiff University, Wales. He is a Fellow of the British Academy; an Academician of the Learned Societies of the Social Sciences; and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He was awarded the German Federal Service Cross (first class) and is co-editor of the journal 'German Politics'. He chaired the European Studies Panel in the UK Research Assessment Exercises (RAE) in 1996 and 2001 and was a former chair of the Standing Conference of Heads of European Studies (SCHES) and of the Association for the Study of German Politics.

• 1. The First Decade: Credibility, Identity and Institutional 'Fuzziness' ; PART I EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL CONTEXTS AND CHALLENGES ; 2. The Euro in a Global Context: Challenges and Capacities ; 3. The Changing European Context of Economic and Monetary Union: 'Deepening', 'Widening' and Stability ; 4. Fiscal Policy Co-ordination and Discipline: The Crisis of the Stability and Growth Pact and Domestic Fiscal Regimes ; 5. Institutional Competitiveness: The Lisbon Process, Soft Governance and Convergence ; PART II DOMESTIC POLITICAL AND POLICY CONTEXTS IN EURO AREA MEMBER STATES ; 6. France: The Political Management of Paradoxical Interests ; 7. Germany: A Crisis of Leadership in the Euro Area ; 8. Greece: A Suitable Accommodation? ; 9. Ireland: The Outlier Inside ; 10. Italy: Creeping Towards Convergence ; 11. The Netherlands: A Turning Point in Dutch-EU Relations? ; PART III DOMESTIC POLITICAL AND POLICY CONTEXTS IN EURO AREA 'OUTSIDERS' ; 12. Baltic States: When Stability Culture Is Not Enough ; 13. Britain: The Political Economy of Retrenchment ; 14. Hungary and Slovakia: Compliance and its Discontents ; 15. Poland: From Pacesetter to Semi-Permanent Outsider? ; 16. Sweden: Stability without Europe ; PART IV SECTORS, STATES AND EMU ; 17. Banking and Financial Market Regulation and Supervision ; 18. Wage Policies ; 19. Welfare Reform ; 20. European States and the Euro Area: Clustering and Covariance in Patterns of Change ; References ; Index

The two volumes are a remarkable achievement since it is the first time that the most important and some controversial official documents that discuss economic governance in the EU and have led to EMU construction are collected and published in two volumes and analyzed in a chronological and systematic way.... The two volumes are very important for anyone interested in tracing the evolution of EU economic governance back to the main documents rather than relying on secondary sources.

Professor Kenneth Dyson is Research Professor in European Politics in the School of European Studies, Cardiff University, Wales. He is a Fellow of the British Academy; an Academician of the Learned Societies of the Social Sciences; and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He was awarded the German Federal Service Cross (first class) and is co-editor of the journal 'German Politics'. He chaired the European Studies Panel in the UK Research Assessment Exercises (RAE) in 1996 and 2001 and was a former chair of the Standing Conference of Heads of European Studies (SCHES) and of the Association for the Study of German Politics.

• 1. The First Decade: Credibility, Identity and Institutional 'Fuzziness' ; PART I EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL CONTEXTS AND CHALLENGES ; 2. The Euro in a Global Context: Challenges and Capacities ; 3. The Changing European Context of Economic and Monetary Union: 'Deepening', 'Widening' and Stability ; 4. Fiscal Policy Co-ordination and Discipline: The Crisis of the Stability and Growth Pact and Domestic Fiscal Regimes ; 5. Institutional Competitiveness: The Lisbon Process, Soft Governance and Convergence ; PART II DOMESTIC POLITICAL AND POLICY CONTEXTS IN EURO AREA MEMBER STATES ; 6. France: The Political Management of Paradoxical Interests ; 7. Germany: A Crisis of Leadership in the Euro Area ; 8. Greece: A Suitable Accommodation? ; 9. Ireland: The Outlier Inside ; 10. Italy: Creeping Towards Convergence ; 11. The Netherlands: A Turning Point in Dutch-EU Relations? ; PART III DOMESTIC POLITICAL AND POLICY CONTEXTS IN EURO AREA 'OUTSIDERS' ; 12. Baltic States: When Stability Culture Is Not Enough ; 13. Britain: The Political Economy of Retrenchment ; 14. Hungary and Slovakia: Compliance and its Discontents ; 15. Poland: From Pacesetter to Semi-Permanent Outsider? ; 16. Sweden: Stability without Europe ; PART IV SECTORS, STATES AND EMU ; 17. Banking and Financial Market Regulation and Supervision ; 18. Wage Policies ; 19. Welfare Reform ; 20. European States and the Euro Area: Clustering and Covariance in Patterns of Change ; References ; Index

The two volumes are a remarkable achievement since it is the first time that the most important and some controversial official documents that discuss economic governance in the EU and have led to EMU construction are collected and published in two volumes and analyzed in a chronological and systematic way.... The two volumes are very important for anyone interested in tracing the evolution of EU economic governance back to the main documents rather than relying on secondary sources.

Professor Kenneth Dyson is Research Professor in European Politics in the School of European Studies, Cardiff University, Wales. He is a Fellow of the British Academy; an Academician of the Learned Societies of the Social Sciences; and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He was awarded the German Federal Service Cross (first class) and is co-editor of the journal 'German Politics'. He chaired the European Studies Panel in the UK Research Assessment Exercises (RAE) in 1996 and 2001 and was a former chair of the Standing Conference of Heads of European Studies (SCHES) and of the Association for the Study of German Politics.

• 1. The First Decade: Credibility, Identity and Institutional 'Fuzziness' ; PART I EUROPEAN AND GLOBAL CONTEXTS AND CHALLENGES ; 2. The Euro in a Global Context: Challenges and Capacities ; 3. The Changing European Context of Economic and Monetary Union: 'Deepening', 'Widening' and Stability ; 4. Fiscal Policy Co-ordination and Discipline: The Crisis of the Stability and Growth Pact and Domestic Fiscal Regimes ; 5. Institutional Competitiveness: The Lisbon Process, Soft Governance and Convergence ; PART II DOMESTIC POLITICAL AND POLICY CONTEXTS IN EURO AREA MEMBER STATES ; 6. France: The Political Management of Paradoxical Interests ; 7. Germany: A Crisis of Leadership in the Euro Area ; 8. Greece: A Suitable Accommodation? ; 9. Ireland: The Outlier Inside ; 10. Italy: Creeping Towards Convergence ; 11. The Netherlands: A Turning Point in Dutch-EU Relations? ; PART III DOMESTIC POLITICAL AND POLICY CONTEXTS IN EURO AREA 'OUTSIDERS' ; 12. Baltic States: When Stability Culture Is Not Enough ; 13. Britain: The Political Economy of Retrenchment ; 14. Hungary and Slovakia: Compliance and its Discontents ; 15. Poland: From Pacesetter to Semi-Permanent Outsider? ; 16. Sweden: Stability without Europe ; PART IV SECTORS, STATES AND EMU ; 17. Banking and Financial Market Regulation and Supervision ; 18. Wage Policies ; 19. Welfare Reform ; 20. European States and the Euro Area: Clustering and Covariance in Patterns of Change ; References ; Index

The two volumes are a remarkable achievement since it is the first time that the most important and some controversial official documents that discuss economic governance in the EU and have led to EMU construction are collected and published in two volumes and analyzed in a chronological and systematic way.... The two volumes are very important for anyone interested in tracing the evolution of EU economic governance back to the main documents rather than relying on secondary sources.