European Responses to Globalization and Financial Market Integration : Perceptions of Economic and Monetary Union in Britain, France and Germany,9781403900593

European Responses to Globalization and Financial Market Integration : Perceptions of Economic and Monetary Union in Britain, France and Germany

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ISBN13: 9781403900593
ISBN10: 1403900590
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Pub. Date: 2002-10-11
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

Contributing to the literature on European integration, this book investigates the perceptions of political actors towards the creation of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) in Europe. The research is largely based on personal interviews conducted with key informants in central banks, finance ministries, employers' organizations, and trade unions in Britain, France, and Germany. It examines why actors perceived EMU to serve or frustrate their interests, concluding that actors favored the EMU for a variety of reasons.

Author Biography

Amy Verdun is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Victoria.

Table of Contents

List of Tables
x
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
List of Abbreviations
xvi
Introduction
1(16)
Theoretical framework
3(1)
A short historical background to EMU
4(4)
Selection of actors
8(2)
Aim of the study
10(1)
Assumptions and levels of analysis
11(3)
The research question
14(1)
The research method
15(2)
Economic and Political Theories of Integration
17(31)
Economic rationale behind integration
17(4)
Theories of economic integration
21(6)
Political theories of integration
27(11)
Explanations of EMU -- a literature survey
38(6)
An eclectic theory of integration
44(4)
A History of European Monetary Integration
48(28)
Three communities
49(3)
Between the Rome Treaty and the Hague Summit (1958--69)
52(4)
The Werner Report and its aftermath (1970--4)
56(14)
European monetary disillusion (1974--7)
70(6)
From the EMS to EMU
76(27)
The EMS (1978--88)
76(4)
The relaunching of EMU -- the Delors Report
80(8)
The intergovernmental conferences leading to the Maastricht Treaty
88(4)
Post Maastricht: a post-mortem?
92(4)
Conclusions
96(7)
Methodology
103(14)
Qualitative and quantitative research
103(1)
Interviews: a way to answer certain questions
104(2)
The method used for this research
106(4)
The questionnaire
110(6)
Conclusion
116(1)
Perceptions of Economic and Monetary Integration
117(44)
Question 1: History of EMU: why Werner/EMS were (not) desirable -- the interests of the organization at that time
118(12)
Question 2: Under which conditions is EMU desirable? Attitudes towards the Delors Report, `One Market, One Money' and the Maastricht Treaty
130(16)
Question 4: the future EMU and its effects
146(12)
Short summary of the main findings
158(3)
Comparing Actors' Perceptions
161(23)
The central banks
161(3)
Finance Ministries
164(3)
Employers' organizations
167(2)
Trade unions
169(2)
Conclusions -- the horizontal comparison
171(1)
The vertical comparison -- comparing the actors within each country
172(1)
Britain
173(4)
France
177(2)
Germany
179(2)
Conclusions
181(3)
Conclusions
184(30)
Economic theories not persuasive
186(1)
Limits of neo-functionalism and intergovernmentalism for understanding EMU
187(4)
Lessons from history
191(4)
A critique of integration theory: the development of an eclectic theory
195(4)
Actors' perceptions of EMU
199(5)
Analysing the results
204(2)
Applying the eclectic theory
206(4)
In conclusion
210(3)
Recommendations for further research
213(1)
Notes 214(14)
References 228(23)
Subject Index 251(8)
Author Index 259

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