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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484262403321

Autore

Meiers Franz-Josef

Titolo

Germany’s Role in the Euro Crisis : Berlin’s Quest for a More Perfect Monetary Union / / by Franz-Josef Meiers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-319-20514-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (153 p.)

Disciplina

320

Soggetti

International relations

Public policy

European Economic Community literature

Macroeconomics

Economic policy

International Relations

Public Policy

European Integration

Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics

Economic Policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

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".

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyses Germany’s role in the euro crisis. Based on the perception of Berlin as the emerging capital of the European Union, the author investigates three interrelated issues: Did the German policy approach of imposing austerity programs on countries in the middle of a deep recession contribute to the successful management of the euro crisis? Does Germany extend its sway over its European partners by forcing them to surrender to the German diktat of fiscal Disziplin and economic efficiency? Is the stubborn insistence on rigid fiscal



adjustment another ominous sign of the Berlin Republic moving away from the country’s traditional European vocation toward an imperial leadership role? The book’s main argument is that Germany’s role in and responses to the euro crisis can best be explained by different concepts of self, historical memory, and institutional practices.