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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812837903321

Autore

Puetter Uwe

Titolo

The Eurogroup : how a secretive circle of finance ministers shape European economic governance / / Uwe Puetter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, U.K. ; ; New York, : Manchester University Press

New York, : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave, c2006

ISBN

1-78170-155-5

1-84779-229-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

European Politics

European Policy Research Unit series

Classificazione

83.44

Disciplina

330.94056

Soggetti

Finance ministers - Europe

Europe 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 (p. [175]-188) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Copyright; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Theorising informality; 2 Why does EMU require informal governance?; 3 The informal working method; 4 The agenda; 5 Informal governance and the operation of the SGP; 6 Assessing the Eurogroup's informal working method; 7 Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book is the first study on the work of the Eurogroup - monthly informal meetings between euro area finance ministers, the Commission and the European Central Bank. Puetter convincingly demonstrates how this small, secretive circle of senior decision-makers shapes European economic governance through a routinised informal policy dialogue. Although the role of the Eurogroup has been contested since before the group's creation, its actual operation has never been subject to systematic evaluation. This book opens the doors of the meeting room and shows how an understanding of the interplay of