Accounting & business : the journal of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

• Record Nr.: UNISA990000968200203316
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, : ACCA, 1998-
• ISSN: 1460-406X
• Descrizione fisica: v. : ill. ; 20 cm
• Disciplina: 657.05
• Soggetti: Contabilità - Periodici; Affari - Periodici
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Periodico

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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791945303321
• Autore: Puetter Uwe
• 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
• 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