Implications of the Euro : a critical perspective from the left / / edited by Philip Whyman, Mark Baimbridge and Brian Burkitt

• Autore: Baimbridge Mark
• Pubblicazione: 2006; Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2017; ©2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Disciplina: 332.4940941
• Soggetto topico: Euro - Great Britain; Monetary policy - Great Britain; Monetary unions - European Union countries
• Classificazione: BUS000000BUS045000BUS069000
• Persona (resp. second.): WhymanPhilip; BaimbridgeMark; BurkittBrian
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. The Left and the Euro; 2. The Great Debate: The Labour Party and European Integration; 3. Economic Consequences for Britain; 4. What Type of European Monetary Union?; 5. Economic Performance and the Euro; 6. The Euro: An Outsider's Perspective; 7. The ECB in Theory and Practice; 8. The Left Must Wake up - Europe Isn't Working; 9. A Post-Keynesian Strategy for the UK Economy; 10. The European Social Model: Myth or Reality ; 11. Voting No - The Euro and Labour Voters12. What Future in the European Union?; 13. Hooked to the Falling Stars; 14. A Safe European Home?; 15. British Trade Unions and EMU: Natural Supporters or Conflicting Interests?; 16. The European Social Model: Between a Rock and a Hard Place?; 17. How the Euro Threatens the Well-being of the Planet and its People; 18. EMU and British Sovereignty; 19. Euro Versus the People; 20. The Establishment of a Commonwealth of Europe; 21. Fighting Against Federalism; 22. Rediscovering Progressive Economic Policy Outside EMU; Glossary; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: To date, critical analysis of the EMU project has largely been advanced from the centre-right spectrum of British politics. Comparable questions from the centre-left have failed to find a coherent voice. Although, the European fault-line cannot be characterized as a neat Left-Right issue there are noticeable divisions in opinion across British business, the trade union movement and within the Labour Party. Offering a unique insight into this key debate from the 'centre-left', eurosceptic view point, this book provides a rigorous analysis of all the salient economic and politic
• Titolo autorizzato: Implications of the Euro
• ISBN: 1-134-27226-X; 1-134-27227-8; 1-280-41408-1; 9786610414086; 0-203-69539-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910765876403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II