TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dēmētriou,Kyriakos N.
TI  - The European Union in crisis: explorations in representation and democratic legitimacy 
SN  - 9783319087740
AV  - JN30 .E976 2014
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cham
PB  - Springer
KW  - European Union
KW  - Europe_xEconomic policy
KW  - Social sciences
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 1; Preface; Structure of the Volume; National Euroscepticism; References; EMU and Legitimacy Crisis; (iL- ) Legitimate EU?; EU Deficit(s) and Legitimacies; Contents; About the Contributors; Part I: National Euroscepticism; Britain and Europe: A Model of Permanent Crisis?; 1 The UK as a Troubled Partner; 2 Why Does the British Experience Matter Beyond the UK?; 3 What Does a More British European Union Look Like?; Conclusions; References; The `Reluctant Hegemon℗þ: Germany in the EU℗þs Post-Crisis Constellation; 1 The Decline of Working Partnership Options for Germany; 2 The Impact of the Financial Crisis: From Problem Case Towards New Hegemon3 Destined to Be Alone at the Top?; References; Divided Europe? Euroscepticism in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe; 1 Introduction; 2 Defining Euroscepticism: From Methodological Nationalism to Methodological Europeanism; 3 From Benevolent to Conditionality-Oriented Southern Europe: The Peripheralization of Southern, Central and Eastern Europe; 4 Peripheral Euroscepticism: A Danger for European Integration?; Conclusions: Divided Europe? The Centre-Periphery Cleavage and Euroscepticism; References; Part II: European Monetary Union and Legitimacy CrisisThe Crisis-Legitimacy Nexus in the European Union; 1 Introduction; 2 The Euro Crisis and Current Challenges of EU Governance; 2.1 The Polity Failure; 2.2 The Legitimacy Deficit; 2.3 Eurobonds; 2.4 Solidarity and Economic Imbalances; 3 The EU℗þs Enduring Crisis and Legitimacy Challenges; Conclusions and Reflections; References; Economy and Monetary Union; 1 Introduction; 2 Optimality of International Monetary Systems; 3 Performance of the Eurozone Economy; 4 Economic Policy Within EMU; 5 The Eurozone as a Flawed Currency Area?; Conclusion; Part III: The Future of EU IntegrationJ(c)ơrgen Habermas and the Crisis of the European Union; 1 Democracy, Legitimacy, and Cosmopolitanism; 2 Communicative Democracy and the Need for a European Constitution; 3 The Future of Europe: On the World Stage; Conclusion; References; Defeating Nationalism in Europe. Voting Mechanisms for Highly Integrated Economies; 1 Prelude; 2 Nationalism-Necessary Division of Labor-Necessary Alienation; 3 European Class Dynamics and Democratic Mechanisms; 4 Coda; References; Pushing the Union Forward? The Role of the European Parliament in the Union℗þs Crisis; 2; b
N2  - This volume is a comprehensive and rigorous exploration of intertwined issues surrounding the EU's democracy and legitimacy, written in the turbulent context of the financial crisis. The chapters are woven together under four interconnected thematic sections that examine: rapidly growing national euroscepticism; the Economic Monetary Union and its legitimacy; the future of EU integration; and democratic deficit(s) across its internal and external structure. The volume presents an authoritative collection of research results and surveys by experts in various disciplines related to the EU, and is
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