monetary integration and the European model of society /
[edited by] Andrew Martin and George Ross.
Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2004.
1 online resource (xii, 385 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : EMU and the European social model / Andrew martin and George Ross -- The EMU macroeconomic policy regime and the European social model / Andrew Martin -- Shaping a polity in an economic and monetary union : the EU in comparative perspective / Alberta M. Sbragia -- Monetary integration and the French model / George Ross -- EMU and German welfare capitalism / Nico A. Siegel -- Maastricht to modernization : EMU and the Italian social state / Vincent Della Sala -- Constraint or motor? Monetary integration and the construction of a social model in Spain / Sofía A. Pérez -- The Netherlands : monetary integration and the Polder model / Jos De Beus -- Belgium : monetary integration and precarious federalism / Philippe Pochet -- The political dynamics of external empowerment : the emergence of EMU and the challenge to the European social model / Kevin Featherstone -- Welfare reform in the shadow of EMU / Anton Hemerijck and Maurizio Ferrera -- Industrial relations in EMU : are renationalization and Europeanization two sides of the same coin? / Jon Erik Dølvik -- Conclusions / Andrew Martin and George Ross.
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Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) is a leap forward in European integration, removing authority over monetary policy from nation states. This volume examines the ways in which the 'European model of society' has been affected by EMU, showing how national governments have been constrained in their social and industrial policies.