Germany’s Role in the Euro Crisis Berlin’s Quest for a More Perfect Monetary Union /

• Main Author: Meiers, Franz-Josef (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Subjects: Political science.; Public policy.; International relations.; Macroeconomics.; European Economic Community literature.; Economic policy.; Political Science and International Relations.; International Relations.; Public Policy.; European Integration.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Economic Policy.

This book analyses Germany’s role in the euro crisis. Based on the perception of Berlin as the emerging capital of the European Union, the author investigates three interrelated issues: Did the German policy approach of imposing austerity programs on countries in the middle of a deep recession contr...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• "Made in Germany": Categorial Imperatives of Ordoliberalism
• Teetering at the Edge of the Precipice: Merkel's Politics of Small Steps, 2009-2013
• Germany's Ordoliberal Lodestar and the Shifting Euro Crisis, 2014
• Germany's Role in the Euro Crisis Management
• "Merkelism" and the "New Normal".