Troikanomics Austerity, Autonomy and Existential Crisis in the European Union /

• Main Authors: Kinsella, Ray (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Kinsella, Maurice (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: European Economic Community literature.; Political economy.; Europe-Economic conditions.; Macroeconomics.; Economic policy.; Economics.; European Integration.; International Political Economy.; European Economics.; Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics.; Political Economy/Economic Systems.

The 'Troika' is a word that is scorched into the narrative of the EU's banking and economic crisis - a triumvirate constituted by the European Central Bank, the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund. The modus operandi of the Troika is defined by the authors of this...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter One: Foundations of the Argument
• Part I: Crisis and Catharsis in the Heartland of the European Union
• Chapter Two: A Critical Inflection Point for the EU
• Chapter Three: The EU Experience: Confronting the Existential Realities of the Crisis
• Part II: Development of the Crisis: Architecture, Agendas and Austerity
• Chapter Four: European Monetary Union and the Challenge of Economic Integration
• Chapter Five: The Troika and Austerity: A Destructive Dyad
• Part III: Autonomy and the EU Experience
• Chapter Six: Autonomy Within the EU: A Relational Perspective
• Chapter Seven: Case Studies: Exploring the Lived Reality of Troikanomics
• Part IV: Where from Here? Charting the Trajectory of the EU
• Chapter Eight: The EU as a Communal Endeavour: Ideal and Reality
• Chapter Nine: Troikanomics: Legacy and Lessons.