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Title

Europe entrapped / Claus Offe.

Author

Offe, Claus.

Publication

Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2015.

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Description

viii, 136 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"Today Europe finds itself in a crisis that casts a dark shadow over an entire generation. The seriousness of the crisis stems from one core political contradiction at the heart of the European project: namely, that what urgently needs to be done is also extremely unpopular and therefore virtually impossible to do democratically. What must be done - and almost everyone agrees in principle on the measures that would be needed to deal with the financial crisis - cannot be sold to the voting public of the core member states, which so far have been less affected by the crisis than those on the periphery, nor can the conditions that core members try to impose be easily sold to voters in the deficit countries. The European Union is therefore becoming increasingly disunited, with deepening divides between the German-dominated 'core' and the southern 'periphery', between the winners and the losers of the common currency, between the advocates of greater integration and the anti-Europeans, between the technocrats and the populists. Europe finds itself trapped by the deepening divisions that are opening up across the Continent, obstructing its ability to deal with a crisis that has already caused massive social suffering in the countries of the European periphery and is threatening to derail the very project of the European Union. In this short book, Claus Offe brings into sharp focus the central political problem that lies at the heart of the EU and shackles its ability to deal with the most serious crisis of its short history"--

Subjects

• Europe > Politics and government > 21st century
• Financial crises > Europe > History > 21st century
• Fiscal policy > Europe > History > 21st century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-136).

Contents

1. Democratic capitalism and the European Union -- 2. The nature of the crisis -- 3. Growth, debt, and doom loops -- 4. No return to square one -- 5. In search of political agency -- 6. Finalitées : bases of identification with European integration as a political project -- 7. The configuration of political forces and preferences -- 8. Germany's leadership role for Europe : a non-starter -- 9. "Thin" citizenship : the ugly face of the EU system of rule -- 10. Redistribution across state borders and social divides.

Call Number

JFD 17-1220

ISBN

• 9780745687513
• 0745687512

LCCN

• 2014018005
• 40024588492
• 40026721788

OCLC

880239112

Author

Offe, Claus.

Title

Europe entrapped / Claus Offe.

Publisher

Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-136).

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Other Standard Identifier

40024588492

40026721788

Research Call Number

JFD 17-1220