商品簡介
The Euro: is it really the crowning achievement of half a century of European integration efforts? Quite the contrary, it seems that the Euro has now become a great threat to the European Union as such. This book explains the impact which the ongoing Eurocrisis has already had on the Member States and their inhabitants. It does so without assuming that the reader is already an expert on any of the topics addressed, making it both a thorough and a convenient introduction to the problem area. Sooner or later, any professor teaching courses on international relations, international political economy, or European politics will have to field questions regarding the Eurocrisis. Considering the complexity and relative peculiarity of the topic, instructors need to have some sort of supplement to explain the story of the Euro. The book interprets the crisis and its effects by focusing on three key questions: 1) Why has the Eurocrisis been so severe? 2) Why choose austerity as the solution? 3) Why not abandon the Euro altogether? Exploring these questions, the book assists in understanding the crisis and the difficult policy challenges that lie ahead as the EU grapples with a post-crisis future.
作者簡介
Robert W. Godby is associate professor of economics and finance at the University of Wyoming.
Stephanie B. Anderson is associate professor of political science at the University of Wyoming.
