The Single European Currency in National Perspective: A Community in Crisis?

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This is the first book to look at the European Union and single currency from the perspective of member-states. It offers a systematic critique of the project from the viewpoint of labor and employment. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction (Bernard H. Moss, Jonathan Michie)....Pages 1-7 The Single European Currency in National Perspective: A Community in Crisis? (Bernard H. Moss)....Pages 8-33 Front Matter ....Pages 35-35 Economic Consequences of EMU for Britain (Jonathan Michie)....Pages 37-57 France: Economic and Monetary Union and the Social Divide (Bernard H. Moss)....Pages 58-86 Hoist with its Own Petard: Consequences of the Single Currency for Germany (Jörg Huffschmid)....Pages 87-104 Italy Towards European Monetary Union (and Domestic Disunion) (Annamaria Simonazzi, Fernando Vianello)....Pages 105-124 State Intervention and the Question of European Integration in Spain (Miguel Martinez Lucio)....Pages 125-137 Front Matter ....Pages 139-139 Is the European Community Politically Neutral? The Free Market Agenda (Bernard H. Moss)....Pages 141-167 The Economic Limits of European Integration (John Corcoran)....Pages 168-180 EMU and the Democratic Deficit (Bill Morris)....Pages 181-190 Why ‘Employability’ Won’t Make EMU Work (Andy Robinson)....Pages 191-209 Back Matter ....Pages 210-219