No exit from the euro-rescuing trap?

"This paper attempts a normative assessment of the input and output-oriented legitimacy of the present euro-rescuing regime on the basis of policy analyses examining the causes of present crises, the available policy options, and the impact of the policies actually chosen. Concluding that the r...

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Main Author: Scharpf, Fritz W.
Institution:ETUI-European Trade Union Institute
Format: TEXT
Language:English
Published: Köln 2014
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Online Access:https://www.labourline.org/KENTIKA-19110334124919385169-No-exit-from-the-euro-rescuing.htm
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Summary:"This paper attempts a normative assessment of the input and output-oriented legitimacy of the present euro-rescuing regime on the basis of policy analyses examining the causes of present crises, the available policy options, and the impact of the policies actually chosen. Concluding that the regime lacks input-oriented legitimacy and that its claim to output-oriented legitimacy is ambivalent at best, the paper explores potential – majoritarian or unilateral – exits from the present institutional constellation that is characterized by the synthesis of a non-democratic expertocracy and an extremely asymmetric intergovernmental bargaining system."
Physical Description:19 p.
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