Political aspects of the economic and monetary union : the European challenge / edited by Soren Dosenrode.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: PART I: THE HISTORY AND STRUCTURE OF THE EMU -- 1. The Negotiations Leading to the Creation of the ECB -- Erik Hoffmeyer -- 2. The Euro-Zone in a Political and Historical Perspective -- Kenneth Dyson -- 3. The Economic and Monetary Union's Institutional Framework -- Soren Dosenrode -- PART II: THE EMU AND THE DYNAMICS OF -- EUROPEAN INTEGRATION -- 4. EMU and the Dynamics of European Integration -- Loukas Tsoukalis -- 5. What Makes a European Monetary Union Without a Parallel Fiscal Union Politically Sustainable? -- Sverker Gustavsson -- PART III: EMU, EU AND DEMOCRACY -- 6. Democracy, EU and the EMU -- Morten Kelstrup -- 7. Will Monetary Unification Make it Easier or More Difficult to Democratize the European Union? -- Philippe C. Schmitter -- 8. The European Central Bank and Democracy: the Political Framework of Economic Policy in the EMU -- Henrik Plaschke -- PART IV: THE WELFARE STATE AND THE EMU -- 9. Money's not Everything - The EU and the Danish Welfare State -- Peter Abrahamson andAnette Borchorst -- 10. EMU - A Defense Mechanism for the Nordic Welfare State -- Wolfgang Zank -- PART V: THE EMU - A POLITICAL CONSTRUCTION -- 11. Political Implications of the Economic and Monetary Union -- Soren Dosenrode -- APPENDIX -- Appendix -- Index.