EMU and political science : what have we learned? / edited by Henrik Enderlein and Amy Verdun.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Preface Henrik Enderlein and Amy Verdun 2. EMU' s teenage challenge: what have we learned and can we predict from political science? Henrik Enderlein and Amy Verdun 3. EMU and political union: what, if anything, have we learned from the euro' s first decade? Dermot Hodson 4. On consensus, constraint and choice: economic and monetary integration and Europe' s welfare states H. Tolga Bolukbasi 5. EMU' s diverging micro foundations: a study of governments' preferences and the sustainability of EMU Tal Sadeh 6. Economic interests and public support for the euro Susan A. Banducci , Jeffrey A. Karp and Peter H. Loedel 7. EMU: the last stand for the policy convergence hypothesis? David H. Bearce 8. Wage inflation and labour unions in EMU Alison Johnston and Bob Hancke 9. Political science and the ' Cinderellas' of economic and monetary union: payment services and clearing and settlement Lucia Quaglia.

Europe' s Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2009. Before its birth many observers were concerned about its viability. This volume examines a number of noteworthy concerns that were heard a decade ago and it assesses what has become of them. The contributors to this volume examine various topics. Has EMU been a failure or success? Does EMU require more political integration? What type of deeper integration in the financial market has occurred because of EMU? Does the public like EMU? Does EMU.