Eurozone Politics: Perception and Reality in Italy, the Uk, and Germany

ISBN-13: 9780815371076 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 190 str.

Philip Giurlando

Opis

This book investigates the politics of the euro, with a primary focus on Italy, but also with additional chapters on the UK and Germany. Using a range of original and secondary data, it reconstructs how the euro was interpreted by both elites and non-elites from the late nineties to 2010.

Spis treści

1 Introduction 2 National Politics and the Euro: a Theoretical Overview 3 Cognition, Affect, and Support for the Euro: the Case of Italy 4 Diversity within the Whole: How Cognitive Schemes are Conditioned by Gender, Region, Political Ideology, and Status 5 Perception Meets Reality in Italy 6 The Euro and Relative Status 7 Splendid Isolation: the UK and the Euro 8 Germany and the Future of the Euro 9 Conclusion  Postscript Greece Shakes Europe to its Core (again)

O autorze

Philip Giurlando is Assistant Professor at Trent University, Ontario, Canada.