National Political Elites, European Integration and the Eurozone Crisis

ISBN-13: 9781138479784 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 242 str.

Nicolo Conti; Borbala Goncz; Jose Real-Dato

Opis

This book examines whether the European financial, economic and sovereign-debt crises have affected the legitimacy of the EU integration project as perceived by national political elites and, consequently, if the elite consensus that constituted one of the most solid fundamentals supporting that project has been eroded.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: The Eurocrisis and National Political Elites [Nicolò Conti, Borbála Göncz and José Real-Dato]  2. A Challenged Project: The ‘Europe of Elites’ in Crisis [Heinrich Best and Lars Vogel]  3. The Influence of the Crisis on the Perceptions of EU Institutions by National Political Elites’ [José Real-Dato, Maurizio Cotta, and Juan Rodríguez-Teruel]  4. Levels of Policy Decisions: Do Elite Preferences Differ Before and After the Crisis? [György Lengyel, Bálint Lengyel and Nicolò Conti]  5. European Integration in the View of Political Elites and Citizens: An Increasing Gap? [Lars Vogel and Borbála Göncz]  6. Individuals vs. Parties: Comparing MPs’ Positions to the Positions of Their Own Parties [Marko Kukec, Bojana Kocijan and Luca Verzichelli]  7. Resilience of Pro-European Consensus among Political Elites in Crisis: "Old" and "New" EU Member States Compared [Matej Makarovič, Matevž Tomšič]  8. The Future of the EU: Between Integration and Disintegration [Francesco Marangoni and Federico Russo]  9. Conclusion [Nicolò Conti, Borbála Göncz and José Real-Dato]