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How to Democratize Europe (Hardcover)
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How to Democratize Europe (Hardcover)
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An all-star cast of scholars and politicians from Europe and
America propose and debate the creation of a new European
parliament with substantial budgetary and legislative power to
solve the crisis of governance in the Eurozone and promote social
and fiscal justice and public investment. The European Union is
struggling. The rise of Euroskeptic parties in member states,
economic distress in the south, the migrant crisis, and Brexit top
the news. But deeper structural problems may be a greater long-term
peril. Not least is the economic management of the Eurozone, the
nineteen countries that use the Euro. How can this be accomplished
in a way generally acceptable to members, given a political system
whose structures are routinely decried for a lack of democratic
accountability? How can the EU promote fiscal and social justice
while initiating the long-term public investments that Europe needs
to overcome stagnation? These are the problems a distinguished
group of European and American scholars set out to solve in this
short but valuable book. Among many longstanding grievances is the
charge that Eurozone policies serve large and wealthy countries at
the expense of poorer nations. It is also unclear who decides
economic policy, how the interests of diverse member states are
balanced, and to whom the decision-makers are accountable. The four
lead authors-Stephanie Hennette, Thomas Piketty, Guillaume
Sacriste, and Antoine Vauchez-describe these and other problems,
and respond with a draft treaty establishing a parliament for
economic policy, its members drawn from national parliaments. We
then hear from invited critics, who express support, objections, or
alternative ideas. How to Democratize Europe offers a chance to
observe how major thinkers view some of the Continent's most
pressing issues and attempt to connect democratic reform with
concrete changes in economic and social policies.
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