A Second Chance for Europe - Economic, Political and Legal Perspectives of the European Union
von: Jo Ritzen
Springer-Verlag, 2017
ISBN: 9783319577234
Sprache: Englisch
273 Seiten, Download: 3542 KB
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A Second Chance for Europe - Economic, Political and Legal Perspectives of the European Union
| Preface | 5 | ||
| Contents | 7 | ||
| European Citizens at Risk | 8 | ||
| 1 European Citizens at Risk | 9 | ||
| 2 A Future with Less Growth | 16 | ||
| 3 Europe of the (Border) Regions | 19 | ||
| 4 A Vibrant Europe Is Possible | 19 | ||
| 5 The Five Presidents Are Stuck | 21 | ||
| 6 Challenge and Response: A Guide Through the Book | 22 | ||
| References | 31 | ||
| Halting Support for the EU | 33 | ||
| 1 The Centrifugal Force of Increasing Euroscepticism | 34 | ||
| 2 Euroscepticism Documented | 37 | ||
| 3 The Losers of Globalisation | 39 | ||
| 4 Explaining Euroscepticism | 42 | ||
| 4.1 Theories | 42 | ||
| 4.2 Before and After the Crisis | 43 | ||
| 5 General Trends in Income Inequality and Financial Uncertainty | 45 | ||
| 6 Euroscepticism and Financial Uncertainty | 49 | ||
| 7 Referendums on the EU | 54 | ||
| 8 Conclusions | 58 | ||
| References | 61 | ||
| A Vibrant European Model | 64 | ||
| 1 The Need for a Vibrant Scenario | 65 | ||
| 2 Europe´s Unbalanced Economic Performance | 68 | ||
| 2.1 Labour Demand and Supply | 68 | ||
| 2.2 Innovation | 71 | ||
| 2.3 Wage Inequality, Income Inequality and Social Cohesion | 73 | ||
| 2.4 Employment Protection, Minimum Wages and the Quality of Work | 77 | ||
| 2.5 Greening | 80 | ||
| 2.6 Happiness and the Labour Market | 81 | ||
| 3 Europe 2017-2030: Muddling Through or a Vibrant Alternative | 84 | ||
| 3.1 Innovation | 91 | ||
| 3.2 Inequality | 93 | ||
| 3.3 Mobility Policy | 97 | ||
| 3.4 Jump-Starting Youth Employment | 101 | ||
| 3.5 Vibrant Immigration (Treated in More Detail in Chapter ``A Sustainable Immigration Policy for the EU´´) | 103 | ||
| 3.6 Sustainability | 105 | ||
| 3.7 Happiness | 105 | ||
| 4 Trade | 106 | ||
| 5 Summary and Conclusions | 108 | ||
| References | 113 | ||
| In Europe We Trust | 118 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 119 | ||
| 1.1 Good Governance for Values, Growth and Happiness | 119 | ||
| 1.2 The EU and Governance | 121 | ||
| 2 Slipping Governance in the EU | 122 | ||
| 3 Understanding the Rise and Fall of Governance | 127 | ||
| 4 Governance and Trust in Institutions | 130 | ||
| 5 What Can the EU Do? | 132 | ||
| 6 Conclusions | 134 | ||
| Appendix: How to Control Corruption (from: EU, European Commission First Anti-Corruption Report, 2009) | 135 | ||
| References | 136 | ||
| EU Mobility | 139 | ||
| 1 Introduction | 140 | ||
| 2 EU Mobility in the Past Decades | 142 | ||
| 2.1 Workers | 142 | ||
| 2.2 Students | 145 | ||
| 3 The Success Story of EU Mobility | 146 | ||
| 3.1 Successes | 146 | ||
| 3.2 Remaining Issues | 148 | ||
| 4 Trends in EU Mobility to 2030 | 149 | ||
| 5 Post-Brexit Mobility | 151 | ||
| 6 Completing EU Mobility Policy | 152 | ||
| 7 Conclusion | 154 | ||
| References | 155 | ||
| A Sustainable Immigration Policy for the EU | 158 | ||
| 1 Introduction: The Need for an EU Policy | 159 | ||
| 2 The Past Decades of Immigration | 162 | ||
| 3 Why Migrate? | 166 | ||
| 3.1 Family Reunification and Work | 166 | ||
| 3.2 Asylum and Refugees | 167 | ||
| 3.3 Study in the EU | 169 | ||
| 4 Mixed Success with Integration of Extra-EU Immigration | 170 | ||
| 4.1 Integration on the Labour Market | 172 | ||
| 4.2 School Careers of Youth with a Migrant Background | 172 | ||
| 4.3 Mismatch in Values | 174 | ||
| 4.4 Language Integration | 174 | ||
| 5 The Expected Demand for Immigration into the EU to 2050 | 175 | ||
| 6 A Sustainable EU Immigration Policy | 177 | ||
| 6.1 ``Regular´´ Immigration | 178 | ||
| 6.2 Asylum and Refugees | 179 | ||
| References | 182 | ||
| A Sustainable Eurozone with Exit Options | 185 | ||
| 1 The Euro as a Decisive Step | 186 | ||
| 2 Eu(ro)phoria 2000-2008 | 191 | ||
| 2.1 Bliss and Divergence | 191 | ||
| 2.2 Private Banks Pre-Crisis | 193 | ||
| 2.3 Conclusion | 194 | ||
| 3 The Euro and the Financial Crisis 2008-2014 | 194 | ||
| 3.1 The Tale of Two Shocks | 194 | ||
| 3.2 Banks in the Crisis | 198 | ||
| 3.3 Conclusions | 199 | ||
| 4 Makeshift Repair | 200 | ||
| 4.1 Never Waste a Good Crisis? | 200 | ||
| 4.2 Banking: Response and Repair | 204 | ||
| 5 A sustainable Future 2017-2030 | 206 | ||
| 5.1 Introduction | 206 | ||
| 5.2 Secular Growth? | 208 | ||
| 5.3 Vision Five Presidents Report | 209 | ||
| 5.4 The Banking Union Moving Forward | 211 | ||
| 5.4.1 Supervision, Resolution and Deposit Insurance | 211 | ||
| 5.4.2 Finance Beyond the Banking Union | 212 | ||
| 5.4.3 The ECB | 214 | ||
| 5.5 Dealing with the Debt Overhang | 215 | ||
| 5.6 An Euro New Deal with Exit as an Option | 217 | ||
| 6 Conclusions | 219 | ||
| References | 222 | ||
| European Identity and the Learning Union | 225 | ||
| 1 Belonging and Learning: Intro | 226 | ||
| 2 Identity and Citizenship | 228 | ||
| 3 Language: A Common European Language as a Compulsory Second Language in All EU Countries | 231 | ||
| 4 Intra-European Student Mobility and Higher Education | 233 | ||
| 5 A Case for European Strength in Basic Education | 241 | ||
| 6 (Territorial) Room for Belonging | 243 | ||
| References | 243 | ||
| Forward to a Second Chance for Europe | 247 | ||
| 1 The EU Is Vulnerable | 248 | ||
| 2 Vulnerabilities and How They Might Be Addressed: More Cooperation with Less Moral Hazard | 252 | ||
| 2.1 Vulnerability 1: ``Losers of Globalisation´´ Raise Their Voice Against Eu Membership | 253 | ||
| 2.2 Second Chance: ``European Style Globalisation´´ | 255 | ||
| 2.3 Vulnerability 2: Divergence in the Quality of ``Governance´´ | 258 | ||
| 2.4 Second Chance: Strengthen European Level Law Enforcement | 259 | ||
| 2.5 Vulnerability 3: Incomplete EU Mobility | 260 | ||
| 2.6 Second Chance: Complete EU Mobility Policies | 260 | ||
| 2.7 Vulnerability 4: Immigration with Limited Integration | 261 | ||
| 2.8 Second Chance: Strengthen Integration and Make Immigration Selective by a Point System | 262 | ||
| 2.9 Vulnerability 5: Eurozone with Debt Overhang | 263 | ||
| 2.10 Second Chance: An Euro New Deal with Exit Options | 264 | ||
| 2.11 Vulnerability 6: Language Babylon and Education Deficit | 266 | ||
| 2.12 Second Chance: The Learning Union | 267 | ||
| 3 Forward | 268 | ||
| 3.1 Crumble or Reform | 268 | ||
| 3.2 The Process | 270 | ||
| References | 272 |
