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Germany and the Politics of Europe’s Money
- Author(s): Karl Kaltenthaler
- Published: 1998
- Pages: 160
- Illustrations: 2 tables, 4 figures
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“In Kaltenthaler’s study, Germany’s stances towards European monetary integration are reassessed in the light of domestic institutional settings. . . . In this work, Kaltenthaler not only confirms that ‘institutions matter,’ he also provides a carefully researched survey of Germany’s politics in the area of European monetary integration.”—Daphne Josselin, International Affairs
"This insight is valuable analytically . . . ."—Mattias Kaelberer, Comparative Politics
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“In Kaltenthaler’s study, Germany’s stances towards European monetary integration are reassessed in the light of domestic institutional settings. . . . In this work, Kaltenthaler not only confirms that ‘institutions matter,’ he also provides a carefully researched survey of Germany’s politics in the area of European monetary integration.”—Daphne Josselin, International Affairs
"This insight is valuable analytically . . . ."—Mattias Kaelberer, Comparative Politics
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"Karl Kaltenthaler addresses timely and highly significant topics and usefully illuminates the dynamic relationship between France and Germany as key partners in shaping Europe’s emerging new monetary regime. Germany and the Politics of Europe’s Money is empirically rich and informative and constitutes an important theoretical contribution to political science literature."—Donald Hancock, Vanderbilt University
"Kaltenthaler advances a provocative explanation for the German contribution to the construction of Europe’s single currency. In doing so, he raises fundamental questions about the complex interconnections of national security and political economy, high and low politics."—Andrew Moravcsik, Harvard University
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Description
As countries in the European Union struggle to comply with the Maastricht Treaty, the question of monetary integration is at the forefront of European politics. Germany and the Politics of Europe’s Money explores how and why Germany—whose economic power makes it a pivotal player in the European monetary system—has developed inconsistent policies toward European monetary institutions and how international institutions affect domestic politics that, in turn, influence state policies toward these institutions.
Moving away from state-centered and Marxist approaches to the study of the European monetary integration process, Karl Kaltenthaler offers a new analytical framework to assess the dynamics within and among the participating countries. Using official and unofficial documents as well as interviews with players ranging from presidents of the Bundesbank to functionaries in the trade unions, Kaltenthaler argues that the number of decision makers negotiating policy and their accountability to interest groups, political parties, government ministries, and Germany’s central bank have made Germany’s fluctuations in policy inevitable. Germany and the Politics of Europe’s Money examines twenty years of German policy through an analysis of four key episodes: the creation of the European Monetary System, the creation of the Franco-German Economic and Financial Council, the establishment of policy toward the European Monetary Union, and the institutional transformation of the EMS in the 1990s. It thus brings a new understanding to Germany’s dynamic policies and the political forces behind them.About The Author(s)
Karl Kaltenthaler is Assistant Professor of International Studies at Rhodes College.