The Cambridge Handbook of European Monetary, Economic and Financial Integration [Hardcover]

This volume offers an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary analysis of the past, present and future of European economic, monetary, and financial integration.Written by experts in the field, this volume offers an in-depth and forward-looking legal, economic, and political science analysis of the rationale, main features, as well as the shortcomings of European economic, monetary, and financial integration. It is primarily intended for an academic audience and policymakers.Written by experts in the field, this volume offers an in-depth and forward-looking legal, economic, and political science analysis of the rationale, main features, as well as the shortcomings of European economic, monetary, and financial integration. It is primarily intended for an academic audience and policymakers.This Handbook provides a comprehensive analysis of the past, present, and future of the European Economic and Monetary Union in its broader context. It incorporates economic, legal and political science perspectives to provide an in-depth and forward-looking scrutiny of the rationales, the main features and the shortcomings of the economic, monetary and financial integration in the euro area. Studying its complex, highly interconnected governance structures, the authors suggest directions for necessary reforms. With contributions from a diverse group of leading experts in their fields, this volume is truly versatile in its scope and approach, whilst remaining accessible for readers of different academic backgrounds.Part I. The Economic and Monetary Union: Political, Economic and Legal Rationales: 1. Conceptual foundations of economic and monetary union: the economic dimension Barry Eichengreen; 2. Theorizing economic and monetary union  between concepts and pragmatism Amy Verdun; 3. Monetary union and the single currency Harold James; 4. On the misalignment of monetary, economic and political integration in European economic and monetary union Fabian Amtenbrink; 5. Ideas, interestslÃÙ