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020 _a9781509531066
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035 _a(Coutts)041038490
035 _a(DLC) 2018020994
035 _a(OCoLC)1028592750
035 _a(UkLSE)99148892307402021
035 _a(UkLoRLUK)1199148892307402021
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082 0 0 _a341.242/2
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100 1 _aLapavitsas, Costas,
_d1961-
_eauthor.
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245 1 4 _aThe left case against the EU /
260 _aUK :
_bPolity Press ,
_c2019 .
300 _aviii, 184 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 158-175) and index.
505 0 _aContents -- Ch. 1. the european union and the left -- Fragmentation and retreat of democracy -- The challenge for the left -- Ch. 2. the evolution of the eu since maastricht -- Neoliberalism and hegemony in the eu: drawing on hayek -- Neoliberalism and state monopoly over money -- Creating the euro: a lever of neoliberalism and conditional german hegemony -- The 'architectural flaws' of the euro -- The broader context of conditional german hegemony -- Ch. 3. the ascendancy of germany and the division of europe -- A distinctive financialised economy -- The defeat of german labour in the 1990s -- The competitive advantage of germany and the creation of the southern periphery -- The unstable core of the emu and the central european periphery -- Ch. 4. the eurozone crisis: class interests and hegemonic power -- Crisis erupts -- Imposing a neoliberal agenda -- An unstable and fraught equilibrium -- Ch. 5. greece in the iron trap of the euro -- The proximate causes of the greek crisis -- Long-term weaknesses of the greek economy -- The lenders impose bail-outs and bring disaster -- Class and national interests in the greek disaster -- The political debacle of syriza -- Ch. 6. seeking democracy, sovereignty, and socialism -- Democracy and sovereignty in the eu, once again -- The impossibility of radical reform -- A class-based stance for the left -- What to do?.
650 0 _aPolitical parties
_zEuropean Union countries.
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650 0 _aNeoliberalism
_zEuropean Union countries.
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650 0 _aRight and left (Political science)
_zEuropean Union countries.
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650 0 _aIdeology
_zEuropean Union countries.
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650 0 _aSovereignty.
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