Chaire TEN - Séance du 27 mai 2021 - Vivien A. SCHMIDT

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« Europe’s crisis of legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone »

Vivien A. SCHMIDT

Jeudi 30 mars 2021 – 17h

Auteur :

Vivien A. SCHMIDT, is Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration, Professor of International Relations, and Professor of Political Science at Boston University.

Résumé de l’ouvrage :

SCHMIDT Vivien A., is Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Europe, Boston University.

SCHMIDT Vivien A., Europe’s crisis of legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2020, 384 pages

« This volume examines the interrelationship between democratic legitimacy at the European level and the ongoing Eurozone crisis that began in 2010.
Europe’s crisis of legitimacy stems from ‘governing by rules and ruling by numbers’ in the sovereign debt crisis, which played havoc with the eurozone economy while fueling political discontent. Using the lens of democratic theory, the book assesses the legitimacy of EU governing activities first in terms of their procedural quality (‘throughput),’ by charting EU actors’ different pathways to legitimacy, and then evaluates their policy effectiveness (‘output’) and political responsiveness (‘input’). In addition to an engaging and distinctive analysis of Eurozone crisis governance and its impact on democratic legitimacy, the book offers a number of theoretical insights into the broader question of the functioning of the EU and supranational governance more generally. It concludes with proposals for how to remedy the EU’s problems of legitimacy, reinvigorate its national democracies, and rethink its future. »

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