Making the EMU
The Politics of Budgetary Surveillance and the Enforcement of Maastricht
Published on 6. December 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-19-923869-9 (ISBN)
Description
The Maastricht Treaty and the Stability Growth Pact demand that EU member states comply with their famous deficit and debt requirements of three and sixty per cent of GDP. Yet, how can the EU's leaders be certain that these targets are met? Is a three per cent deficit in Belgium equivalent to one in Italy or France?
Making the EMU explores how the Treaty's budgetary surveillance procedure monitors member state budgetary policies, harmonizes their budgetary data, and effectively determines which member states qualified for member status and are subject to the Pact's sanctions. This book provides the first examination of how the EU entrusted the credibility of these critical budgetary figures to a relatively minor European Commission agency, and what effect the surveillance procedure has on the making of the EMU and the enforcement of Maastricht.
Making the EMU explores how the Treaty's budgetary surveillance procedure monitors member state budgetary policies, harmonizes their budgetary data, and effectively determines which member states qualified for member status and are subject to the Pact's sanctions. This book provides the first examination of how the EU entrusted the credibility of these critical budgetary figures to a relatively minor European Commission agency, and what effect the surveillance procedure has on the making of the EMU and the enforcement of Maastricht.
Reviews / Votes
Review from previous edition Savage's book is an impressively researched and surprisingly engaging account of a relatively arcane subject. It is a convincing application of delegation theory, used to reveal a hitherto unexplored but clearly crucial element in the complicated process leading to the start of EMU's stage III and the application of Stability and Growth Pact rules and Broad Economic Policy Guidelines which form the core of macroeconomic policy coordination in the Euro-zone. * West European Politics * The unique blend of legal and economic expertise, in combination with elite interviews and work shadowing, enables the book to come to an informed and seemingly logical conlusion. I can enthusiastically recommend this contribution to the ongoing debate on the EU's involvement in the harmonization of fiscal and monetary policies. * Journal of Common Market Studies * Savage's careful account of the politics of budgetary surveillance is a must-read for anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of how the EU works and the impact of EMU on budgetary practices in the member states. * Perspectives on Politics * Savage presents his empirical evidence in a convincing and readable style...an extremely enlightening book. * Political Studies Review *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
13 tables, 6 figures
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
395 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-923869-9 (9780199238699)
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James D. Savage
Making the EMU
The Politics of Budgetary Surveillance and the Enforcement of Maastricht
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12/2004
Oxford University Press
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James D. Savage is author of Making the EMU: The Politics of Budgetary Surveillance and The Enforcement of Maastricht (Oxford Univ. Press); Funding Science in America: Congress, Universities, and the Politics of the Academic Pork Barrel (Cambridge Univ. Press); and Balanced Budgets and American Politics (Cornell Univ. Press). Articles appearing in such journals as the Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Comparative Political Studies, and Public Administration Review. Receipient of the APSA's Harold D. Lasswell disseration prize, Olin-Bradley post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University, Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs fellowship, Fulbright-European Union Affairs fellowship, and other fellowships and awards. James D. Savage is currently Professor of Politics, University of Virginia.
Content
1. Enforcing Maastricht: The Significance of Treaty Surveillance ; 2. Treaty Delegation and the Institutional Structure of Surveillance ; 3. Designing a Compliance Information System: ESA and the Techniques of Surveillance ; 4. European Statistical Case Law for Stage II of Convergence 1994-97 ; 5. European Statistical Case Law for Stage III Monetary Union 1998-2004 ; 6. Credibility, Institutionalization, and Europeanization ; Appendix: Other Eurostat Sage II Decisions 1995-97