Core-periphery relations in the European Union: power and conflict in a dualist political economy

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. The European Union as a dualist political economy: Understanding core-periphery relations -- Conceptualising core-periphery relations in the European Union -- Recognising the European Union's dualist economy -- The end of the benevolent European Union: the invention of the Troika -- The international dimension of the core-periphery divide in the European Union -- The structure of the book -- Conclusions: the centrality of core-periphery relations in the European Union -- References -- Part I: Theoretical perspectives -- 2. Core-periphery dynamics in the Euro area: From conflict to cleavage? -- Introduction -- Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) -- Framing the Euro crisis -- The legacy of the crisis -- Conclusion: Conflict or Cleavage? -- References -- 3. The centre-periphery divide in the Eurocrisis: A theoretical approach -- Introduction -- Theorizing the centre-periphery divide: a focus on Europe -- Theorizing capitalism: 'finance-capital' and 'financialization' and their impact on the centre-periphery divide in Europe -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Part II: Comparative approaches -- 4. National interests and differentiated integration in the EU under crisis conditions: The cases of Germany, France and Britain -- Background to the crisis: lack of strategic leadership under the EU's variable leadership geometry -- German, French and British approaches towards the crisis: the unavoidable path towards differentiated integration -- Conclusions -- References -- 5. Will the centre hold?: Germany, Ireland and Slovakia and the crisis of the European project -- The tyranny of values: a case against a 'German Europe'? -- Mario Draghi as Mephistopheles.