The Left Case Against the Eu

Ch. 1. The European Union and the Left

1.1 Fragmentation and retreat of democracy

1.2 The challenge for the Left

Ch. 2. The evolution of the EU since Maastricht

2.1. Neoliberalism and hegemony in the EU – drawing on Hayek

2.2. Neoliberalism and state monopoly over money

2.3. Creating the euro: A lever of neoliberalism and conditional German hegemony

2.4. The “architectural flaws” of the euro

2.5. The broader context of conditional German hegemony

Ch. 3. The ascendancy of Germany and the division of Europe

3.1. A distinctive financialised economy

3.2. The defeat of German labour in the 1990s

3.3. The competitive advantage of Germany and the creation of the Southern periphery

3.4. The unstable core of the EMU and the Central European periphery

Ch. 4. The Eurozone crisis: Class interests and hegemonic power

4.1. Crisis erupts

4.2. Imposing a neoliberal agenda

4.3. An unstable and fraught equilibrium

Ch. 5. Greece in the iron trap of the euro

5.1 The proximate causes of the Greek crisis

5.2 Long-term weaknesses of the Greek economy

5.3. The lenders impose bail-outs and bring disaster

5.4. Class and national interests in the Greek disaster

5.5 The political debacle of SYRIZA

Ch. 6. Seeking democracy, sovereignty, and socialism

6.1. Democracy and sovereignty in the EU, once again

6.2 The impossibility of radical reform

6.3. A class-based stance for the Left

6.4. What to do?

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