Powerful rules governing the euro: the perverse logic of German ideas

Matthijs, Matthias

doi:10.1080/13501763.2015.1115535

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“…Howarth and Rommerskirchen 2013). And they demonstrate that ideas may be so powerful as to go against (rationalist) material self-interests, as in the 'perverse logic' of Germany's ordo-liberal ideas and the problems these have caused for the eurozone and Germany's own economic interests (Matthijs 2016).…”

Section: Theorising Neo-institutional Change (And Continuity) In the mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The stability discourse was intended to help legitimate bond buying while overcoming the resistance of those who retained a narrow reading of the 'no-bailout clause' . Already with Trichet, the modest 'non-standard' bond-buying policies led to internal fights within the ECB, and even the resignation of the two German members of the ECB governing board, Axel Weber in April 2011, Jürgen Stark in September 2011, in protest (Matthijs 2016). This led to the appointment of the more moderate Jörg Asmussen to the governing board, which facilitated further discretionary policies by the ECB.…”

Section: From 'Credibility' To 'Stability' and 'Never' Lender Of Lastmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Germany remained very much wedded to the 'stability culture' and ordoliberal ideas (Howarth and Rommerskirchen 2013;Matthijs 2016), as did other Northern European countries like Finland and the Netherlands. Their increasing opposition to flexibility came to a head in 2014, with Germany and Finland making a frontal attack on the Commission in an eight-page memo in which they claimed that the Commission used 'a somewhat arbitrary approach' in granting budget flexibility, and went so far as to suggest that 'a separate pair of eyes' was needed to ensure that the rules were properly applied (Financial Times, 28 February 2014).…”

Section: The Vice President Of the Commission In Charge Of Economic Amentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reinterpreting the rules ‘by stealth’ in times of crisis: a discursive institutionalist analysis of the European Central Bank and the European Commission

Schmidt¹

2016

West European Politics

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Section: From 'Credibility' To 'Stability' and 'Never' Lender Of Lastmentioning

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Reinterpreting the rules ‘by stealth’ in times of crisis: a discursive institutionalist analysis of the European Central Bank and the European Commission

Schmidt¹

2016

West European Politics

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“…H ευρωζώνη ξεκινούσε ένα ιστορικό τα-ξίδι με τελικό προορισμό την κρίση (Mourlon-Druol, 2014), για την ερμηνεία της οποίας προτείνονται ποικίλες θεωρίες. Ο διακυβερνητισμός (Fabbrini, 2013/ Maris and Sklias, 2015, ο νεολειτουργισμός (Niemann and Ioannou, 2015), η ποικιλία των μοντέλων του καπιταλισμού (Hall, 2014), ο φιλελεύθερος διακυβερνητισμός (Schimmelfennig, 2015), ο ιστορικός θεσμι-σμός (Gocaj andMeunier, 2013 / Verdun, 2015), ο διαβουλευτικός διακυβερ-νητισμός (Puetter, 2012), ο νέος διακυβερνητισμός (Bickerton et al, 2015), η προσέγγιση του ρυθμιστικού κράτους (Caporaso et al 2015), της κριτικής πολιτικής οικονομίας (Ryner, 2015), της κανονιστικής πολιτικής θεωρίας (Dyson, 2013), των ιδεών διακυβέρνησης (Matthijs, 2016) και της πολιτικής μάθησης (Dunlop and Radaelli, 2016) αποτελούν ορισμένες εξ αυτών. Βέβαια, το ερώτημα εάν η διακυβέρνηση στην Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση (ΕΕ) έχει γίνει πε-ρισσότερο υπερεθνική ή όχι παραμένει (Dehousse, 2016 / Fabbrini andPuetter, 2016), ενώ παράλληλα αυξάνονται οι πεποιθήσεις πως ορισμένα κρά-τη-μέλη μπορούν να κυριαρχούν έναντι των άλλων (Fabbrini, 2015/ Fabbrini, 2016b.…”

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Ασύμμετρη Ισχύς, Ευρωπαϊκή Ολοκλήρωση Και Εθνική Κυριαρχία: Η Περίπτωση Της Ευρωζώνης

Μαρής

2018

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Κύριος σκοπός αυτής της μελέτης είναι να προσφέρει μια διαφορετική ερμηνεία της διαδικασίας της ευρωπαϊκής ολοκλήρωσης, με την παράθεση ενός εναλλακτικού προτύπου συστηματικής εξέτασης του φαινομένου στο οποίο τονίζεται η σημασία της ασυμμετρίας ως προσδιοριστικού της παράγοντα. Εξετάζεται κυρίως πως η ανάπτυξη ασύμμετρων δυναμικών σχέσεων ανάμεσα στους κύριους δρώντες επηρεάζει τη διαδικασία της ευρωπαϊκής ολοκλήρωσης. Στο ιδιότυπο σύστημα της Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης η ασυμμετρία αποκτά τελείως διαφορετικά χαρακτηριστικά σε σχέση με την ασυμμετρία που παρατηρείται στο διεθνές πλαίσιο, συνθήκη η οποία αλλάζει τη φύση της ενοποιητικής διαδικασίας και του προτύπου διακυβέρνησης. Η σημασία της ασυμμετρίας γίνεται εντονότερη στην τρέχουσα περίοδο στην οποία η διαχείριση των ποικίλων κρίσεων και προκλήσεων που αντιμετωπίζει η ΕΕ αποτελεί πεδίο έντονου προβληματισμού και αντιπαράθεσης.

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“…Referring to the power in the background of ideas, Carstensen and Schmidt (2016) argue that as ideas might become embedded in structure, they exist 'at a deeper level than policy ideas…and are often left unarticulated as background knowledge', thus limiting the 'policy options [political actors] themselves believe to be normatively acceptable'. Intrinsically one set of ideas becomes superior to other, dominant conceptions of what is appropriate, stressing the logic that there is no alternative in governing action (Matthijs 2015).…”

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Governing Transformation towards Low-carbon Societies: An Ideational Perspective from Developing Countries

Henrysson¹

2018

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Securing a low-carbon future will require a multitude of ‘low-carbon transformations’. The issues are how such transformations are imagined and framed, along which pathways and who steers them, including the very basic question of what decisions are made to transform the present challenges to climate change governance. Understanding of the politics of these governance challenges is important in explaining which pathways are supported or delegitimised and which are ignored and fail to get off the ground. This dissertation focuses on the role of institutions and ideas in the multilevel, multi-actor and multi-factor governance of climate-compatible development. It aims to improve our understanding of potential endogenous sources of transformation by asking how ideas of sustainability influence the governance of a low-carbon society. It investigates the construction of policy problems, the content of policy proposals and the political agenda of present policies and reform imperatives around climate change mitigation and lowcarbon development. The question is addressed using a combination of perspectives, including governance theory and the constructivist institutional approach. Empirically, this dissertation is based on four separate case studies presented in individual articles. Overall, this dissertation contributes to on-going debates over domestic politics and policy-making regarding ‘green transformations’ and adds to the emerging policy field in developing countries contexts. It argues that there is a need to stimulate critical reflection on the existing assumptions regarding mitigation actions. It argues that governance choices, for example, in electricity infrastructure development or energy efficiency in buildings, or a broader range of mitigation actions, are not only defined by technological lockins. Equally important is the persistence of ideas that are used to justify and legitimise reforms by mobilising discourses on energy supply and security and framing energy transitions as part of wider goals to maintain socio-economic stability and pursue green growth development strategies. This dissertation shows that low-carbon development should not only be technically, institutionally and economically feasible, but also politically and ideationally feasible, to translate into action. Measures for institutionalising long-term transformation are unlikely to be effective if ideas about transformation cannot be developed within the parameters set by governance regimes. The key argument of this dissertation is that, for the governance of low-carbon societies, it is crucial to recognise that climate change mitigation actions are more than economic or technological challenges – they are politically charged. Paying attention to problem framings and to the diversity of multi-actor perspectives could facilitate novel responses to climate change and enable more inclusive forms of governance, as well as throwing light on the x fundamental incompatibility between and limited reach of generalised policy solutions and technological fixes.

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Powerful rules governing the euro: the perverse logic of German ideas

Cited by 130 publications

References 35 publications

Reinterpreting the rules ‘by stealth’ in times of crisis: a discursive institutionalist analysis of the European Central Bank and the European Commission

Reinterpreting the rules ‘by stealth’ in times of crisis: a discursive institutionalist analysis of the European Central Bank and the European Commission

Ασύμμετρη Ισχύς, Ευρωπαϊκή Ολοκλήρωση Και Εθνική Κυριαρχία: Η Περίπτωση Της Ευρωζώνης

Governing Transformation towards Low-carbon Societies: An Ideational Perspective from Developing Countries

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