Small States and the Global Economic Crisis: An Assessment

Verdun, Amy

doi:10.1057/eps.2012.34

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“…One such moment -an internal concern -is the Eurozone crisis. The events of the crisis have forced the member states to look internally (both within their own economies as well as the Eurozone more widely), and arguably this has weakened the degree to which there is coherence and coordination amongst the actors involved (Verdun, 2013). The second moment is a predominantly external matter: the apparent failure of the EU to secure a post-Kyoto agreement (Lehmann, 2010) can be seen to have impacted on the normative weight of Europe.…”

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A polyphonic marketplace: Images of EU external energy relations in British, French and German media discourses

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The European Union (EU) has long sought to play a normative role in global energy governance, a role that requires a coherent, comprehensible and memorable image. Yet within its borders, there are divisions and discrepancies on energy, which may have an impact on the external reception of EU actions. France, Germany and the United Kingdom (UK), commonly referred to as 'the EU's big 3', seem to have little in common on issues of energy policy. EU rhetoric on external energy matters places firm emphasis on three key 'frames' of understanding: sustainability, competitiveness and security of supply, yet the domestic rhetorics of France, Germany and the UK variously appear to place priority on one or more of these frames. This paper explores media representations of the EU's external energy relations from within the 'Big 3' EU member states and asks whether the EU's normative agenda on external energy drives these media representations, or whether domestic member state interests dominate.

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A polyphonic marketplace: Images of EU external energy relations in British, French and German media discourses

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“…The other major strand of this literature examines the performance of small states in international affairs. While some works, such as those contributing to debates in political economy (Campbell & Hall, 2009;Katzenstein, 1985Katzenstein, , 2003Ken, 2007;Remmer, 2010;Siddiqui, 2010;Verdun, 2013) have concentrated on the governance characteristics of small states which facilitate their successful performance in global markets, others (Bishop, 2012;Katzenstein, 1985) have addressed the vulnerability of small states to external shocks, especially in terms of climate change and other environmental threats (Briguglio, Cordina, Vella, & Vigilance, 2010). These two characteristics -the recognized importance of small states in regional governance systems and small state vulnerability to environmental threats -highlight the relevance of small states for TWM debates.…”

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Against the current: transboundary water management in small states on two continents

Koff

Maganda

2015

Water International

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In general, studies on regional integration and transboundary water management (TWM) focus on the relationships between large states. Instead, this paper analyses TWM in relation to two cross-border cases involving small states: GermanyLuxembourg and Mexico-Belize. Small states are significant due to their presumed adherence to regional governance and vulnerability to external shocks, especially those of climate change and environmental threats. Specifically, the article asks: How well do small states implement regional water governance models, especially in crossborder contexts? It concludes that the interpersonal bargaining and consensus-building that characterizes small state governance limits effective TWM.

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“…This peripherality points to the fact that it is not only smallness that has had a bearing on the degree of impact of the crisis, but must be combined with other factors that make some small states particularly vulnerable. In this regard, Verdun () has highlighted the significance of national growth strategies and models of capitalism. Though neither a pure liberal market economy nor a pure liberal welfare state, its closer alignment to these render Ireland an outlier within the EU.…”

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Outlier or Model of Austerity in Europe? The Case ofIrish Social Protection Reform

Dukelow

Considine

2014

Soc Policy Adm

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This article analyses the evolution of the Irish economic crisis and its implications for social protection policy, specifically for working age adults, in the context of European integration and Ireland's status as a small state member of the EU. We look at how neither small state characteristics, nor the position of small states in the EU, both of which raise problematic issues in their own right, are alone responsible for Ireland's crisis situation. Such factors need to be understood in conjunction with national policy models and preferences which, in the Irish case, leant it something of an outlier status in the EU. Substantiating this argument and considering its implications for social protection reform, the article first examines the evolution of Ireland's liberal and increasingly financialized growth model in the context of greater European economic integration and how its risks intensified, but were also obscured, under Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). Second, against this backdrop and despite the growing EU role in social policy, it examines how national policy factors meant that focus on income transfers remained dominant insocial protection developments during the growth period spanning the mid-1990s to 2008. Third, it analyses the unprecedented degree of social protection retrenchment and reform occurring since the crisis, highlighting the congruence between national efforts and the impact of conditionalities associated with financial assistance. The article concludes by considering the question of to what extent Ireland will remain an outlier post-crisis given the direction the EU has taken in dealing with the Eurozone crisis to date.

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Small States and the Global Economic Crisis: An Assessment

Cited by 17 publications

References 14 publications

A polyphonic marketplace: Images of EU external energy relations in British, French and German media discourses

A polyphonic marketplace: Images of EU external energy relations in British, French and German media discourses

Against the current: transboundary water management in small states on two continents

Outlier or Model of Austerity in Europe? The Case ofIrish Social Protection Reform

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