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Book SynopsisEstablished in 2002, the Euro is now the currency of 17 countries used by over 335 million people daily. Although the single currency is much discussed in terms of macroeconomics and global finances, policymakers rarely address its impact on European citizenship in social, cultural, political, and everyday life economics terms. This hidden side of the single currency is the focus of the essays, which use various approaches, from economic history and political sociology to citizenship and legitimacy, to reveal the connections between the Euro and European citizenship. This timely contribution by renowned experts provides a greater understanding of the Euro at a time when it is not clear whether it should be celebrated or commemorated, and looks into aspects of the single currency that are the base of the social trust that supports it and that is at stake in the present crisis. It will be an essential tool to anyone studying the political, social, and economic development of the E.U.
Trade ReviewGiovanni Moro's innovative volume examines the crucial but neglected relationship between currency space and political identities in Europe. Its contributors explore very effectively how the project to create "one money" in Europe was linked to the emergence of not just "one market" but also "one people". The eurozone crisis has only reinforced the importance of their message that the study of money must never be left just to economists. -- Eric Helleiner, Faculty of Arts Chair in International Political Economy , Department of Political Science, University of Waterloo, UK
This timely book intends to probe the connection between the single currency and the predicament of European citizenship by asking from various perspectives an intricate question: when the Euro talks, does it tell a story? Whenever citizenship is at stake, as it obvious is in the European constitution-building process, it is always vested in narratives of identity deployed and redeployed at the level of individual and collective memories and expectations. Cogently selected and proficiently introduced by Giovanni Moro, these fourteen essays constitute a relevant resource for those, scholars and policymakers alike, concerned by the prospects of both the Euro zone and the European Union. -- Daniel Barbu, Professor of Political Science, University of Bucharest, Romania
Table of ContentsIntroduction Giovanni Moro Part I. The Multiple Links between the Single Currency and European Citizenship 1. Building Citizenship in the Post-Modern Era Giovanni Moro, Lucia Mazzuca and Roberto Ranucci 2. Imaginary Europe: the Euro as Symbol and Practice Kathleen McNamara 3. The Only Wealth are Human Beings: Currency Between Economy and Citizenship Thierry Vissol 4. Trust in Euro: The Single Currency as Social Construction of an Institutional Fact Matthias Kaelberer 5. The Unintended "Litmus Test": The Euro as factor of Center-Formation, Trust Enhancement, Identity Building Daniela Piana 6. The Euro in Scientific and Policy Literature Lucia Mazzuca, Roberto Ranucci Part II. The Single Currency and the Construction of European Identity 7. Two Sides of the Same Coin? The Euro and Europeanization of Collective Identities Thomas Risse 8. Why Money Can't Buy Democracy: On the Detachment of the Euro from Citizenship Eva Heidbreder 9. Representations of Identity: Euro and Dollar as Identity Builder Arianna Montanari Part III. European Citizenship in the Euro Turmoil 10. In the Light and Shadow of the Single Currency: European Identity and Citizenship, Political and Social Vivien Schmidt 11. One Currency, Two Faces, Many Problems: The Euro, European Citizenship and Cultural Politics of EMU Cris Shore 12. Between Natural and Moral Order of Things: The Euro and the Problem of Agency Victor Pérez-Diàz 13. Between Illusion and Disillusion: Public Opinion Facing the Euro Crisis Nando Pagnoncelli 14. Back to the Future? The Euro and the Silent Constitution Building Dario Castiglione Conclusion: The Way Forward Giovanni Moro
