Teza de licenta - The eurozone economic crisis and its impact on the future of the European Union - ID:01738 - Volum 78 pagini

1. INTRODUCTION.......8
1.1. Background ............8
1.2. Aim and research questions..........8
1.3. Method and material .............8
1.4. Source criticism..........9

2. THEORIES IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS ..........10
2.1. Neofunctionalism........... 10
2.2. Liberal intergovernmentalism.........12

3. LEADING UP TO THE EUROZONE CRISIS............14
3.1. Speculations on the future of European integration...................14
3.2. The construction of the single currency ..........20
3.3. Early warnings on the eurozone ..............23

4. THE EUROZONE CRISIS EMERGES AND ESCALATES .............28
4.1. Latest attempts to solve the crisis ..........29
4.2. Who has been in charge?...........34
4.3. The question of democracy...........39

5. WHAT WILL BE THE OUTCOME FOR THE EU?..........45
5.1. Further European integration? .........45
5.2. EU or eurozone break-up? ............50
5.3. Impact on the EU’s geopolitical position ............55

6. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS ..........60

7. BIBLIOGRAPHY............64
8. APPENDIX: LIST OF ACRONYMS .........78