Troikanomics : austerity, autonomy and existential crisis in the European Union /

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Author / Creator:	Kinsella, Ray, author.
Imprint:	Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Subject:	Financial services industry -- European Economic Community countries. Financial services industry. European Economic Community countries.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11895116

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Other authors / contributors:	Kinsella, Michael, 1973- author.
ISBN:	9783319970707 3319970704 9783319970691 3319970690 9783319970691
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 11, 2018)
Summary:	The 'Troika' is a word that is scorched into the narrative of the EU's banking and economic crisis - a triumvirate constituted by the European Central Bank, the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund. The modus operandi of the Troika is defined by the authors of this book as 'Troikanomics'. Ostensibly, the role of the Troika was to develop, coordinate and oversee the provision of conditional funding to support national governments in restructuring their economies. In fact, their power and influence extended far more widely. They enforced an unprecedentedly severe austerity programme of fiscal and structural adjustment through oppressive political oversight. Their practical impact was to impose on debtor countries in the EU periphery the single greatest economic and social dislocation in Europe's recent history, thus corroding their autonomous capacities and enfeebling their national sovereignty. The Troika's word was law in those countries where its writ ran - Greece, Ireland, Cyprus, and to a more limited extent, Spain. It was answerable only to a trio of unelected organisations, far removed from the consequences of its policies on the lives of citizens. Widespread socio-political reaction to Troikanomics gave shape to the anti-austerity movement across the EU, characterised by the centre as 'Populism'. This book provides a timely response to the revisionist argument that there is no longer a 'crisis' in Europe. In their innovative analysis, the authors argue that Troikanomics is a manifestation of a deeper existential crisis within the EU that encompasses the centralisation of power, Brexit, Europe's ominous militarisation and the progressive abandonment of its foundational values. Ray Kinsella began his career as an economist in the Central Bank of Ireland, before being appointed Professor of Financial Services at the University of Ulster, UK and subsequently to the Faculty of the Michael Smurfit School of Business in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. Maurice Kinsella received his PhD from the School of Philosophy at University College Dublin, Republic of Ireland. He lectures in philosophy and professional ethics at the Galilee House of Studies, Republic of Ireland. He has published widely on the subject of autonomy.--
Other form:	Print version : 9783319970691
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Table of Contents:

Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Figures; 1: Foundations oftheArgument; An Inflection Point intheEuropean Union; Navigating theNarrative oftheCrisis; Constructing anEconomic-Philosophical Critique; Above theParapet: TheNecessity ofCritique; References; Part I: Crisis and Catharsis in the Heartland of the EuropeanUnion; 2: A Critical Inflection Point fortheEU; Introduction; Uncovering the EU's Existential Crisis; Manifestations oftheCrisis; References; 3: The EU Experience: Confronting theExistential Realities oftheCrisis; Introduction
Navigating theMind-Set oftheEUConfronting Facticity andCountering Defence Mechanisms; Articulating aEuropean Identity: Unity AmidstDiscord; Struggling forSurvival: Justifying aSuboptimal Existence; References; Part II: Development of the Crisis: Architecture, Agendas and Austerity; 4: European Monetary Union and the Challenge of Economic Integration; Introduction; Crisis intheEMU: Architecture andAspirations; Infrastructural Antecedents oftheCrisis: Convergence andDivergence; Environmental Antecedents oftheCrisis: When Banking Loses Its Way; References
5: The Troika andAusterity: ADestructive DyadIntroduction; The Troika: Nature, Aims, andAgenda; Contextualising theTroika: Less thanthe Sum ofIts Parts; The Troika inAction: Supremacy andSubversion; References; Part III: Autonomy and the EU Experience; 6: Autonomy Within theEU: ARelational Perspective; Introduction; Autonomy: ARelationally Fostered Capacity; Autonomy andtheQuest forEuropean Integration; Autonomy andtheChallenge ofTroikanomics; Troikanomics' Influence ontheTripartite Model ofAutonomy; References; 7: Case Studies: Exploring theLived Reality ofTroikanomics
IntroductionThe Irish Experience; The Lead-Up totheCrisis; Building Towards aBailout; Ushering inanExistential Epoch; To theDepths andBack Again; The Greek Experience; Introduction; Change Pressures onGreece; Inflection Points intheGreek Crisis; Greece andtheHegemony attheHeart oftheEurozone; Beyond Austerity; The Illusion of'Exit'; References; Part IV: Where from Here? Charting the Trajectory of the EU; 8: The EU asaCommunal Endeavour: Ideal andReality; Introduction; From theAshes: European Ambitions inaPost-War Environment
Communal Cohesion andFunctional InterdependenceUpholding Community Values: Solidarity andSubsidiarity; References; 9: Troikanomics: Legacy andLessons; Synthesis and Overview; Troikanomics: Mind-Set, Motivations, andManifestations; Searching forReflection andReform; References; Index

Troikanomics : austerity, autonomy and existential crisis in the European Union /

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