European Union Political Economy: Theory and Policy
by Konstantinos Hazakis (Author)

About the Author
Dr. Konstantinos J. Hazakis is associate professor at the Department of Economics in Democritus University of Thrace and a research fellow at the Institute of International Economic Relations in Athens. He holds a BSc from Panteion University of Athens, an MSc from London School of Economics, and a PhD from Panteion University of Athens. He has published three books in Greek and he is the author of several articles of economic policy in academic journals. His research interests include European union political economy, economic development, institutional economics, international economic policy coordination, and Group-7 economic summits.

About this book
The European political economy: policy and theory, provides students, researchers and policy makers with a profound understanding of the theory and policy of the EU. The book covers in a comprehensive way the key issue areas of the European Union activity and it includes an analysis of all the important current developments in Europe such as the Brexit, the European Union sovereign debt crisis, the European economic governance problems and the macroeconomic adjustment challenges within Eurozone. The book also includes critical resources for readers and students such as review questions, appendixes, references and further reading lists.
More specifically, the textbook explains thoroughly the institutional, economic and policy characteristics of the fundamental issue areas of European economy. It outlines the institutions and mechanisms of European union/Eurozone, the common agricultural, regional and trade policies, the impact of the single market and the single currency on European economy, the enlargement process and the key questions on the European macroeconomic adjustment process. In each chapter the book explains not only what is taking place in European economy but also which the feasible options of the European policy agenda are.
The textbook enables readers to apply conceptual and theoretical knowledge to economic and political processes of European integration.

Brief contents
1 Introduction
2 The Theories of European Integration
3 The Historical Evolution of European Union
4 The Institutional Framework of the European Union
5 The Framework of Economic and Monetary Union
6 The Optimum Currency Area Theory
7 The Challenge of Economic Adjustment in Eurozone
8 The Common Agricultural Policy
9 The Economics of the European Single Market
10 The Regional Policy of European Union
11 The European External Trade Policy
12 The Brexit Question
13 Conclusions
Index

Pages: 366 pages
Publisher: Lexington Books (September 15, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1498560059
ISBN-13: 978-1498560054