European Central Bank Reform After the Financial Crisis

Technocratic Empowerment

Sebastian Heidebrecht (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

182 Seiten

2025
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-42642-6 (ISBN)

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This book explores the European Central Bank’s (ECB) political role, and the politics of its increased empowerment, in the light of contemporary challenges for both central bank independence and European democratic stability.

Analysing the central bank’s transparency, accountability, and democratic legitimacy, the book shows how politics have influenced monetary policy, the ECB’s institutional role, and the appointment of top central bankers. As one of the most important institutions of the European Union (EU), the economic empowerment of this very independent and technocratic institution poses unsolved challenges for its accountability and for democratic legitimacy of the EU.

This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of European integration, European economic governance, democracy, political economy, economics, and law.

Sebastian Heidebrecht is an assistant professor at the Centre for European Integration Research of the University of Vienna, Austria.

1. Introduction Part 1: Theory 2. Technocratic Empowerment of the European Central Bank 3. European Monetary Politics Part 2: Dimensions of Technocratic Empowerment 4. Characteristics and Appointment of Central Bankers 5. Decision-Making Powers 6. Democratic Control Structures Part 3: Assessment 7. Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	12.02.2025
Reihe/Serie	Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies
Zusatzinfo	9 Tables, black and white; 10 Line drawings, black and white; 10 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	520 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik
ISBN-10	1-032-42642-X / 103242642X
ISBN-13	978-1-032-42642-6 / 9781032426426
Zustand	Neuware