European Central Bank Reform After the Financial Crisis

Technocratic Empowerment
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-42642-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 520 g

Reihe: Routledge/UACES Contemporary European Studies

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.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate Advanced

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heidebrecht, Sebastian

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Demokratie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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