Designing Europe: Comparative Lessons from the Federal Experience

In this captivating work, David McKay examines the policy dynamics of the European Union following the adoption of a single currency in 1999. It studies in detail the experience of existing federations, identifying specifically those arrangements that hold lessons for the emerging European policy. The volume will be of prime importance to scholars and students of the European Union, comparative politics, federalism, and the political economy, or for anyone curious about the economic future of Europe.