The Workshop will take place on 8th to 9th December 2012 in Erfurt, Germany. It is supported by the "COST Action IS0902: Systemic Risks, Financial Crises and Credit" and the "University of Erfurt". The deadline for submission is 16 September 2012.
The global financial crisis has hit the European Union with a vengeance. What started as a bubble in the American real estate market has meanwhile become a crisis of public debt of historic proportions. Greece, Spain and Italy are on the brink of collapse and however the crisis will be solved, it will have a lasting impact on the European Union. This workshop wants to explore the consequences for Europe and look at the current crisis from different disciplines. We invite contributions from all social sciences. We are especially interested in bridging the gaps between European Studies, Political Economy and Political Theory.
Questions to be explored in this workshop are:
- What is the nature of the crisis in the EU?
- To what degree did the four guiding freedoms of European integration (labour, products, services and capital) cause the crisis?
- Will fiscal federalism resolve the crisis?
- Can the EU still rescue nation states?
- Was the Lisbon Treaty the high tide or precursor for supranational integration?
- Was Mundell¹s optimal currency area theory right?
- What are the implications of a run on the EU¹s sovereign debt?
- What are consequences of the crisis for democracies?
- Scenarios of European Markets
- The impact of the crisis on European institutions
- The discourse of austerity
- Impact of the crisis on citizenship, representation and questions of justice and solidarity
- The EURO after the crisis
- Is the EU Still a multilevel governance system?
- The variegated capitalist system of the EU
Please send abstracts (around 200 words) to [email protected] till 16th September 2012. The workshop will take place in Erfurt 08/09th December 2012. Costs will be reimbursed.