The myth of German hegemony in the euro area revisited

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8041830
AutoresJoachim Schild (0000-0001-6149-8007, Universität Trier, autor de correspondencia)
Año2019
Volumen43
Número5
Páginas1072-1094
Fecha de publicación2019-06-24
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaWest European Politics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0140-2382 • E-ISSN: 1743-9655
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/01402382.2019.1625013
OpenAlexW2953829477
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas42

This paper contributes to the scholarly debate on hegemony and leadership in international relations and elaborates on an analytical framework to assess the nature, scope, functions and causal mechanisms of hegemonic and non-hegemonic leadership in general terms. Based on this framework, it takes issue with the interpretation of Germany's role during the euro area crisis as being a hegemonic one. Discussing the concepts of hegemony, leadership and dominance, it argues that Germany proved dominant during the euro area crisis on selected issues, mainly using its veto power. On other issues, Berlin provided non-hegemonic leadership, more often than not asymmetric co-leadership shared with France. It did not play the role of a hegemon, however, lacking the resources and being unable to shape decisively the economic constitution of the euro area along the lines of its core preferences

Dominance (genetics · German · Hegemony · Interpretation (philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Scope (computer science · Sociology · Veto · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies