Why New Labour Wants the Euro
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10359771 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steven Kettell (0000-0002-0067-8597, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 52-59 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Political Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0032-3179 • E-ISSN: 1467-923X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-923x.2004.00571.x |
| OpenAlex | W2148370452 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
This article argues that membership of the single European currency would provide New Labour with a means of enhancing its rules‐based and depoliticised approach to macroeconomic policy management. The move would enable the government to strengthen its anti‐inflationary credibility and to impose further competitive discipline on business and labour, while at the same time also enabling it to increase its governing autonomy by placing core areas of economic policy outside the sphere of democratic control. Despite these advantages, however, formidable obstacles, most notably a high level of public antipathy towards the project, mean that New Labour's euro‐vision is unlikely to be realised
Antipathy · Autonomy · Core (optical fiber · Credibility · Currency · Democracy · Economic policy · Economics · Government (linguistics · Macroeconomics · Market economy · Political science · Politics · Engineering · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies
| Citations per year | 0.2 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2006 - 2013 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |