Assessments of the politics of European integration in general, and monetary union in particular, are many. In fact, the study of the European Union has become an academic growth industry. This book contributes to the debate a specific theoretical focus and practical perspective. The volume provides a critique of the political economy of European integration and its unique focus and scholarly analysis make it an indispensable contribution to a renewal of the Marxist critique of European integration.

ALEX CALLINICOS Professor of Politics, University of York GUGLIEMO CARCHEDI Lecturer, Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, University of Amsterdam MIKE HAYNES Lecturer, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Sciences, University of Wolverhampton BERNIE MOSS Professor of History associated with the Institute of European Studies in London

List of Tables Notes on the Contributors The Politics of Europe: Monetary Union and Class; W.Bonefeld The Contradictions of European Monetary Union; A.Callinicos The EMU. Monetary Crisis, and the Single European Currency; G.Carchedi European Monetary Union: Ideology and Class; W.Bonefeld The EC's Free Market Agenda and the Myth of Social Europe; B.Moss The European Union and its Periphery: Inclusion and Exclusion; M.Haynes Britain and the Question of Europe; W.Bonefeld Index