Year of the Euro

University of Notre Dame, December 6-8, 2002
Conference Program (PDF)

An edited book of the full proceedings was edited by Robert M. Fishman and Anthony M. Messina and published in 2006.

“Consent and Consensus: The Contours of Public Opinion toward the Euro” by Chris Anderson, Binghamton University, SUNY

“E Pluribus Unum: Lessons from 19th Century U.S.” by Bruce Carruthers, Northwestern University

“The Road to EMU: A Fascinating Political Puzzle” by Desmond Dinan, George Mason University

“Identity, Social Practice and Currency Change: Catalonia in the Year of the Euro” by
Robert Fishman, University of Notre Dame

“British Public Opinion and the Euro” by Matthew Gabel, University of Kentucky

“Migration and International Relations: The Liberal Paradox” by James Hollifield, Southern Methodist University

“The Color of Money: Currency and Identity in the Old and New Europe” by Jacques Hymans, Ohio State University

“Labour and Social Policy Since Maastricht: Standing up to the European Monetary Union” by Jane Jenson, Université de Montréal, and Philippe Pochet, Observatoire social européen Bruxelles

“Rethinking Euro-rights for Workers in the Year of the New Currency” by
Julia Lopez, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, and Nanovic Institute Visiting Scholar

“Some Reflections on the Introduction of the Euro in France” by John Merriman, Yale University

“Why doesn’t the Dog Bite? Extreme Right Parties and ‘Euro’ Scepticism within the European Union” by Anthony M. Messina, University of Notre Dame

“New Currency, New Constraints? The Euro and Financial Market-Government Relations,” by Layna Mosley, University of Notre Dame

“The Euro and Identity Politics in Europe” by Thomas Risse, Free University of Berlin

“Euros, Europeans and Institutions: Threats to the European Model of Society from EMU and Institutional Change” by George Ross, Brandeis University and CES Harvard University

“Undermining the Public Sector? European Monetary Integration and the Political Mobility of Capital” by Mitchell P. Smith, University of Oklahoma

“The Politics of the Euro: Intra-European and Trans Atlantic Aspects” by Raimo Väyrynen, University of Notre Dame

Co-sponsored by the European Union, the Graduate School’s Office of Research, the Henkels Lecture Series, the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, the Keough Institute, and the departments of Political Science and Sociology at the Notre Dame.