Call for Papers for the Panel: The Eurozone Crisis. Transformative
Impact on the European Project and Model(s) of Capitalism

As part of the Fifth Euroacademia International Conference ‘The
European Union and the Politicization of Europe’
Bologna, Italy, 14-15 October 2016
Deadline: 9th of September 2016

Panel Description

Europe in these days appears to move from one ‘crisis’ to the next.
The deep and apparently perennial crisis of the Eurozone has been on
the headlines for a couple of years now, and shows signs of a further
exacerbation. The crisis raises several issues of interest for
students of political science, political economy and international
relations. What appears clear is that the problems of the Eurozone are
signals of a weakening (if not an outright failure) of European
integration as it was envisaged starting from the early 1990s. The
political and cultural dimensions of the crisis of the Eurozone should
thus not be overlooked, as well as its wider significance for the
whole European project. The consequences of a falling apart of the
Eurozone are unpredictable and may usher in a period of heightened
political turbulence. In the wake of the Eurozone crisis, some
commentators and scholars openly take into consideration the
possibility that the European Union itself may be in danger. Moreover,
the deeply transformative effects on the European model(s) of
capitalism generated by the crisis are under everyone’s eyes.

The panel grapples with these issues adopting a wide outlook,
welcoming contributions from students of economics or political
economy, as well as political science and international relations.
Some suggested topics for the panel are:

~ How can the crisis of the European project be understood with
reference to the various theories of European integration?
~ What agency is involved in the transformation of the European
model(s) of capitalism?
~ What does the crisis of the Eurozone mean for the European Union’s
role in global political and economic affairs?
~ The discourse and narrative of the Eurozone crisis: crisis for whom
and for what purposes? Media and the crisis.
~ Austerity measures and their impact on the Eurozone crisis
~ Greece and the emergence of scenarios for exiting the Eurozone
~ The Eurozone crisis and the crisis of European solidarity
~ European Central Bank and the Eurozone crisis
~ The impact of Brexit on the Eurozone

Please apply on-line or submit abstracts of less than 300 words
together with the details of affiliation by9th of September 2016 to
application@euroacademia.eu

For full details of the conference and on-line application please see:
http://euroacademia.eu/conference/fifth-eu-and-the-politicization-of-europe/