Center for the Study of Europe Hosts Schmidt Book Launch
On September 17, 2020, the Center for the Study of Europe (CSE), an affiliated regional center at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, hosted a virtual book launch for Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers in the Eurozone, the latest book by Vivien Schmidt, Professor of Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the Pardee School. The event was moderated by Daniela Caruso, Professor of Law and current Director of the Center for the Study of Europe.
During the event, Schmidt provided an overview of her book, which examines the interrelationship between democratic legitimacy at the European level and the ongoing Eurozone crisis that began in 2010. Using the lens of democratic theory, she assesses the legitimacy of European Union (EU) governing activities first in terms of their procedural quality (‘throughput),’ by charting EU actors’ different pathways to legitimacy, and then evaluates their policy effectiveness (‘output’) and political responsiveness (‘input’).
Schmidt’s presentation was followed by remarks by Mark Blyth, William R. Rhodes Professor of International Economics and Professor of Political Science and International and Public Affairs at Brown University, Vlad Perju, Director of the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracy at Boston College and Professor of Law at Boston College Law School, and Philomila Tsoukala, Professor of Law at Georgetown Law.
A recording of the event can be viewed below.
The mission of the Center for the Study of Europe is to promote understanding of Europe through its cultural heritage; its political, economic, and religious histories; its art, literature, music, and philosophy; as well as through its recent emergence as a new kind of international form through the European Union (EU). Operationally, the center provides a focal point and institutional support for the study of Europe across Boston University through coordination of teaching missions, support of research, community-building among faculty and students, and outreach beyond the University. Visit the center’s website for more.