Schmidt Discusses New Book During “Worldwide Week” Event
On October 6, 2020, Vivien Schmidt, Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration and Professor of International Relations and Political Science at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, presented her new book – Europe’s Crisis of Legitimacy: Governing by Rules and Ruling by Numbers – during a virtual seminar during “Worldwide Week at Harvard.”
In her presentation, Schmidt discussed the content of her book, which argues that the European Union’s (EU) crisis of legitimacy is a result of its management of the 2010 Eurozone crisis. Schmidt argues that the EU’s approach to mitigate the crisis by ‘governing by rules and ruling by numbers’ not only caused havoc in the economy but fueled political discontent across the region.
A recording of the event can be viewed below.
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Vivien Schmidt is Professor of International Relations and Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies and was the first Director of BU’s Center for the Study of Europe, housed at the Pardee School. Schmidt’s research focuses on European political economy, institutions, democracy, and political theory—in particular on the importance of ideas and discourse in political analysis. Read more about her here.