Perspectives on Financialisation and Crises in Europe

Abstract

This editorial introduction highlights fundamental issues of financialisation in Europe, with particular focus on the interlinkages with recent and ongoing crises. Following an overview of core axes of current discussion in the literature, the editors present the contributions to the special section, and conclude with an outlook on the relevance of continued discussions of financialisation.

Keywords

• Financialisation
• European Union (EU)
• Financial Crisis
• European Monetary Union (EMU)
• International Political Economy (IPE)