Conference One Crisis, many Perspectives: Understanding the Politics of the Eurozone Crisis 29-30 January 2018 Senatszimmer (KOL-E-13, Main Buildung) University of Zurich Preliminary program Conference Organizer: (University of Zurich) The Eurozone crisis has been one of the biggest challenges for the European Union in the last decade. It has caused a huge economic fallout in many countries, has led to political conflicts between and within countries, and has facilitated the rise of left-wing and right-wing populists across Europe. Against this backdrop, several research projects are currently underway that attempt to provide a better understanding of the crisis. Yet each of these projects focuses only on specific aspects of the crisis, zooming in on concrete questions. While the insights generated by these projects add greatly to our understanding of the politics of the Eurozone crisis, a fuller understanding requires taking a broader view that spans levels of analysis and approaches. This workshop aims to generate such a view by bringing five separate large-scale research projects on different aspects of the politics of the Eurozone crisis together. These projects, funded by major research agencies such as the ERC, the SNSF, or the DFG, each cover different aspects of the crisis, such as intergovernmental bargaining, the role of the IMF, the distributive politics underlying the crisis, the role of ideas, and the consequences of the crisis for political behavior. By bringing these projects together and sharing the insights generated by each of them, the workshop aims at widening our understanding of the crisis. Each project will be introduced with a short presentation of the project PI/PIs, followed by one to three papers that emerged from each project. This allows participants to not only learn about the overall framework of each project, but also to engage in more detailed discussions about its output. The project will be open for interested members of the Center for Comparative and International Studies (CIS).
One Crisis, many Perspectives: Understanding the Politics of the Eurozone Crisis 29-30 January 2018 Senatszimmer (KOL-E-13, Main Buildung) University of Zurich Preliminary Conference Program Monday, 29 January 2018 9:00 9:30 Arrival & Coffee 9:30-9:45 Introductory Remarks Session 1: Intergovernmental Bargaining in the Euro Crisis I 9:45 10:00 Project overview: H2020 Projekt EMU Choices Stefanie Bailer, Dirk Leuffen, Fabio Wasserfallen 10:00 10:45 Explaining Governmental Preferences with Structural Variables Stefanie Bailer, Hanno Degner, Dirk Leuffen, Magnus Lundgren, Jonas Tallberg, Silvana Tarlea, Fabio Wasserfallen Discussant: 10:45 11:00 *** Coffee Break *** Session 2: Intergovernmental Bargaining in the Euro Crisis II 11:00 11:45 Bargaining Success in the EU Magnus Lundgren, Stefanie Bailer, Jonas Tallberg, Silvana Tarlea Discussant: Susanne Lütz 11:45 12:30 The Hegemon in the Tunnel: Explaining the German Government s Positioning on EMU Reforms during the Euro Crisis Hanno Degner and Dirk Leuffen Discussant: Nils Redeker 12:30 14:00 *** Lunch Break *** Session 3: Euro Crisis Management and Legitimacy 14:00-14:45 Support for winners, punishment for losers? The public debate during the Euro Crisis
Thomas Lehner Discussant: Ari Ray 14:45 15:00 H2020-Project overview: ENLIGHTEN project 15:00 15:45 Who governs the European Semester? Cooperation, negotiation and resistances in the coordination of macroeconomic policies at the EU level Discussant: Fabio Wasserfallen 15:45 16:15 *** Coffee Break *** Session 4: International Politics in the Eurozone Crisis 16:15 16:30 DFG-Project overview: Kreditvergabe als Zwei-Ebenen-Spiel: Troika- Schuldner-Verhandlungen in der Eurozone Susanne Lütz 16:30 17:15 Games Borrower Governments play: the implementation of economic adjustment programs in Cyprus and Portugal Susanne Lütz, Sven Hilgers and Sebastian Schneider Discussant: Raphael Reinke 17:15 18:00 When Overlapping Organisations play Two-Level Games. IMF-EU Interaction in Credit Lending to Latvia and Greece. Susanne Lütz and Sven Hilgers Discussant: Stefanie Bailer 18:45 Meeting at Hotel, walk to Chalet Züriberg please wear solid shoes 19:30 Conference Dinner at Chalet Züriberg Tuesday, 30 January 2018 Session 5: Distributive Conflict & Interest Group Politics in the Eurozone Crisis I 9:00 9:15 SNF-Project overview: Distributional Conflicts and the Politics of Adjustment in the Eurozone Crisis 9:15 10:00 The Politics of the Eurozone Crisis in Global Comparison: Choosing Crisis Resolution Strategies
Raphael Reinke and Discussant: Sven Hilgers 10:00 10:45 Interest Group Politics in Deficit Countries Ari Ray Discussant: 10:45 11:15 *** Coffee Break *** Session 6: Distributive Conflict & Interest Group Politics in the Eurozone Crisis II 11:15 12:00 We d rather pay than change: The Politics of German Non-Adjustment in the Eurocrisis Nils Redeker and Discussant: Hanno Degner 12:00 12:15 Project Overview 12:15 13:00 Attitudes on fiscal union Discussant: Silja Häusermann 13:00 14:00 *** Lunch Break *** Session 7: The Political Repercussions of the Crisis 14:00 14:15 SNF-Project overview: Years of Turmoil. The Political Consequences of the Financial and Economic Crisis in Europe Silja Häusermann 14:15 15:00 Economic Grievances and Protest Silja Häusermann & Thomas Kurer Discussant: 15:00 15:45 Inequality and Political Protest: The mobilization of economic grievances in Europe during the Great Recession Matthias Enggist, Silja Häusermann, Thomas Kurer & Bruno Wüest Discussant: Silvana Tarlea 15:45 16:15 Concluding discussion
Participants Name Stefanie Bailer Katharina Barsch Hanno Degner Matthias Enggist Silja Häusermann Sven Hilgers Thomas Kurer Thomas Lehner Dirk Leuffen Susanne Lütz Ari Ray Nils Redeker Raphael Reinke Sebastian Schneider Silvana Tarlea Fabio Wasserfallen Bruno Wüest Institution Université libre de Bruxelles University of Konstanz University of Milan FU Berlin University of Salzburg University of Konstanz University of Hagen, currently at Stanford University FU Berlin University of Salzburg, currently at Workshop Location The workshop will take place in the University of Zurich s main building, about a 10-15 minutes walk from the main train station (room KOL-E-13, Senatszimmer). Travel & Accommodation For those who do not live in Zurich, we have made reservations at: Leonardo Boutique Hotel Rigihof Zürich Universitätsstrasse 101 8006 Zürich T: +41 44 360 12 00 The rooms will be billed to the University of Zurich. Travel will be covered by the individual projects. We thank the Hochschulstiftung der Universität of Zürich for financial support.