Making the EMU: The Politics of Budgetary Surveillance and the Enforcement of Maastricht

"Savage's careful account of the politics of budgetary surveillance is a must-read for anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of how the EU works and the impact of EMU on budgetary practices in the member states"--Perspectives on Politics

"The unique blend of legal and economic expertise, in combination with elite interviews and work shadowing, enables the book to come to an informed and seemingly logical conclusion. I can enthusiastically recommend this contribution to the ongoing debate on the EU's involvement in the harmonization of fiscal and monetary policies."--Journal of Common Market Studies

"Savage's book is an impressively researched and surprisingly engaging account of a relatively arcane subject. It is a convincing application of delegation theory, used to reveal a hitherto unexplored but clearly crucial element in the complicated process leading to the start of EMU's Stage III and the application of Stability and Growth Pact rules and Broad Economic Policy Guidelines which form the core of macroeconomic policy coordination in the Euro-zone."--West European Politics

"Savage presents his empirical evidence in a convincing and readable style. Researchers interested in the workings of Eurostat in general and its role during the evaluation of the Maastricht criteria will find this an extremely enlightening book."--Political Studies Review

"Savage's careful account of the politics of budgetary surveillance is a must-read for anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of how the EU works and the impact of EMU on budgetary practices in the member states"--Perspectives on Politics
"The unique blend of legal and economic expertise, in combination with elite interviews and work shadowing, enables the book to come to an informed and seemingly logical conclusion. I can enthusiastically recommend this contribution to the ongoing debate on the EU's involvement in the harmonization of fiscal and monetary policies."--Journal of Common Market Studies
"Savage's book is an impressively researched and surprisingly engaging account of a relatively arcane subject. It is a convincing application of delegation theory, used to reveal a hitherto unexplored but clearly crucial element in the complicated process leading to the start of EMU's Stage III and the application of Stability and Growth Pact rules and Broad Economic Policy Guidelines which form the core of macroeconomic policy coordination in the Euro-zone."--West European Politics
"Savage presents his empirical evidence in a convincing and readable style. Researchers interested in the workings of Eurostat in general and its role during the evaluation of the Maastricht criteria will find this an extremely enlightening book."--Political Studies Review

"Savage's careful account of the politics of budgetary surveillance is a must-read for anyone who wants to gain a deeper understanding of how the EU works and the impact of EMU on budgetary practices in the member states"--Perspectives on Politics
"The unique blend of legal and economic expertise, in combination with elite interviews and work shadowing, enables the book to come to an informed and seemingly logical conclusion. I can enthusiastically recommend this contribution to the ongoing debate on the EU's involvement in the harmonization
of fiscal and monetary policies."--Journal of Common Market Studies
"Savage's book is an impressively researched and surprisingly engaging account of a relatively arcane subject. It is a convincing application of delegation theory, used to reveal a hitherto unexplored but clearly crucial element in the complicated process leading to the start of EMU's Stage III and
the application of Stability and Growth Pact rules and Broad Economic Policy Guidelines which form the core of macroeconomic policy coordination in the Euro-zone."--West European Politics
"Savage presents his empirical evidence in a convincing and readable style. Researchers interested in the workings of Eurostat in general and its role during the evaluation of the Maastricht criteria will find this an extremely enlightening book."--Political Studies Review

James D. Savage is author of Making the EMU: The Politics of Budgetary Surveillance and The Enforcement of Maastricht (Oxford Univ. Press); Funding Science in America: Congress, Universities, and the Politics of the Academic Pork Barrel (Cambridge Univ. Press); and Balanced Budgets and American Politics (Cornell Univ. Press). Articles appearing in such journals as the Journal of Politics, Legislative Studies Quarterly, Comparative Political Studies, and Public Administration Review. Receipient of the APSA's Harold D. Lasswell disseration prize, Olin-Bradley post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard University, Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs fellowship, Fulbright-European Union Affairs fellowship, and other fellowships and awards. James D. Savage is currently Professor of Politics, University of Virginia.