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The EU's socio-economic model(s) and the crisi(e)s : any perspectives? / Dagmar Schiek -- The European currency in turbulent times : austerity policy made in Brussels as the only way out? / Amy Verdun -- The dysfunctional nature of the economic and monetary union / Philip Arestis, Giuseppe Fontana and Malcolm Sawyer -- The contested scope of labour law requirements in public procurement : a multi-level analysis / Julia Vinterskog -- From safety nets and carrots to trampolines and sticks : national use of the EU as both menace and model to help neoliberalise welfare policy / Charlotte O'Brien -- Empowering consumer-citizens : changing rights or merely discourse? / Katalin Cseres and Annette Schrauwen -- The politics of inclusion : comparing the contribution of civil society actors to EU legitimacy / Petra Guasti -- EU internal and external social policy in times of global crisis / Rebecca Zahn -- The EU as a "virtuous international actor" : human rights indicators and global governmentality / Bal Sokhi-Bulley.

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