Synopses & Reviews
Emerging Europe has suffered a severe economic crisis in recent years, and is only gradually recovering; the prospects for a convergence with the rest of the EU are still uncertain. In this book policymakers, high-level practitioners and experts from central banks identify the main reasons for the crisis and the challenges for the recovery process.
Synopsis
Based on extensive primary research, including interviews with movement and policy actors across six European countries, this book examines antiracist movements throughout Europe, focusing on how they influence culture and government policy at national and EU level, shedding light on the nature of racism and responses to it across Europe.
About the Author
THIERRY BRACKE studied macroeconomics and econometrics at the Universities of Ghent, Belgium, and Aix-Marseille. In 2000, after working for 3 years at the National Bank of Belgium, he joined the European Central Bank. Since 2008, he has held the position of Deputy Head of the EU Neighbouring Regions Division.
REINER MARTIN studied Economics and Political Science at the Universities of Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, Bristol and Sussex and holds a PhD from the Helmut-Schmidt University in Hamburg. He worked at the Centre for European Policy Studies in Brussels and the German Federal Ministry of Economics in Bonn. Since 1999 he has been working at the European Central Bank. Between October 2008 and May 2010 he was based at the Oesterreichische Nationalbank.