States, Debt, and Power

Dyson's major accomplishment is to offer a readable synthesis of a highly demanding topic - debt and European cooperation - which lies at the very heart of our European political history. * Laurent Warlouzet, Journal of European Integration History *
the book rewards its reader with a thorough, contextual and genuinely deep knowledge of its subject matter. * Agustín José Menéndez, Political Studies Review *
Kenny recognizes the potential for right-wing populist English nationalism but stresses also the progressive tradition and sees Englishness as potentially positive, as long as it is not left to the extremists. In this he echoes calls from the English left to embrace Englishness while warning against efforts to force it. This is a sophisticated and historically rich analysis and a welcome counter-balance to some of the more simplistic writing about the English question. * Michael Keating, Queen Mary University of London *
In this monograph Dyson puts forward an empirically grounded and theoretically driven analysis of the present existential crises of the European Union ... the book rewards its reader with a thorough, contextual and genuinely deep knowledge of its subject matter. * AGUSTÍN JOSÉ MENÉNDEZ, Political Studies *
This magisterial study of European debt offers a unique perspective on the Eurozone crisis * Andy Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs *
the book reminds us what a study in political economy looks like: one that does not prejudge its arguments and approaches and which uses history to question narrow ideas. Political economy, of federalism and anything else, is all too often a term for what happens when economists or their fellow travellers try to study politics, often with unfortunate results. Historicizing and contextualizing the economics, politics, institutions and the economists themselves, as Dyson does, points the way to a much more illuminating analysis that will be less prone to blinkers and manias. * Scott L. Greer, University of Michigan, Publius *